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प्रश्न
Answer the following question briefly:
How is a municipal corporation composed? Who are its members?
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उत्तर
A municipal corporation is composed in following manner.
- The Mayor is the head of the municipal corporation. The mayor and deputy mayor are elected by the members of the municipal corporation from among themselves.
- The corporation sets up a number of committee to look after the day to day work.
- There is a chief executive officer or municipal commissioner, who is appointed by the state government.
- There are also number of members called aldermen. They are elected from among the popular and respected citizens of that city.
- MPs and MLA also form part of the corporation.
- Some seats are reserved for the scheduled caste, scheduled Tribes and women. A municipal corporation is elected for a period of 5 years.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Fill in the blanks
Big cities have ______ as local self-government.
True or false:
Municipal corporations have more powers than the municipalities.
True or false:
Record of births and deaths in a city are kept by the state government.
Fill in the blank:
The local self-governing bodies which look after the needs of big cities are ______.
Answer the following question in one or two words/ sentence:
Name the local self-governing bodies that look after the urban areas.
This is the picture of Mumbai Municipal Corporation headquarters. With reference to the picture of the municipal corporation, answer the following question:

For which categories of the community are seats of the corporation reserved?
Describe the functions of a Municipal Corporation regarding:
Education and Sports.
With regards to the municipal corporation:
Distinguish between Municipal Corporation and Municipal Committee.
Vehicle charges are one of the revenue sources to ______.
Mahatma Gandhi advocated ______ as the foundation of India’s political system.
