Question

Differentiate between municipal corporations and municipalities.

Answer 1

A municipal corporation is the term used to describe municipally-owned enterprises.

but, where as municipalities are the cities or towns with its own local government, or the local government itself.

Answer 2

A Municipal Corporation is to govern cities with a population of more than 100,000 people.

Municipal Councils are for towns between 25,000 and 100,000 in population.

Nagar Panchayat is for towns with populations between 11,000 and 25,000 people.

They are all responsible, in their own way, to generate revenue through taxes and deliver services to the citizens. Their members are elected by the citizens. The number of members depends on the size of the city.