14 Acts & Rules · 14.2 Local government and the Constitution

14.2.2 74th Amendment: municipalities, Articles 243P–243ZG, Wards Committees and Twelfth Schedule

The 74th Amendment (1992) gave urban local bodies constitutional status through Part IXA (Articles 243P to 243ZG): three types of municipality, Wards Committees, reservation, a five-year term, state finance and election commissions, district and metropolitan planning committees, and 18 functions in the Twelfth Schedule, starting with urban planning.

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Key terms

  • 74th Amendment
  • Nagarpalika
  • Part IXA
  • Nagar Panchayat
  • Municipal Council
  • Municipal Corporation
  • transitional area
  • smaller urban area
  • larger urban area
  • industrial township
  • Wards Committee
  • three lakh
  • Twelfth Schedule
  • 18 subjects
  • urban planning including town planning
  • State Finance Commission
  • 243Y
  • State Election Commission
  • 243ZA

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