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In India, the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), also called municipalities, are self-government institutions responsible for the administration of cities, towns, and transitional areas within a state or Union Territory. The 74th amendment to the Constitution of India in 1992 provided constitutional framework for the establishment of Urban Local Bodies.[1]
There are three types of Urban Local Bodies in India, which includes municipal corporations governing large urban areas, municipal councils governing smaller urban areas, and nagar panchayats governing transitional areas from rural to urban. They are established by individual state governments and can differ in names, election method, or tier structure. The classification of these areas is at the discretion of the states, considering factors such as total population, population density, non-agricultural employment, annual revenue generation, among other criteria.[2]
- ^ "Nagrika - The Constitution and the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act". Nagrika. 28 May 2020.
- ^ "A Consultation paper on "Decentralization And Municipalities"" (PDF). All India Institute Of Local Self-government, New Delhi – via Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law and Justice - Government of India.