Civic chief Ajoy Mehta will enjoy fewer, but key, discretionary powers

The state government has cut the municipal commissioner's discretionary powers from 35 to 12, to allow ease of doing business. Among the powers that remain with the BMC chief under the final Development Control and Promotional Regulations (DCPR) 2034, are regularising projects that are deficient in open spaces, or staircases with inadequate width, as well as rendering fungible Floor Space Index (FSI) admissible.