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What are muncicipaliti and muncipal corporation? |
| Answer» Municipal Corporation -\tMunicipal corporations are established for administration of big cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad etc.\tThey are established in the states by the acts of State Legislatures, and in the union territories by the acts of the Parliament.\tThere may be one common acts or separate acts for all the municipal corporations in a state.\tA municipal corporation has three authorities - the council, the standing committees and the municipal commissioner.\tThe Council is the deliberative and legislative wing and consists of the Councilors directly elected by the people.\tThey also have few nominated persons having knowledge or experience of municipal administration.\tThe Council is headed by a Mayor and assisted by Deputy Mayor.\tMayor is elected in a majority of the states for a one-year renewable term.\tHe is basically a formal head of the corporation.\tHis main function is to preside over the meetings of the Council.\tThe standing committees are created to facilitate the working of the council, which is too large in size.\tThey deal with public works, education, health, taxation, finance etc,. and take decisions in their fields.\tThe municipal commissioner implements the decisions taken by the council and its standing committees.\tHe is the chief executive authority of the corporation.\tHe is appointed by the state government and is mostly a member of the IAS.Municipality -\tMunicipalities are established for administration of towns and smaller cities.\tThey are set up in the states by the acts of state legislatures and in the union territory by the acts of the Parliament of India.\tThey are also known by various other names like municipal council, municipal committee, municipal board, borough municipality, city municipality and others.\tA municipality has three authorities - the council, the standing committees and the chief executive officer.\tThe council is the deliberative and legislative wing of the municipality.\tIt consists of the councilors directly elected by the people.\tThe council is headed by a president/chairman and is assisted by a Vice-President/Vice-Chairman.\tApart from presiding over the meetings of the Council, he enjoys executive powers.\tThe standing committees are created to facilitate the working of the council.\tThey deal with public works, taxation, health, finance etc.\tThe chief executive officer/chief municipal officer is responsible for day-to-day general administration of the municipality.\tHe is appointed by the state government. | |