Miss Chailcy Sharma, Uttaranchal University, Law College Dehradun
Mr. Ramakant Tripathi, Assistant Professor, Uttaranchal University, Law College Dehradun
ABSTRACT
The 74th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992 (74th CAA) came into effect on 1 June 1993, introduced Part IX A (the Municipalities) which deals with the issues relating to municipalities. 1The Act provided constitutional status to the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs). Article 243W of the 74th CAA authorised the State Legislatures to enact laws to endow local bodies with powers and authority as necessary to enable them to function as institutions of Self-Government and make provisions for devolution of powers and responsibilities. The 12th Schedule of the Constitution enumerates 18 specific functions to be devolved to ULBs2. As urban areas face many issues ranging from multiple challenges, ranging from public health issues, poverty alleviation, waste management, depletion of natural resources, increasing pressure of urban population and inadequate infrastructure. In this scenario, ULBs have an important role to play, as most of these issues are handled best at the local level which have been further discusses in this research paper.
Keywords: Urban Local Bodies, Geographic information system, Panchayati Raj, Parastatals
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