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The current form and the structure of municipal bodies are based on Lord Ripon's Resolutions, which was adopted in 1882 as local self-government. The Government of India Act, 1919 incorporated the need for conferment of power to a democratically elected government.
Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) is the statutory planning and development authority for the Kolkata metropolitan area in the Indian state of West Bengal. The organisation was known as Calcutta Metropolitan Development Authority ( CMDA ) and retains its previous logo.
Kolkata Police Stations Map. In 2011, it was announced that Kolkata Police and Kolkata Municipal Corporation area will be coterminous. [12] [13] Kolkata Postal District however extends right up to Barrackpur in the North, Barasat in the North-East, Rajarhat in the East, up to Baruipur in South-East and Pailan in South and up to Pujali in South ...
For example: A citizen can pay his electricity bill (WBSEDCL), land mutation charges, department of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs, land registration fees, trade license application fees, road tax of his vehicle (Vahan Seva) and many others from the same window and from the same place.
The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA), another ancillary civic body, is responsible for the statutory planning and development of this mega urban area. [8] The KMA includes a large suburban hinterland around the urban centres of Kolkata. The city also has an apolitical titular post, that of the Sheriff of Kolkata. [9]
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is the central authority which deals with the processing of new trade licenses and the renewal of the same as well. [23] In 2019, Kolkata, along with Bengaluru was included in the list of cities in India for the World Bank's ease of doing business survey in India, which so far covered only New Delhi and ...
An illustration of the Kolkata Metropolitan Region. The Kolkata Metropolitan Area (abbreviated KMA; formerly Calcutta Metropolitan Area), also known as Greater Kolkata, is the urban agglomeration of the city of Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the third most populous metropolitan area in India after Delhi and Mumbai.
A municipal corporation is a type of local government in India which administers an urban area having a population of one million or more. The growing population and urbanization of various Indian cities highlighted the need for a type of local governing body that could provide services such as healthcare, education, housing and transport by collecting property taxes and administering grants ...