Urban Local Part 2

A municipal corporation is an elected body responsible for governing a city.

Municipal corporations have responsibilities like providing clean water, maintaining roads, and ensuring public health.

These functions are mandatory for municipal corporations, meaning they must be carried out.

A municipal corporation's elected members serve for a term of 5 years.

Seats are reserved for certain groups like Scheduled Castes, Tribes, and women to ensure fair representation.

Elected by adult citizens of a city, they form the governing body of a municipal corporation.

The head of a Municipal Corporation, elected by its members.

The appointed chief executive officer overseeing the municipal corporation.

Essential services provided by Municipal Corporations, including roads, hospitals, and schools.

Addressing urban problems like sanitation, traffic, and housing.

These refer to tasks that a Municipal Corporation must handle to ensure basic functioning of the city. They cover essential services like public education, health, sanitation, and safety.

These are tasks that a Municipal Corporation can choose to handle. They go beyond essential services and focus on improving quality of life, such as parks, public transport, and public buildings.

A local self-governing body that manages smaller cities and towns with a population between 20,000 and 500,000.

The state government oversees the functioning of municipalities and can intervene if they fail to fulfill their responsibilities. However, cooperation between the state and municipalities is encouraged.

Cleanliness and public health are interconnected. Maintaining a clean environment in cities improves people's health and well-being.