Chandrapur Municipal Corporation

The Chandrapur City Municipal Corporation is the governing body of the city of Chandrapur in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The municipal corporation consists of democratically elected members, is headed by a mayor and administers the city's infrastructure, public services. Members from the state's leading political parties hold elected offices in the corporation. Recently the Municipal Corporation has created three nos of Zone offices. Municipal Corporation mechanism in India was introduced during British Rule with formation of municipal corporation in Madras (Chennai) in 1688, later followed by municipal corporations in Bombay (Mumbai) and Calcutta (Kolkata) by 1762.^[4] Chandrapur Municipal Corporation has been formed with functions to improve the infrastructure of town.

Chandrapur City Municipal Corporation
Type
Type	Municipal Corporation of the Chandrapur
Leadership
Mayor	Vacant (Administrative rule)[1]
Municipal Commissioner & Administrator	Mr. Vipin Paliwal [2][3]
Deputy Mayor	Vacant
Seats	66
Elections
Last election	2017
Next election	2022
Website
http://cmcchandrapur.com/

Revenue sources

The following are the Income sources for the corporation from the Central and State Government.^[5][6][7]

Revenue from taxes

Following is the Tax related revenue for the corporation.

• Property tax.
• Profession tax.
• Entertainment tax.
• Grants from Central and State Government like Goods and Services Tax.
• Advertisement tax.

Revenue from non-tax sources

Following is the Non Tax related revenue for the corporation.

• Water usage charges.
• Fees from Documentation services.
• Rent received from municipal property.
• Funds from municipal bonds.

List of Mayor

List of mayor's of Chandrapur Municipal Corporation (CMC).

#	Name	Term			Election	Party
1	Sangita Amrutkar	30 April 2012	30 October 2014	2 years, 183 days	2012	Indian National Congress
2	Rakhi Kancharlawar	30 October 2014	30 April 2017	2 years, 182 days		Bharatiya Janata Party
3	Anjali Ghotekar	30 April 2017	22 November 2019	2 years, 206 days	2017
(2)	Rakhi Kancharlawar	22 November 2019	30 April 2022	2 years, 159 days

List of Deputy Mayor

List of Chairman, Standing Committee

• Ramu Tiwari
• Pawde

Election results

2017 results

The Municipal corporation elections were held on 19 April 2017 and the result was declared on 21 April 2017. The results of Election 2017 are as follows.^[8]

Party		Seats	+/-
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	39	21
	Indian National Congress (INC)	14	12
	Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)	6	5
	Shiv Sena (SHS)	2	3
	Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)	2	2
	Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS)	1
	Other Regd. Parties	1
	Independents (Ind)	1	9
Total		66

2012 results

The results of Election 2012 are as follows.^[9]

Party		Seats
	Indian National Congress (INC)	26
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	18
	Shiv Sena (SHS)	5
	Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)	4
	Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)	1
	Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS)	1
	Other Regd Parties	1
	Independents (Ind)	10
Total		66

Administration

Commissioner - Sanjay Kakade

Additional Commissioner - Bhalchandra Behere

Deputy Commissioner 1 - Gajanan Bokade (In-charge)

Deputy Commissioner 2- Manoj Goswami (In-charge)

City Engineer - Mahesh Barai

References

1. "चंद्रपुर मनपा में खत्म हुआ पार्षदों का कार्यकाल, अब प्रशासक राज". Dainik Bhaskar. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
2. "मनपा उपायुक्त राजेश मोहितेंची बदली राज". Maharashtra Times. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
3. "Main Page of CCMC". official website of CCMC. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
4. Gupta, Anupam. "City Mayors: Indian Mayors". citymayors.com. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
5. Jadhav, Radheshyam (3 December 2020). "Why civic bodies in India need municipal bonds". www.thehindubusinessline.com. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
6. "Municipal corporations under severe strain as revenues sink: RBI Report". Business Today. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
7. "If cities are to deliver better quality life, need to have business models which are sustainable". Financialexpress. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
8. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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