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Last month marked the first time in history that the Union Budget was merged with the Railway budget. Now, Mumbai's authorities are planning a budget merger of their own. Talks are on to merge the budgets of the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) Undertaking and its parent organisation, BMC. In fact, the BEST budget has been independent for longer than the Railway budget. While the Railway budget has been presented separately for 92 years, BEST has done so for 111 years.