Urban Administration Social Science - Urban Administration

In which of the following are lives faster?

Who takes the complicated decisions that affect the entire city?

Why was Gangabai loved and respected?

The big city like Delhi is divided into several:

The responsibility of replacing the street lights belong to:

The setting up of "Two-tier Panchayati Raj Institution" was recommended by _______.

Group of councilors deal with issues that affect the ______.

Delhi Development Authority (DDA) is a _______ run agency.

The provision for the functions of municipalities is cited in the _________ Schedule of the Constitution.

The government of the people, by the people and for the people is termed as ______.

The Municipal Corporation collects money in different forms like property taxes, water taxes, education taxes, etc. True/ False

In democratic India, sovereign power lies with the people. True/ False

A contract worker is not a permanent employee of a company. He is hired for a specific task or project. True/ False

Municipal Corporation Formulate the laws. True/ False

Who is a Municipal Councillor?

What is a Municipal Council?

Which is the cleanest city in India?

Define sub-contracting.

Why Surat came in notice earlier in 1990's?

How does the Municipal Corporation earn the money to do its work?

Why did the children go to Yasmin Khala's house?

What is committee system under a municipality?

What is a city? Why some cities are called metropolitan cities?

Describe democracy.

Several poor people in the city work as domestic servants as well as work for the Corporation, keeping the city clean. Yet the slums in which they live are quite filthy. This is because these slums seldom have any water and sanitation facilities. The reason often given by the Municipal Corporation is that the land in which the poor have set up their homes does not belong to them and that slum-dwellers do not pay taxes. However people living in middle class neighbourhoods pay very little in taxes compared to the amount of money the corporation spends on them in setting up parks, street lighting facilities, regular garbage collection etc. Also as you read in this chapter, the property taxes collected by the Municipality makes up only 25-30 per cent of its money. Why do you think it is important that the Corporation should spend more money on slum localities? Why is it important that the Municipal Corporation provide the poor in the city with the same facilities that the rich get?

Discuss
In the two photographs you see different ways of collecting and disposing garbage.

1. Which way do you think provides safety to the person disposing garbage?
2. What are the dangers of collecting garbage in the manner shown in the first photograph?
3. Why do you think that proper ways of disposing garbage are not available to those who work in municipalities?

What did Gangabai do and Why?

List four ways in which the work of the Municipal Corporation affects the life of a city-dweller.

List the qualifications that are needed to become the member of the municipality.

Examine the functions of a municipality and municipal corporation.

Are private initiatives possible in a Municipality?

Name four offices who work for the maintenance of civil amenities and services in a district.

Who decides different tasks to be done?

What is recycling of waste things? Give some examples of recycling of waste material.