Municipal Corporation Information

Can you provide me some information about the functions of Municipal Corporation in India as I have to make a project regarding this, please help me with this?

[Kiran Chandar]

A municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs.

In India, Municipal Corporations or City Corporation is urban local government that works for the development of a city, which has a population of more than one million (10 lakh).

It provides necessary community services like health care, educational institution, housing, transport etc. by collecting property tax and fixed grant from the State Government.

Three tier structure:
• Municipal Corporations
• Municipal Councils
• Nagar Panchayats

In different states of India a Municipal Corporation is called by different names, all of which are translated to "Municipal Corporation" in English.

These names include Nagar Nigam in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, and Haryana; Mahanagar Palika in Maharashtra, Goa, and Karnataka; Pouro Nigom in West Bengal; Pur Porishod in Tripura; and Nagar Palika Nigam in Madhya Pradesh.

The detailed structure of these urban bodies varies from state to state, as per the laws passed by he state legislature (Vidhan Sabha) but the basic structure and function is almost the same.

Under the Panchayati Raj system, it interacts directly with the state government, though it is administratively part of the district it is located in.

The largest Municipal Corporations in India currently are Mumbai, followed by Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Surat and Pune.

Functions of Municipal Corporation
The Municipal Corporation looks after providing the essential services to the people of that district/area which includes:

• Hospitals
• Water Supply
• Drainage
• Market places
• Fire Brigades
• Roads
• Over Bridge
• Solid Waste
• Street Lightning
• Parks
• Education
• Birth and Death Records in the Area