Municipal Corporation

Municipal Corporation” mainly determines the local governmental units that have been dealt with by the state laws by providing specific autonomous types of authority to execute their operational activities correctly. The municipal corporation provides the entire planning of the urban location of the state including the overall planning of the town. The corporations play a major role and try to implement certain strategic purposes to strengthen their functionality, developing the administrative big cities effectively. The house owners every year to their respective municipal authority for proving their ownership based on their property usually pay “Municipal corporation tax”. 

Discussion

Meaning of “Municipal Corporation”

The “municipal corporation” is effectively developed in the large cities and towns where the native people of that particular state directly elect the members. “Municipal Corporation” also provides a proper and accurate scheduled planning for both social as well as economic establishment, and produces sufficient water supply for commercial and domestic purposes. The corporation also becomes an essential part of every individual’s daily life as it provides support to the “conservancy”, “sanitation”, “solid waste management” and “public health”. The “Government of India Act 1935”, local self-government, was declared a provincial subject under the provincial autonomy scheme related to the “Municipal Corporation”.

Role of “Municipal Corporation”

“Municipal Corporation” plays an essential role for the local community in order to provide the full support and assistance to every individual for avoiding any complications in their daily life activities. The “Municipal Corporation”  establish, manage as well as tries to maintain the entire infrastructure regarding the public facilities including “public sanitary conveniences”, “roads”, “parks”, “recreational centres”, “drains and gullies”, “pounds”, “abattoirs”, “cemeteries”, “transportation centres”, “markets”, “water supplies” and “public beaches”. “Municipal Corporation” also provides efficient services to the local people that consist of “poor relief”, “street lighting”, “public health” and “public cleansing”. It also plays a crucial role in the regulatory activities and power that comprise of “planning and building approvals”, “developmental control”, “licensing of trades and businesses”, “controlling public vending” and “street parking”. The “municipal corporation” also provides effective support and assistance to certain developmental programs and national policies in terms of local level as well as takes some useful initiatives to boost up the entire economic condition efficiently.

Function of “Municipal Corporation”

“Municipal Corporation” plays a major function in “sanitisation”, provides the best quality of standard education to every individual and produces safety measures related to the public health activities. The functions of the “municipal corporation” are mentioned as follows:

• Plans the entire urban locality as well as “town planning”
• Produce clear and safe drinking water to the living beings living in the city and town
• Ensures the constructions of all roads and bridges to get connected properly
• Ensures the built houses with proper drainage and sewage system facility in the city and town
• Designs an accurate plan for both economic and social development
• Constructs buildings and regulates the use of land within the respective municipality
• Provides fire services in the emergency condition
• Improves the slum areas and tries to upgrade them quickly for living a standard life
• Repairs the damaged street lights on the roads
• Plans the proper “alleviation of poverty” for the urban areas
• Prepares the statistical data to determine the registered births as well as the deaths of all the individuals
• Creates significant provisions for “gardens”, “play areas”, and “children’s parks”

“Municipal corporation tax”

“Municipal corporation tax” is the major taxes that need to be paid by all the house owners of the country, accumulated by the “local municipal bodies”. “Article 243P of Constitution of India” states that the committee, metropolitan becomes a significant part in the “municipal corporation” The “Municipal corporation tax” mainly consisted of several other taxes altogether related to the local improvement like “duties”, “assessments and charges”, “water taxes”, “school taxes”, “municipal realty taxes”, “rates”, imposed by the government. These taxes are paid for getting certain useful services like “fire and police services”, “road maintenance” “education” and “health services”, “libraries”, and other “initiative programs”. “Article 243Q of Constitution of India” with “Constitution of Municipalities” becomes the urban area of the states and “Article 243R of Constitution of India” with “Composition of Municipalities” represents the Municipality factors consist of special; experiences.

Conclusion

The “municipal corporation” considered as the “local government” that positively administers the overall population in the society by providing the best services sufficiently. It is also regarded as the “local authority” that is totally empowered to make efficient laws and regulations for the betterment of the local people. “Municipal corporation” play crucial roles and responsibilities and want to strengthen their functional ability for the improvement of the people and local governing body effectively.