Kids Learning Social Science

 

4th Standard Social Social Science Term-I

Municipality and Corporation

  Learning Objectives  

✩ To know about Municipalities and their duties.

✩ To understand the structure of local bodies.

✩ To know about the functions of Corporation and Town panchayat.

✩ To know about the sources of income for Municipality and Corporation.

Mugilan went to his uncle's house during summer vacation.  One day he was playing in a park.  At that time he heard the Municipality employees announcing that the people to pay taxes for house and others.  Mugilan ran to his uncle.

Uncle

Why are you running? What happened?

Mugilan

Uncle! What is Municipality? Why should we pay taxes?

Uncle

Mugila! Municipality is a form of local government in a small town where 50,000 to 1,00,000 people live.  This is divided into several wards.  Our house is in the tenth ward.  In our locality there are totally 30 wards.

Mugilan

Who is the head of the Municipality?

Employees of Municipalities

Municipal Office

Uncle

The head of the municipality is called the Chairman.  The head and the members of the Municipalities are elected by the people directly.  The tenure of the members is five years.  One of the members of the municipality is selected as Vice-Chairman.

Mugilan

Uncle! What are the duties of Municipality?

Uncle

➤ Providing street lamps.

➤ Constructing library and its maintenance.

➤ Maintaining local market (Santhai).

➤ Providing drinking water facilities.

➤ Constructing roads.

➤ Removing garbage dumps.

Mugilan

What is the source of income for the work done by Municipality?

Uncle

Central government and State government provide the money.  People also pay in the form of house tax, professional tax, drinking water tax, shop tax, road tax and drainage tax.  It also forms the income of Municipality.

  Let us Know  

The father of local bodies - Lord Rippon

Uncle

The following also comes under Municipalities.

✩ Townships - e.g. Neyveli

✩ Contonment Boards - e.g. parangimalai, Cunnur.

✩ Notified area committee.

Uncle

For example, we call Chennai, Trichy, Kovai, Madurai and Salem as Corporations.

  Let us Know  

✩ The 'Balwant Rai Mehta Committee' recommended a three tier Panchayat Raj system in 1957.

✩ The 'Ashok Mehta Committee' recommended a two tier Panchayat Raj system in 1978.

Mugilan

What is Corporation?

Uncle

Certain Municipalities will be declared by the Government of Tamil Nadu as Corporation based on high population and high revenue.

Mugilan

Uncle! How many Corporations are there in Tamil Nadu?

Uncle

In Tamil Nadu, 21 Corporations have been established.  The oldest Corporation is Chennai.

Mugilan

Uncle! How are the head and the members of corporation elected?

Uncle

The head and the members of Corporation are elected by the people directly.  The chairperson of the corporation is called 'Mayor'.  He is also called as 'the father of the Corporation'.  The Tenure of the members of the Corporation is 5 years.  The Indian administrative service officers and similar rank holders are appointed by the government to the Corporation.  Most of the Urban areas have Corporation.

Do you Know

Municipal Corporations

1. Chennai             12. Dindigul

2. Madurai             13. Hosur

3. Coimbatore        14. Nagarcoil

4. Trichirappalli    15. Avadi

5. Salem                   16. Tambaram

6. Tirunelveli          17. Kanchipuram

7. Tiruppur              18. Karur

8. Erode                   19. Kumbakonam

9. Vellore                 20. Cuddalore

10. Tuticorin           21. Sivakasi

11. Tanjore

Mugilan

What are the duties of Corporation?

Uncle

➤ Constructing and maintaining the city roads.

➤ Providing drinking water facilities.

➤ Disposing garbage.

➤ Constructing libraries and maintaining them.

➤ Creating parks and maintaining them.

➤ Maintaining of birth and death records.

Mugilan

What is the source of income to the Corporation?

Uncle

The amount collected from Professional tax, Wealth tax, Entertainment tax, Custom duties and Road tax, are the sources of income to the Corporation.

Mugilan

What else are there besides Municipality and Corporation?

Uncle

Apart from the Corporation and the Municipality Town Panchayat also exist.  The head and the ward members are elected by the people directly.  The tenure of the President and other members is 5 years.  Panchayat is governed by the executive officer.  Town panchayat functions in places where the population exceeds 5000 people.

Mugilan

Uncle, I came to know the administration of Municipality and Corporation very well. 

Thank you very much.

Uncle

Good!

Come, let us wash our hands and have lunch.