Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Local Government. v. t. e. Local bodies in Tamil Nadu constitute the three tier administration set-up in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a system of local government which forms the last level from the Centre. [1] Chennai Corporation (now in Tamil Nadu) in the then Madras Presidency, established in 1688, is the oldest such local ...
Chennai Metropolitan Area. Headquarters. Egmore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Tambaram City Municipal Corporation (TCMC) is a local government of the City of Tambaram within the Chennai Metropolitan Area of Tamil Nadu, India. [2] It covers an area of 87.64 sq. km in the Chengalpattu district, and has an estimated 2021 population of 960,887.
e. Local government in India is governmental jurisdiction below the level of the state. Local self-government means that residents in towns, villages and rural settlements are the people who elect local councils and their heads authorising them to solve the important issues. India is a federal republic with three spheres of government: union ...
t. e. A nagar panchayat ( transl. 'town council') or town panchayat or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban [1] and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,000 and less than 40,000 inhabitants is classified as a nagar panchayat.
15 Zones of the Chennai Corporation after expansion The city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India, is managed by the Corporation of Chennai. Established as Madras Corporation in 1688, it is the oldest municipal body in India. It is headed by a mayor, who presides over 200 councillors each of whom represents a ward. The current mayor of Chennai was elected on 4 March 2022. Prior to its expansion in ...
v. t. e. Muhamma Panchayat office, Kerala. Panchayati raj (council of five officials) is the system of local self-government of villages in rural India [1] as opposed to urban and suburban municipalities . It consists of the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) through which the self-government of villages is realized. [2]
District council (India) The Zila Panchayat or District Development Council or Zilla Parishad or District Panchayat or is the third tier of the Panchayati Raj system and functions at the district levels in all states. A Zila Parishad is an elected body representing the entire rural area of a district. A District Panchayat is headed by a ...
Panchayati raj. The Panchayat raj is a political system, originating from the Indian subcontinent, found mainly in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. [1] It is one of the oldest systems of local government in the Indian subcontinent, and historical mentions date to around 250 CE. [2] The word raj means 'rule' and panchayat means ...