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RMC Administration Municipal services were run by Municipal Borough- Rajkot, under the Gujarat Municipal Act. 1963. Rajkot Municipality was subsequently converted into Municipal Corporation with effect from 19.11.1973 and the city administration was placed under the new statute of the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporation (BPMC) Act 1949. The statute has a special design of administration having two wings i.e. the elected wing and the administrative wing. As per the provisions of the Bombay Provincial Corporation Act, 1949, the RMC consists of two wings elected and the administrative. The Municipal Commissioner is the Chief Executive of the organization and has well-defined statutory and financial powers as per BPMC Act and also exercises all powers, which are delegated to the Corporation under other Acts. Rajkot Municipal Corporation is divided into 23city ward for administrative purpose. For the purpose of water services, the Municipal Commissioner is assisted by Dy. Municipal Commissioner (Technical). The deputy Municipal Commissioner is assisted by 4 City Engineers (i.e. of Executive Engineer levels), who are assisted by Deputy Executive Engineer. RMC has following statutory authorities under the corporation Act. 1. General Body of the Corporations constituted by elected councilors. 2. The standing committee consisting of 12 elected councilors of the Corporation. 3. The Municipal Commissioner who is the Chief Executive Officer for the city administration. Municipal Corporation consists of two wings elected and
administrative. Elected wings form the General board, standing committee and 15
sub-committee for the purpose of water services. General board, standing
committee and water works committee share the statutory powers. The mayor chairs
the session of General Board, which is the apex body of the corporation
including all councilors. As per the statute, the authority exercised by each of these organs of administration is specific. The General Body and the Standing Committee are vested with the powers of taking specified policy decisions for the development of the city. The Municipal Commissioner as Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation are vested with executive and financial powers and are responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Municipal Corporation. These three authorities are functionally distinct authorities in that they are autonomous in the exercise of powers and discharge of responsibilities provided by the Act and hardly there is any conflict.
Vijay's Profile As a part of training programme on Urban & Regional Planning Post Graduation Course at School of Planning, CEPT, Ahmedabad and for the benefit of Rajkot Municipal Corporation I opted to prepare Rajkot City Corporate Plan. The Rajkot City Corporate Plan will be useful to Rajkot city as well as Rajkot Municipal Corporation. The city Corporate Plan will be prepared by consultative process & discussion with stack holders like Govt. Agencies, Councilors, NGO, Citizens, CBO as well as citizens. Using City development Strategy (CDS) as tool the Corporate Plan will be prepared for next five years. The Plan shape depends on the CDS and people participation, which largely depends upon the latest data and factual figures. Therefore, I all citizens of Rajkot to express their view & ideas to prepare best City Corporate Plan. My brief bio-data as under :
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