Mudit Vyas, Ankit Natwadiya & Lakshya Patni, Amity University, Jaipur
ABSTRACT
A municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs. The term can also be used to describe municipally owned corporations. Municipal incorporation occurs when such municipalities become self-governing entities under the laws of the state or province in which they are located. Often, this event is marked by the award or declaration of a municipal charter. A city charter or town charter or municipal charter is a legal document establishing a municipality, such as a city or town. According to one definition of the term, municipal corporations are "organisations with independent corporate status, managed by an executive board appointed primarily by local government officials, and with majority public ownership". Some such corporations rely on revenue from user fees, distinguishing them from agencies and special districts funded through taxation, although this is not always the case.Such municipal corporations result from a process of " externalisation ", and require different skills and orientations from the respective local governments, and follow common changes [clarification needed] in the institutional landscape of public service.
Keywords: Externalisation, taxation, municipalities, government officials, India.
