CHAPTER V PUNE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION : A PROFILE

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1 CHAPTER V PUNE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION : A PROFILE 5.1 Introduction Establishment of Pune Municipal Corporation is a result of growth of Pune and its periphery. Initially PMC was known as Pune Wadi and is known in the book of history since 1847 A.D. One of the famous Maratha Chatrapati Shri Shivaji Maharaja gave a shape to this city and made it capital of his province. The Pune city played a vital role to form socio, political, economic and cultural development of the state Maharashtra. It gave birth to many great personality like Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, Lokmanya Tilak, Gopalkrishna Gokhale, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, Dhondo Keshav Karve and so on. Even today Pune is considered as Cultural Capital of the Country. The term development of the city started in the early 60s when the mahanagarpalika was formed. Formulation of mahanagarpalika gave a boost to the city in many ways, like i. It has enhanced its status. ii. It has increased its economic and industrial centre. iii. Boosted its role in development of state. iv. Pune become a prime centre for western Maharashtra. v. The city is known for establishing a large number of socio-cultural and education institutions. vi. Contribution of city Pune in advancement of Maharashtra is second to none. 5.2 Purpose of writing this chapter Following are the main purpose for writing this chapter: 1. To understand the historical development of city of Pune. 2. To examine the reason for formulation of PMC in Pune. 3. To identify the factors responsible for development of PMC. 72

2 5.3 Order of writing this chapter This chapter is written in following orders: i. To understand the brief history of Pune city. ii. To understand the background of PMC. iii. Profile and growth of PMC. iv. Coverage and scope of PMC. v. Budgeting system of PMC. 73

3 5.4 Growth of Population of Pune City A careful analysis of growth of population of Pune Corporation indicates that the city has high rate of population growth. It has increase by 25% to 30% for almost all decades except decade of 1951 which was the breakthrough of 74

4 Pune city. It expanded at the rate of This is mainly due to the expansion and development of PMC and rapid expansion and progression of employment. 5.5 Current status of the Municipal Corporation of Pune Table No. 5.2 : Population of Pune 75

5 The current status of PMC clearly indicates that there is a continuous increase in the territorial area of PMC. The city has added many villages in its periphery to the corporation s limit; because of which the corporation is expanding their units which resultant in division of corporation into two corporations i.e. Pimpri Chinchward Corporation and Pune Municipal Corporation. At present there are 144 wards and the administration is set up in very professional manner. 76

6 Graph No. 5.1 : Income and Expendicture of PMC Income and Expenditure of the Pune Municipal Corporation ("A" Budget) (Rs. Crores) Year The information present in Income and expenditures statement indicates that the city of Pune has always has a surplus. However, this surplus is changing in an uneven manner. The increase in income has tremendous. It was crores in and increase to in the year Income of Pune Municipal Corporation The Main source of Income for PMC are detailed as under : 77

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9 A careful analysis of Income chart indicates the income from Octroi and property tax is a major source of earning. The increase in income is very high. It has increase by 20 times from to i.e. there is a continuous increase in the entire decade. The income from every possible source is rise and making PMC as one of the richest in Pune city. 5.7 Expenditure of Pune Municipal Corporation Following are the prominent heads of expenses for PMC 80

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12 The analysis of expenditures indicated that the overall expenditures has increased by 4 folds i.e. almost in tune with increase in revenue. However, the increase in revenue is marginally higher than increase in expenditures. Giving opportunities to PMC to have a surplus balance the most important component of expenditures is incurred on developmental activities i.e. primary education, 2.5 times increased expenditure on water and electric supply increased on 2 times, health care increase only by 3 times. In other word, it clearly indicates that there is a high increase in non-plan expenditures than plan expenditures. 5.8 Deliberative Wing The deliberative wings is having standing committee as its apex body which has 2 constituent Mayor and Ward Committee. The Mayor is expected to look after the General body and the Ward Committee look after the development of a particular ward. The general body is representative for supervising the functions of city improvement committee, Women and Children Welfare Committee and Sport Committee. The facet of corporation is divided into 2 parts: i. Function of executive body ii. Functions of administrative body. 83

13 5.9 Organizations of Administrative Wing The administrative body look after day-to-day functions, routine operation, etc. It look after the condition of law and order, basic amenities and proper coordination among different department. As such the administrative body is controlled by Municipal Commissioner who is assisted by additional and Deputy Commissioner. The Deputy Commissioner is assisted by Zonal officer, executive engineer and health officer, Thus there is a clear distinction system of work adopted by Municipal Corporation. 84

14 5.10 Organization of Office of Municipal Commissioner of PMC 85

15 The organization of Municipal Corporation Administrative wing indicate that Municipal Commissioner is the chief of the entire executive body. He look after the various activities of corporation for which he is assisted by 3 additional commissioners who take care of land and estate of special functions. There are 4 deputy Commissioners and 16 Zonal officers to look after administration of different wards and Zones. 86