The state government is looking to increase the number of seats in the municipal corporations by 15%, with the census 2021 looking to be delayed owing to the coronavirus pandemic, highlighted an account by the Hindustan Times. They look to amend the respective Acts in symmetry to the estimated increase in population.
Whilst there isn’t any final resolution on the increase in seats in Mumbai, the proposition for the increase in the rest of the municipal corporations, as well as, nagar panchayats is anticipated to be brought in front of the Maharashtra cabinet, shortly.
The state government’s urban development department reviews the number of seats in municipal corporations following the census every 10 years. Based on which the municipal corporations conduct the delimitation of wards. The review in the number of wards in the island city is undertaken by amending the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888. For the rest, it is according to the formula according to the Maharashtra Municipal Corporation Act, 1949.
The Maharashtra government has suggested raising the number of seats by undertaking amendments in the Acts. The state has 27 municipal corporations.
Additionally, the protruding increase of population in the last 10 years in urban areas is anticipated to be over 15% in the last decade. The overall growth in population reported in 2011 was 15.99%, opposed to the 22.57% in 2001. It is now anticipated to be over 129 million presently, from the 112 million in 2011.
Whilst the number of seats in Mumbai hasn’t risen in the past 20 years, other civic corporations witnessed substantial alterations in the number of seats. Thane has 131 seats as opposed to the 116 from 20 years ago. The aggregate seats in municipal corporations were 2,064 in 2000 that has surged to 2,736, presently.
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