Municipal Administration in Haryana : a Case Study of Performance of Municipal Council Panchkula (Mcp) [Hardcover]

Language: English. ABOUT THE BOOK: The Urban Local Government in India is a primary agency providing basic services to the citizen. After 74th constitutional amendment, it drew the attention of citizen in the arena of civic services with quality. The various researches in this area indicate that their performance of the Local Government is not satisfactory due to reasons like scarcity of funds, improper management of finances and administrative incapability. In this book, an attempt have been made to understand the organizational, financial, physical and personnel problems related to the Urban Local Bodies. The effort have been made to understand the possible bottlenecks for the effective performance of the Urban Local Bodies specially for Municipal Council, Panchkula. Other core issues plauging the sector i.e. comparing the service delivery with the standards of services specially sanitation, roads, streetlight, parks and fire services have also been taken care of. The objective of the book is to identify the parameters of the efficient financial administration and what administrative measures may be required for improvement of financial resources of Urban Local Bodies. Besides, a conceptual explanation of Urban Local Bodies, it is also an indepth study to identify the defects within the system and possible remedial measures to correct the same. In this book, recommendations of All India Mayors Conference Chandigarh2007, All India Mayor Conference at Bathinda2012, Second ARC (Sixth Report) Local Governance have also been highlighted as well as report of 13th Finance Commission & 14th Finance Commission are taken into consideration, specially which has given in the context of the Local Self Governance particularly for Urban Settlement. Issues & Challenges of Urban Governance in India and Particularly in Haryana and its implication for Municipal Council Panchkula is also the significant part of this book. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dr. Sanjeev Ranjan, M.A., Ph.D. (Public Administration), Diploma in Forensic Science & Criminology, final result awaited M.A. Police Administration, Assistant Professor (Guest Faculty), Police Administration, Department of Evening Studies, Multi Disciplinary Research C en tr e (M. D. R. C. ) , P an jab U n iv er s ity, Chandigarh, has 5 year teaching to his credit. Dr. Ranjan has published 8 research papers in national and international journals as well as in a book. He has attended 18 national seminars/ conferences/ workshops and presented 20 research papers. He has to his credit two books entitled, "Police and Correctional Administration" by Shree Ram Law House, Chandigarh and "Police Administration: Concept and Practices" by Regal Publications, New Delhi for which the manuscripts have already been accepted. CONTENTS: Preface 13 List of Tables 15 List of Figures 21 List of Matrices 23 List of Photographs 25 List of Annexures 27 Abbreviations 29 CHAPTER 1: Introduction 31 72 1.1 History of Urban Local Government in India 36 1.2 Haryana State A Profile 45 1.3 Urban Local Bodies in Haryana 45 1.4 Review of Literature 47 1.5 Inferences from Review of Literature 64 1.6 Inadequacies of Earlier Literature and Methodology for Overcoming the Inadequacies 64 1.7 Objectives of the Study 65 1.8 Hypotheses of the Study 65 1.9 Research Methodology 66 1.10 Chapterisation 67 CHAPTER 2 : Organisational Structure of the Municipal Council Panchkula 73 103 2.1 Organisational Structure 73 2.2 Classification and Constitution of Municipality 74 2.3 Municipal Council Panchkula 74 2.4 Organisational Structure of Municipal Council, Panchkula 75 2.5 Composition of Deliberative Wing of Municipal Council, Panchkula 75 2.6 Qualification of Members 76 2.7 Tenure of Council 77 2.8 Dissolution of Municipality 78 2.9 Vacancy of the Seats in the Municipality 78 2.10 Reservation of Seats 79 2.11 Duties of Members of the Council 80 2.12 Meetings of the Council 80 2.13 President and Vice President 82 2.14 Powers of the President of Munici.…