India, June 12 -- Facing criticism from several quarters, the Pune Municipal Corporation's standing committee on Thursday deferred a proposal to run five civic schools under a public-private partnership (PPP) model with the Akanksha Foundation.

The civic administration had placed a proposal before the standing committee seeking approval to hand over the management of five municipal schools to the foundation. Under the proposal, PMC would pay approximately Rs.101 crore over nine years to operate the schools.

Standing committee chairman Shreenath Bhimale said the proposal was deferred and sent for further scrutiny.

"The proposal came before the standing committee, but we directed the administration to first obtain the approval and remark...