Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
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Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation बृहन्मुंबई महानगरपालिका | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 1888 |
| Leadership | |
Ajoy Mehta[1] | |
| Seats | 227 |
| Motto | |
| (Sanskrit: यतो धर्मस्ततो जय) (Where there is Righteousness, there shall be Victory) | |
| Meeting place | |
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| Municipal Corporation Building, Mumbai | |
| Website | |
| www | |
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) also known as. Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai is the civic body that governs the capital city of Mumbai in Maharashtra and is India's richest municipal organization.[2][3] The BMC's annual budget is more than that of some of the small states of India. Established under the Bombay Municipal Corporation Act 1888,[4] it is responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city and some suburbs of Mumbai. In 2014, Trishna Vishwasrao became the first female corporator to be leader of the Corporation's house.[5]
Administration
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is headed by a Municipal commissioner, 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 lacuna 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.[6]
| City officials | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mayor | Snehal Ambekar | September 9, 2014 |
| Municipal Commissioner | Ajoy Mehta | |
| Police Commissioner | Dattatray Padsalgikar | 30 January 2016 |
Legislative
As of 2009, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's legislature, also known as the Corporation Council, consists of 227 members.
Corporation Election 2012
Political Performance in Election 2012[7]
| S.No. | Party Name | Alliance | Party flag or symbol | Number of Corporators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Shiv Sena (SS) | NDA |  |
75 |
| 02 | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | NDA | 31 | |
| 03 | Indian National Congress (INC) | UPA | File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg | 52 |
| 04 | Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) | UPA |  |
7 |
| 05 | Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) |  |
27 | |
| 06 | others | 32 | ||
| 07 | Samajwadi Party (SP | File:Flag of Samajwadi Party.jpg | 9 |
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
- Praja: Online Complaint Management System for BMC
References
- ^ http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/ajoy-mehta-takes-over-as-bmc-commissioner-115042700887_1.html
- ^ "BMC to open green channel for octroi". Financialexpress.com. 2007-09-03. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
- ^ "Gold & beautiful, News - Cover Story". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
- ^ "BMC-Act-1888.pdf" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-01-12.
- ^ https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/sena-corporator-yashodhar-phanse-new-chairman-of-bmc-standing-committee/
- ^ "From today, BMC will do business only in Marathi". The Times of India. 2008-06-25. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
- ^ http://www.mahasec.com/marathi/results.pdf
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