The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, also known as Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), is the governing civic body of Mumbai, the capital city of Maharashtra. It is India's richest municipal corporation. The BMC's annual budget exceeds that of some of the smaller states of India. Established under the Bombay Municipal Corporation Act 1888, it is responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city and some suburbs of Mumbai. In 2014, Trushna Vishwasrao became the first female corporator to be leader of the Corporation's house.
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Administration
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is headed by a Municipal Commissioner, who is an IAS officer. The commissioner wields the executive power of the house. A quinquennial election is held to elect corporators to power. The corporators are responsible for overseeing that their constituencies have the basic civic infrastructure in place and that there is no failure of duty on the part of the authorities. The Mayor is the head of the house, who is usually from the majority party. As of June 2008, all administrative business in the BMC is conducted in Marathi.
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Legislative
As of 2017, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's legislature, also known as the Corporation Council, consists of 227 members. 2017 was the first time that 31 candidates contested from a single ward (164) and Raghvendra Singh was the youngest independent candidate at age 21. BMC is one of the richest municipal corporations in Asia.
Corporation elections
See also
- Municipal Corporation Building, Mumbai
- Coat of arms of Mumbai
- Administrative divisions of Mumbai
- Mayor of Mumbai
- Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai
- Sheriff of Mumbai
- Bandra Municipal Committee
References
External links
- Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai website
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