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Education Sources of Income
A Nagar Nigam/Palika builds and maintains The chief sources of income for both Nagar
schools for primary education, with all necessary Nigam and Nagar Palika are taxes and grants.
provisions like teachers, staff members, furniture They levy taxes on transportation of goods,
etc. In addition, it also opens and maintains public property, business, professionals, water supply,
libraries, reading rooms, museums, zoos etc. for electricity supply etc. They also rent out property
public education on various subjects. for an income. In addition, the state government
gives annual and special grants to them for
Public Conveniences
meeting the annual budget. In addition, they can
A Nagar Nigam/Palika also provides for different apply for a loan from the state finance commission
types of public conveniences, such as public for different projects.
toilets, urinals, parks, markets, fairs etc.
Roads and Street Lights GRIEVANCES AND PROTESTS
A Nagar Nigam/Palika also constructs and The people living in a city or town have many
maintains roads and street lights. needs and expectations which a Nagar
Nigam/Palika is supposed to meet but often fails
Records
to meet. There can be many causes for failure to
An important function of a Nagar Nigam/Palika is meet these needs and expectations— lack of
to maintain different types of records of the city, infrastructure, lack of staff, lack of funds etc.
including births, deaths, industries, shops etc. It However, the most important causes that are
also issues different types of certificates. surfacing in local self-governing bodies are
corruption and lack of will to work. The cause of
Miscellaneous Functions
corruption is not far to seek. When councillors
A Nagar Nigam/Palika has to perform various spend a lot of money to get elected, the spirit of
other functions depending on the nature of its social service is hardly present in them, because
jurisdiction, which may include fire fighting
their primary aim is to make up the money they
department, electricity department, tree plantation have spent and to earn some more of it for fighting
etc. the next elections.
Quiz Time When the needs of citizens are not met, it is
Write True or False : natural for them to have grievances. When these
needs are not met over a long period of time, the
1. The members of a Nagar Nigam are called citizens may protest. The Constitution of India
Councillors. ________
gives the citizens the Fundamental Right to
2. The functions of a Nagar Palika and a Nagar express themselves in a peaceful manner. These
Nigam are different in nature. ________ protests are mostly in the form of petitions,
3. The Mahapaur presides over the meetings of a
Nagar Nigam. ________
4. A vice chairman called Mayor. ________
5. A Nagar Nigam/Palika also constructs and
maintains roads and street lights. ________
Just Think!
If public services are not carried out properly what
should we do? A bulldozer demolishing an unlawful construction
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