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Class 6 Civics Chapter 7 Urban Administration, Municipal Corporation, Municipal Ward Councillors, Municipal Ward Committees
Urban Administration in India
Introduction
- Urban Administration is a govt. programme for administering the Urban Bodies such as Municipality, Municipal Corporations, and the Notified Area Councils (NAC) .
- To look after execution of public facilities and civic amenities, various departments support the municipality:
- Sanitation
- Health
- Education
- Construction, etc.
Municipal Corporation or Municipal Council
- Municipal Corporation in large cities and Municipal Council in smaller towns.
- The sub-divisions of a town or a city are called “Wards.”
- A budget is allocated for each municipal ward and the municipal councillor in-charge of the ward looks after the spending of the budget for the welfare of the people.
Municipal Corporation Affects the Life of a City Dweller
- Garbage collection and disposal.
- Controlling disease breakout.
- Supplying of electricity.
- Supply of safe drinking water.
- Installing, maintaining, and repairing street lights.
Various Taxes Paid by the Citizens to the Municipal Corporation
Municipal Ward Councillors
- These are the people through which Municipal Wards work.
- These Councillors are responsible for urban administration in India.
- People can approach these councillors to get resolution to their problems.
- Problems may range from filth and garbage, spreading of disease, spoiling the aesthetics of the area, etc.
Municipal Ward Committees
- Councillors meet to form “committees.”
- Ward councillors sit together and debate and discuss this issue.
- They may also pass a budget to solve the problem.
Administrative Staffs or Workers
- Appointed by the government.
- They provide support to a company and look after the implementation and management of various programmes.
- This support might include:
- General office management.
- Answering phones.
- Speaking with clients.
- Assisting an employer.
- Clerical work including maintaining records and entering data.
Contract Employees
- When workers are not hired on the payroll of the municipality.
- Private operators get the contract of various works to cut costs.
- There is no job security and these workers don՚t get social security either.
Various Designation under Urban Administration & Development
Chief Municipal Officer (CMO)
- He is the Principal Executive officer of the council.
- Responsible for producing records, correspondence plan, or other documents to council.
- As desired by the Council, Periodical Progress Report gets submitted.
Revenuer Inspector (RI)
- He prepares the list of assesses and the demand register.
- Recovery is determined according to the annual target.
- Responsible for the recovery the license fee.
Accountant
- He looks after the maintenance of cashbook and subsidiary registers.
- Payment of different types of bills.
- Prepares budget and Municipal Accounts.
Junior Accounts Officer (JAO)
- Payment of pay bills.
- Checking of service records.
- Monitoring and checking of periodical returns.
Lower Division Clerk (LDC)
- Presentation of files and papers.
- Maintaining accounts of income & expenditure.
- Preparation of bills.
Upper Division Clerk (UDC)
- Process the cases related to establishment.
- To process the claims made by the staff.
- Preparing pension cases for its sanction.
Assistant Project Officer (APO)
- Maintaining MIS.
- Looking after the Bank loan cases approved/recovery of loans.
- Analysing monthly progress given by the project officer.