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dharnas and demonstrations. Sometimes, the STATE GOVERNMENT AND NAGAR NIGAM/PALIKA
protests become violent when the police force has
to be used to curb the protest. A Nagar Nigam/Palika is the form of urban local
self-governing body which functions for the well-
being of the citizens in an urban area. The state
It is also true that the citizens do not cooperate
with these bodies in doing their work. In many government exercises its control over these bodies
in the state, so that they can function properly for
cases, they oppose any action taken by these
the given task. This control is exercised through
bodies, such as against encroachments.
several departments, such as state finance
It is the duty of both citizens and Nagar commission, urban development authority etc. It
Palika/Nigam to function such as to improve the can take action against these bodies in case they
standard of living in the city and solve problems do not function properly; it can even dissolve
and the best way to achieve this aim is to them. The central government keeps a watch over
cooperate with each other. these bodies through state governments.

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What are the problems faced by the people, in Now it is universally accepted that a municipality
cities? should be called Nagar Palika and a municipal
corporation should be called Nagar Nigam.

v The type of local self-government in an urban area depends on its size and population, such as Nagar
Panchayat, Nagar Palika or Nagar Nigam.
v A Nagar Panchayat is constituted for a transitional area, a Nagar Palika for a town or small city and a Nagar
Nigam is constituted for a large city.
v An urban area is divided into as many wards as many members have to be elected for these local bodies.
v Seats in local self-government are reserved for the members of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and
Other Backward Classes. One-third of total seats are reserved for women.
v Some members are nominated in these local bodies, also some of them are ex-officio members, such as
the members of state legislature and members of Parliament from the area.
v The functions of Nagar Nigam/Palika comprise of public health, public hygiene, education, construction and
maintenance of roads, provision of water, public conveniences etc.
v The two chief sources of income for Nagar Nigam/Palika are taxes and grants from the state government.
v The people have grievances in case their needs and expectations are not met, which can result in protests
in different forms.
v The state governments keep a check over the functioning of these local bodies through various agencies.

A. Tick (3) the right option :
1. _____________ is a chief cause of rising population in cities.
(a) births of children (b) migration from rural areas (c) none of these
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