WIRE — Mumbais Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), one of Indias richest civic bodies, is preparing to move towards a more digital and paperless system. However, a proposal to purchase more than 300 tablets for corporators, senior officials and committee heads has triggered a political controversy, with the estimated cost running around 6 crore. While the Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress have termed the proposal unnecessary expenditure, the Bharatiya Janata Party and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena have defended it, arguing that digitisation could make BMCs functioning faster, more efficient and less expensive in the long run.
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