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'''Nagar Nigam''' a.k.a. '''Mahanagar Palika''' or by some [[Nagar Nigam#Terms used for Municipal Corporation in India|other names in different states]](''translated in english as Municipal Corporation'') in India are state government formed departments that works for the development of a [[metropolitan city]], which has a population of more than 1 million. The growing population and urbanisation in various cities of India were in need of a local governing body that can work for providing necessary community services like health centres, educational institutes and housing and property tax. They also replace street lights. |
'''Nagar Nigam''' a.k.a. '''Mahanagar Palika''' or by some [[Nagar Nigam#Terms used for Municipal Corporation in India|other names in different states]](''translated in english as Municipal Corporation'') in India are state government formed departments that works for the development of a [[metropolitan city]], which has a population of more than 1 million. The growing population and urbanisation in various cities of India were in need of a local governing body that can work for providing necessary community services like health centres, educational institutes and housing and property tax. They also replace street lights. |
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They are formed under the Corporations Act of 1835 of [[panchayati raj]] system which mainly deals in providing essential services in every small town as well as village of a district/city. Their elections are held once in five year and the people choose the candidates. The largest corporations are in the eight metropolitan cities of India, namely [[Mumbai]], [[Delhi]], [[Kolkata]], [[Chennai]], [[Bangalore]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Ahmedabad]],[[Surat]], and [[Pune]]. These cities not only have a large population, but are also the administrative as well as commercial centres of the country. |
They are formed under the Corporations Act of 1835 of [[panchayati raj]] system which mainly deals in providing essential services in every small town as well as village of a district/city. Their elections are held once in five year and the people choose the candidates. The largest corporations are in the eight metropolitan cities of India, namely [[Mumbai]], [[Delhi]], [[Kolkata]], [[Chennai]], [[Bangalore]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Ahmedabad]], [[Surat]], and [[Pune]]. These cities not only have a large population, but are also the administrative as well as commercial centres of the country. |
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Municipal governance in India has existed since the year 1687, with the formation of Madras Municipal Corporation, and then Calcutta and Bombay Municipal Corporation in 1726. In the early part of the nineteenth century almost all towns in India had experienced some form of municipal governance. In 1882 the then Viceroy of India, Lord Ripon, known as the Father of Local Self Government, passed a resolution of local self-government which laid the democratic forms of municipal governance in India.[1]
In 1919, a Government of India Act incorporated the need of the resolution and the powers of democratically elected government were formulated. In 1935 another Government of India act brought local government under the preview of the state or provincial government and specific powers were given.
According to the 2001 Census of India, there were 3723 urban local bodies (ULBs) in the country; classified into the four major categories:[2]
- ↑ Good municipal governance key to improve quality of life | Pune News - Times of India. In: The Times of India. Abgerufen am 19. Dezember 2019 (englisch).
- ↑ Reserve Bank of India Data.