As an individual you can pay for a gym membership and flaunt the membership card to your friends and networks, but if after six months they do not see any perceptible difference in how you look it clearly means that you have not been making any visits to the gym.
Similarly a municipal corporation can flaunt a Climate Budget, but it has to be followed by a perceptible improvement to be seen by the tax paying citizens who have provided that budget.
Below is a very basic perception survey seeking the views of anyone in Mumbai or even outside, We have kept it anonymous for now. If you wish you can message us at climatepatshala[at]gmail.com and we can talk more.
A municipal budget is key to achieving various welfare goals which a city wishes to achieve. How an individual or an entity spends their money indicates their intent. Further on, just spending the money is not enough, the stated outcome should be achieved.
As an individual you can pay for a gym membership and flaunt the membership card to your friends and networks, but if after six months they do not see any perceptible difference in how you look it clearly means that you have not been making any visits to the gym.
Similarly a municipal corporation can flaunt a Climate Budget, but it has to be followed by a perceptible improvement to be seen by the tax paying citizens who have provided that budget. And more importantly a good number of citizens need to discuss and vet the same.
Below is a very basic perception survey seeking the views of anyone in Mumbai or even outside, We have kept it anonymous for now. If you wish, you can message us at climatepatshala[at]gmail.com and we can talk more.
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