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Question
Answer the following question briefly:
How is a municipal corporation composed? Who are its members?
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Solution
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.
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