13B. Urban Local Government

74th CAA

1. Added Part IX-A

2. Added 12th Schedule

Ministries dealing with ULG

1. MoHousing and Urban Affairs - overall policy

2. Ministry of defence - in cantonment areas

3. MoHA - in UTs

1. Definitions (243P)

- Committee

- District

- Metropolitan area

- municipal area

- Municipality

- NA

- NA

- population > 10lakhs as specified by governor

- territorial area of municipality as notified by governor

- insti of self-gvt for municipal area

2. Constituton of Municipalities (243Q)

- Nagar Panchayat

- Municipal Council

- Municipal COrporation

3. Composition of municipalities (243R)

- structure

- election

- additional members

- For transitional area (from rural to urban)

- For small urban are

- for large urban area

3. -ward members + chairperson + additional members

- member - direct election

- chairperson - state decides

- persons with special knowledge + MLA/MPS + some ward committee members

4. Ward committees of Municipalities (243S)

-population minimum

- what are they

- 3 lakhs

- group of one or more wards members

5, Reservation of seats (243T)

- SC/STs

- Women

- BCs

6. Duration (243U)

- time

- new municipality

7. Disqualification (243V)

- age

- proportional

- 1/3

- State discretion

6. 5 yeara

- only for remainder term

7. laws governing state legislative elections

> 21 (actually the consti says that who were elegibile for SLA will be eligible but it also next says that 21-25 cannot be considered as disqualififcation)

8. Funds (243X)

9. audit (243Z)

10 Elections is done by

- Levy taxes

- State grants + tax devolution

- centre .....

9. State legislatures

10. SEC

11. Areas not in ULBs ( 243ZC)

- scheduled areas

- Cantonment ares

- Industrial townships

- Port trusts

- Some areas

12. Committee for district planning (243-ZD)

- Name

- membership

- function

13. Metropolitan Planningcommittee (243-ZE)

- 5th, 6th areas (no MESA bill like PESA) but some states enacted their own laws for ULBs

- Darjeeling Gorkha hill council

12. - District planning committe

- 4/5th from elected members of PRIS+ULBs; 1/5th nominated by state gvt (MPs, MLAs)

- consolidate plans of PRIS and ULBs and creates a District development plan

13. similar to above

Types of ULBS

1. Municipal Corporation

2. Municipality (municipal Council/Nagar Palika)

3. Notified Area Committee

4. Town area committee

5. Cantonment board

6. Township

7. Port trust

8. Special Purpose agency

1. for big cities - Council(elected) + Mayor+Municipal commissioner (IAS)(real power)

2. for towns - Council + Chairperson)real power) + CEO

3. Fast growing areas - fully nominated

4. - its not consit, its statue - elected/nominated/both(state)

5. under MoD- elected + nominated - station commander acts as ex-officio president

6. some industry looks after it

7. parliamnetray act, elected + nominated

8. for specific urban functions

See types of personnel