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{{short description|governing body of the Indian city of Indore}}
{{Short description|Governing body of the Indian city of Indore}}
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{{Infobox legislature
{{Infobox legislature
  | name              = Indore Municipal Corporation
  | name              = Indore Municipal Corporation
  | native_name        =  
  | native_name        = ''Indaur Mahaanagar Paalika Nigam''
  | transcription_name =  
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  | legislature        =  
  | legislature        =  
  | coa_pic            =
  | coa_pic            = Emblem_of_IMC_Indore.jpg
  | coa_res           =  
  | coa_alt           = Seal of the IMC Indore
| coa_alt            =  
| coa_caption = [[Emblem]] of the Indore Municipal Corporation
  | coa-pic            =  
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  | coa-res            =  
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  | house_type        = Municipal corporation
  | house_type        = Municipal corporation
  | body              = Indore
| foundation = {{start date and age|1870}}
  | body              =  
  | houses            =  
  | houses            =  
  | leader1_type      = [[Mayor]]
  | leader1_type      = [[Mayor]]
  | leader1            = [[Malini Gaur]]
  | leader1            = [[Pushyamitra Bhargav]]
  | party1            = [[BJP]]
  | party1            = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/bhopal-news/madhya-pradesh-municipal-election-result-2022-winners-list-indore-bhopal-jabalpur-satna-chhindwara-singrauli-gwalior-101658059075902.html|title=Madhya Pradesh municipal election result 2022: Check winners' list here|work=Hindustan Times|date=17 July 2022 |accessdate=17 July 2022}}</ref>
  | election1          = 20 February 2015
  | election1          =  
  | leader2_type      = [[Municipal commissioner]]
  | leader2_type      = [[Municipal commissioner]]
  | leader2            = Pratibha pal IAS
  | leader2            = Harshika Singh, IAS
  | party2            =  
  | party2            =  
  | election2          =  
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  | seats              = 85
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  | leader5_type      =  
'''Government (64)'''
| leader5            =
*{{Color box|{{Party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}} [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] (64)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://imcindore.mp.gov.in/?page_id=2795|title=Indore: Ward-wise complete list of winners|work=Indore Municipal Corporation|accessdate=4 August 2023}}</ref>
| party5            =
'''Opposition (19)'''
| election5          =
*{{Color box|{{Party color|Indian National Congress}}}} [[Indian National Congress|INC]] (19)
| members            = 85
'''Others (2)'''
| political_groups1  = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]<br>[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
*{{Color box|{{Party color|Independent}}}} [[Independent politician|IND]] (2)
  | voting_system1    =  
  | voting_system1    =  
  | voting_system2    =  
  | voting_system2    =  
  | last_election1    = Varies – individual mandate, up to 5-year term of office
  | last_election1    = [[2022 Indore mayoral election|6 July 2022]]
  | last_election2     = December 2009 – 4-year term of office
  | next_election1     = 2027
  | session_room      =  
  | session_room      =  
  | session_res        =  
  | session_res        =  
  | meeting_place      = Palika Plaza, [[Indore]]
  | meeting_place      = [[Indore]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]
  | website            = [http://www.imcindore.org/ Official Website]
  | website            = {{URL|http://www.imcindore.mp.gov.in/}}
  | footnotes          =  
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'''Indore Municipal Corporation''' is the governing body of the city of [[Indore]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Madhya Pradesh]]. The [[municipal corporation]] consists of democratically elected members, is headed by a [[mayor]] and administers the city's infrastructure and public services. Members from the state's leading various political parties hold elected offices in the corporation.<ref>http://www.imcindore.org/</ref>
'''Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC)''' is the governing body of the city of [[Indore]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Madhya Pradesh]]. The [[municipal corporation]] consists of democratically elected members, is headed by a [[mayor]] and administers the city's infrastructure and public services. Members from the state's leading various political parties hold elected offices in the corporation.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.imcindore.mp.gov.in/ |title=Indore municipal corporation |access-date=10 November 2012 |archive-date=9 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509060652/http://imcindore.mp.gov.in/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is the richest Municipal corporation in terms of revenue generated in the state of Madhya Pradesh.<ref name="July 2022">{{cite news |title=AAP Makes Madhya Pradesh Debut With Singrauli Mayoral Win |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/aap-makes-madhya-pradesh-debut-with-singrauli-mayoral-win-3166398 |access-date=19 July 2022 |work=NDTV.com |date=17 July 2022}}</ref>


==History==
==History==


Due to lacked planned development in regards to facilities like water supply, drainage, sanitation and waste disposal, the first municipality was constituted in Indore in 1870 and Bakshi Khajan Singh was appointed the chairman.  
Due to lacked planned development in regards to facilities like water supply, drainage, sanitation and waste disposal, the first municipality was constituted in Indore in 1870 and Bakshi Khuman Singh was appointed the chairman.


In 1906, Indore municipality started its own powerhouse and established a new water supply system from the Bilaoli water body. Then in 1912, municipality became the first city in India to have an elected municipal government responsible for the growth and welfare of the city.
In 1906, Indore municipality started its own powerhouse and established a new water supply system from the Bilaoli water body. Then in 1912, municipality became the first city in India to have an elected municipal government responsible for the growth and welfare of the city.
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==Governance==
==Governance==


At present, the municipal area is divided into 19 zones and 85 wards of various sizes and population. As per the provision of Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956, IMC has a chairman ([[Mayor]]), councilors elected by direct election from 69 wards, 2 members of Parliament, 5 members of State Legislative Assembly representing constituencies within municipal areas. In accordance with the 74th constitutional amendment 25 seats out of 69 are reserved for women.
At present, the municipal area is divided into 19 zones and 85 wards of various sizes and population. As per the provision of Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956, IMC has a chairman ([[Mayor]]), councilors elected by direct election from 85 wards,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://imcindore.mp.gov.in/councillors |access-date=2025-10-29 |website=imcindore.mp.gov.in}}</ref> 1 member of Parliament, 5 members of State Legislative Assembly representing constituencies within municipal areas. In accordance with the 74th constitutional amendment 25 seats out of 69 are reserved for women.
 
Pushyamitra Bhargav is the mayor elected in 2022.<ref>{{cite news |title=Indore: Citing traffic woes, Bhargav says firm no to victory rally |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/indore-citing-traffic-woes-bhargav-says-firm-no-to-victory-rally |access-date=23 July 2022 |work=Free Press Journal |date=23 July 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
 
=== Wards ===
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!Zone
!Ward Number
!Ward Name
!Areas Covered
!Assembly Constituency
!Councillor<ref name=":0" />
!Political Group
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|1
|Sirpur
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|Mahesh Choudhary
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|2
|Chandan Nagar
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|Fatma Rafiq Khan
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|3
|Kalani Nagar
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|Shikha Sandeep Dubey
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|4
|Sukhdev Nagar
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|Barkha Nitin Malu
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|5
|Raj Nagar
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|Niranjan Singh Chauhan
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|6
|Malharganj
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|Sandhya Yadav
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|-
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|7
|Janta Colony
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|Bhawna Manoj Mishra
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|8
|Juna Risala
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|Rukhsana Anwar Dastak
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|9
|Vrindawan
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|Rahul Shyamlal Jaiswal
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|-
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|10
|Banganga
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|Vineetika Deepu Yadav
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|11
|Bhagirathpura
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|Kamal Baghela
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|-
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|12
|Govind Colony
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|Seema Dubey
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|-
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|13
|Sangam Nagar
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|Paraag Jaysingh Kaushal
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|-
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|14
|Ashok Nagar
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|Ashwini Kumar Shukha
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|15
|Bijasan
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|Mamta Subhas Suner
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|16
|Nandbagh
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|Sonali Mukesh Dharkar
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|17
|Kushwaah Nagar
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|Shivam K. K. Yadav
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|18
|Sant Kabir
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|Sonali Vijay Parma
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|19
|Vishwakarma
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|Sandhya Jaiswal
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|20
|Gauri Nagar
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|Yashaswi Amit Patel
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|21
|Shyam Nagar
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|Chintu Chaukse
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|22
|Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay
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|Raju Bhadauriya
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|-
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|23
|Lt. Rajesh Joshi
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|Veenita Dharmendra Maurya
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|-
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|24
|Sant Balijinath Maharaj
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|Jitender Yadav
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|25
|Nanda Nagar
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|Sunita Santosh Chaukhande
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|26
|Jeen Mata
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|Lal Bahadur Verma
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|-
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|27
|Pashupati Nath
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|'''Munnalal Yadav (Chairman Councillor)'''
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|28
|Maa Tulja Bhavani
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|Jyoti Pawar
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|29
|Shyama Prasad Mukharjee
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|Pooja Patidar
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|30
|Sant Ravidas
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|Manisha Dulichand Gagore
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|31
|Maharaj Chhatrasal
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|Balmukund Soni
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|32
|Atal Bihari Bajpai
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|Rajendra Rathore
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|-
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|33
|Sukhliya
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|Manoj Mishra
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|34
|Shaheed Bhagat Singh
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|Seema Sanjay Choudhary
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|-
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|35
|Lasudiya more
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|Rakesh Solanki
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|-
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|36
|Nipaniya
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|Suresh Kurwade
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|-
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|37
|Sai Krupa
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|Sangeeta Mahesh Joshi (Moni)
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|-
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|38
|Haji Colony
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|Jamila Usmal Patel
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|-
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|39
|Nahar Shah Wali
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|Rubina Iqbal Khan
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|40
|Khajrana Ganesh
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|Pushpendra Patidar
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|41
|Kailaash Puri
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|Pranav Mandal
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|42
|Swami Vivekanand
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|Mudra Vigyan Shastri
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|43
|Shree Nagar
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| Sunita, wife of Dinesh Songara
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|44
|HIG
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| -
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|45
|Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar
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|Sonila Mimrot
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|46
|Somnath
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|Shaifu Akash Kushwaha
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|47
|Sardar Vallabh Bhai
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|Nandkishore Pahadia
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|48
|Geeta Bhawan
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|Vijayalakshmi Gohar
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|49
|Tilak Nagar
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|Rajesh Udawat
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|50
|Brajeshwari
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|Rajeev Jain
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|51
|Bhagwati Nagar
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|Malkhan Singh Kataria
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|52
|Musakhedi
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|Savitribai Chaudhary
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|53
|Dr Maulana Azad Nagar
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|Gauzia Shaikh Aleem
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|54
|Residency
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|Mahesh Baswal
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|55
|South Tukoganj
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|Pankhuri Jain
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|56
|Snehlata Ganj
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|Gajanand Gawde
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|57
|Devi Ahilyabai
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|Suresh Takalkar
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|58
|Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
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|Mohammad Anwar Qadri
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|59
|Harsiddhi
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|Rupali Arun Pedharkar
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|60
|Ranipura
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|Sunehra Ansaf Ansari
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|61
|Tatya Sarvate
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|Bhawana Choudary
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|-
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|62
|Raoji Bazaar
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|Rupa Dinesh Pandey
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|-
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|63
|Navlakha
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|Mridul Aggarwal
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|-
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|64
|Chitawad
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|Manish Sharma (Mama)
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|-
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|65
|Sant Kanwar Ram
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|Kamlesh Kalra
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|-
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|66
|Sheheed Hemu Kalani
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|Kanchan Gidwani
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|-
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|67
|Maharaja Holkar
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|Priya Dangi
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|-
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|68
|Bombay Market
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|Ayaz Baig
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|-
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|69
|Jawahar Nagar
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|Meeta Rambabu Rathore
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|-
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|70
|Loknayak Nagar
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|Bharatsingh Raghuvanshi
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|-
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|71
|Dravid Nagar
|
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|Harpreet Kaur Luthra
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|-
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|72
|Lokmanya Nagar
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|Yogesh Gander
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|-
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|73
|Laxman Singh Chouhan
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|Shaheen Sajid Khan
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|-
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|74
|Vishnupuri
|
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|Sunita Sunil Hardia
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|-
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|75
|Palda
|
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|Kunal Solanki
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|-
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|76
|Bicholi
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|Seema Solanki
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|-
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|77
|Bilawali
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|Priyanka Chauhan
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|-
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|78
|Choithram
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|Omprakash Arya
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|-
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|79
|Sukh Niwas
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|Lakshmi Sanjay Verma
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|-
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|80
|Dr Rajendra Prasad
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|Prashant Badve
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|-
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|81
|Annapurna
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|Abhishek Bablu Sharma
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|-
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|82
|Sudama Nagar
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|Nitin Kumar Sharma (Shanu)
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|-
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|83
|Sudama Nagar
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|Jitendra Rathore
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|-
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|84
|Dwarkapuri
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|Gurjeet Singh
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|-
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|85
|Prajapati Nagar
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|Rakesh Jain
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|-
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|}


==Jurisdiction==
==Jurisdiction==
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*Law and General Administration Department
*Law and General Administration Department
*Planning & Rehabilitation Department
*Planning & Rehabilitation Department
*Public Work Department
*Public Work Department
*Revenue Department
*Revenue Department
*Water Work and Drainage Department
*Water Work and Drainage Department
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==Smart City Indore==
==Smart City Indore==
{{Infobox event
{{Infobox event
| title       = Smart City Indore
| title = Smart City Indore
| image       =
| image =  
| caption     = Logo of Smart City Indore Initiative
| caption = Logo of Smart City Indore Initiative
| date         = 3 October 2015
| date = 3 October 2015
| place       = [[Indore]], [[India]]
| place = [[Indore]], [[India]]
| coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LON|region:XXXX_type:event|display=inline,title}} -->
| coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LON|region:XXXX_type:event|display=inline,title}} -->
| organisers   = [[Malini Gaur]] (Mayor, Indore)<br/>Indore Municipal Corporation
| organisers = [[Malini Gaur]] (Mayor, Indore)<br />Indore Municipal Corporation
| website     = {{URL|www.smartcityindore.org}}
| website = {{URL|www.smartcityindore.org}}
| notes       =
| notes =  
}}
}}


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emphasize development in various sectors including Governance, Transportation, Energy & Waste Management, Water Management, Finance, Health & Education, Infrastructure and Heritage. The website and logo of the Smart City Indore program was launched by city mayor Malini Gaur on 3 October 2015.
emphasize development in various sectors including Governance, Transportation, Energy & Waste Management, Water Management, Finance, Health & Education, Infrastructure and Heritage. The website and logo of the Smart City Indore program was launched by city mayor Malini Gaur on 3 October 2015.


On 13 November 2015, the British Prime Minister [[David Cameron]] announced that British firms will also be helping and funding the project in order to make [[Indore]] (along with [[Pune]] and [[Amravati]])  a smart city.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/national/14025240.David_Cameron_hails_five_year_partnership_to_develop_three_Indian_cities|title=David Cameron hails five years to develop three Indian cities|newspaper=[[Oxford Mail]]|access-date=14 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bhaskar.com/news/MP-IND-HMU-indore-smart-city-project-will-fund-the-uk-pm-the-information-on-twitter-5167473-NOR.html|title=इंदौर स्मार्ट सिटी प्रोजेक्ट को फंडिंग करेगा ब्रिटेन, PM ने ट्विटर पर दी जानकारी|newspaper=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]|access-date=14 November 2015}}</ref>
On 13 November 2015, the British Prime Minister [[David Cameron]] announced that British firms will also be helping and funding the project in order to make [[Indore]] (along with [[Pune]] and [[Amravati]])  a smart city.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/national/14025240.David_Cameron_hails_five_year_partnership_to_develop_three_Indian_cities|title=David Cameron hails five years to develop three Indian cities|newspaper=[[Oxford Mail]]|access-date=14 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/MP-IND-HMU-indore-smart-city-project-will-fund-the-uk-pm-the-information-on-twitter-5167473-NOR.html|title=इंदौर स्मार्ट सिटी प्रोजेक्ट को फंडिंग करेगा ब्रिटेन, PM ने ट्विटर पर दी जानकारी|newspaper=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]|access-date=14 November 2015}}</ref>


Indore successfully qualified in Phase-1 of the [[Smart Cities Mission]], it ranked eleventh on the list released by Union Minister [[Venkaiah Naidu]] (MoUD) and is one of the first twenty cities to be developed as Smart City.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/list-of-first-20-smart-cities-under-smart-cities-mission/article8162775.ece|title=List of first 20 smart cities under Smart Cities Mission|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=February 16, 2016}}</ref> The Smart City Indore mission was widely appreciated for the efforts put by the government in citizen engagement.
Indore successfully qualified in Phase-1 of the [[Smart Cities Mission]], it ranked eleventh on the list released by Union Minister [[Venkaiah Naidu]] (MoUD) and is one of the first twenty cities to be developed as Smart City.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/list-of-first-20-smart-cities-under-smart-cities-mission/article8162775.ece|title=List of first 20 smart cities under Smart Cities Mission|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=February 16, 2016}}</ref> The Smart City Indore mission was widely appreciated for the efforts put by the government in citizen engagement.


According to the latest report created by a team of master students and alumni of urban planning at the Ahmedabad-based Center for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) University, Indore is among the Top Scorers. The cities have been ranked based on the extent to which they have communicated and taken public feedback on their plans through basic online platforms : the urban local body websites, Facebook page and the Union government portal mygov.in.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://epaper.indianexpress.com/624904/Indian-Express/28-October-2015#page/21 |title=Smaller towns take early lead |author=Shalini Nair |newspaper=Indian Express |date=28 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/most-smart-city-contenders-still-far-away-from-digital-india/story-nLHG2QfSREiyhXcRFO7Z4O.html |title=Most smart city contenders still far away from 'Digital India' |author1=Moushumi Das Gupta |author2=Hindustan Times |author3=New Delhi |newspaper=Hindustan Times |date=24 October 2015}}</ref>
According to the latest report created by a team of master students and alumni of urban planning at the Ahmedabad-based Center for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) University, Indore is among the Top Scorers. The cities have been ranked based on the extent to which they have communicated and taken public feedback on their plans through basic online platforms : the urban local body websites, Facebook page and the Union government portal mygov.in.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://epaper.indianexpress.com/624904/Indian-Express/28-October-2015#page/21 |title=Smaller towns take early lead |author=Shalini Nair |newspaper=Indian Express |date=28 October 2015 |archive-date=31 December 2017 |access-date=11 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231103956/http://epaper.indianexpress.com/624904/Indian-Express/28-October-2015#page/21 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/most-smart-city-contenders-still-far-away-from-digital-india/story-nLHG2QfSREiyhXcRFO7Z4O.html |title=Most smart city contenders still far away from 'Digital India' |author1=Moushumi Das Gupta |author2=Hindustan Times |author3=New Delhi |newspaper=Hindustan Times |date=24 October 2015}}</ref>
 
== Revenue sources ==
 
The following are the Income sources for the Corporation from the Central and State Government.<ref name="In11">{{cite news |last1=Jadhav |first1=Radheshyam |title=Why civic bodies in India need municipal bonds |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/why-civic-bodies-in-india-need-municipal-bonds/article33237962.ece |access-date=18 May 2022 |publisher=www.thehindubusinessline.com |date=3 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="In12">{{cite news |title=Municipal corporations under severe strain as revenues sink: RBI Report |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/economy/story/municipal-corporations-under-severe-strain-as-revenues-sink-rbi-report-314215-2021-12-02 |access-date=18 May 2022 |publisher=Business Today |date=2 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="In13">{{cite news |title=If cities are to deliver better quality life, need to have business models which are sustainable |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/if-cities-are-to-deliver-better-quality-life-need-to-have-business-models-which-are-sustainable/642276/ |access-date=18 May 2022 |publisher=Financialexpress |date=17 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
 
=== Revenue from taxes ===
Following is the Tax related revenue for the corporation.
 
* Property tax.
* Profession tax.
* Entertainment tax.
* Grants from Central and State Government like Goods and Services Tax.
* Advertisement tax.
 
=== Revenue from non-tax sources ===
 
Following is the Non Tax related revenue for the corporation.
 
* Water usage charges.
* Fees from Documentation services.
* Rent received from municipal property.
* Funds from municipal bonds.
* Carbon-credit trading.


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Municipal corporations in Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Municipal corporations in Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Government of Indore]]
[[Category:Government of Indore]]
[[Category:Smart cities in India]]
[[Category:1870 establishments in India]]
[[Category:1870 establishments in India]]

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Indore Municipal Corporation

Indaur Mahaanagar Paalika Nigam
Seal of the IMC Indore
Emblem of the Indore Municipal Corporation
Type
Type
History
Founded1870; 156 years ago (1870)
Leadership
Harshika Singh, IAS
Structure
Seats85
Political groups
Government (64)
  •   BJP (64)[2]

Opposition (19)

Others (2)

Elections
Last election
6 July 2022
Next election
2027
Meeting place
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Website
www.imcindore.mp.gov.in

Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) is the governing body of the city of Indore in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The municipal corporation consists of democratically elected members, is headed by a mayor and administers the city's infrastructure and public services. Members from the state's leading various political parties hold elected offices in the corporation.[3] It is the richest Municipal corporation in terms of revenue generated in the state of Madhya Pradesh.[4]

History[edit | edit source]

Due to lacked planned development in regards to facilities like water supply, drainage, sanitation and waste disposal, the first municipality was constituted in Indore in 1870 and Bakshi Khuman Singh was appointed the chairman.

In 1906, Indore municipality started its own powerhouse and established a new water supply system from the Bilaoli water body. Then in 1912, municipality became the first city in India to have an elected municipal government responsible for the growth and welfare of the city.

After independence, Indore city was included into Madhya Bharat and declared as the first category of municipality by the local government department of Madhya Bharat. In the year 1956, during the re-organisation of states, Indore was included in Madhya Pradesh and in the same year it was declared a Municipal Corporation.

Governance[edit | edit source]

At present, the municipal area is divided into 19 zones and 85 wards of various sizes and population. As per the provision of Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956, IMC has a chairman (Mayor), councilors elected by direct election from 85 wards,[5] 1 member of Parliament, 5 members of State Legislative Assembly representing constituencies within municipal areas. In accordance with the 74th constitutional amendment 25 seats out of 69 are reserved for women.

Pushyamitra Bhargav is the mayor elected in 2022.[6]

Wards[edit | edit source]

Zone Ward Number Ward Name Areas Covered Assembly Constituency Councillor[5] Political Group
1 Sirpur Mahesh Choudhary
2 Chandan Nagar Fatma Rafiq Khan
3 Kalani Nagar Shikha Sandeep Dubey
4 Sukhdev Nagar Barkha Nitin Malu
5 Raj Nagar Niranjan Singh Chauhan
6 Malharganj Sandhya Yadav
7 Janta Colony Bhawna Manoj Mishra
8 Juna Risala Rukhsana Anwar Dastak
9 Vrindawan Rahul Shyamlal Jaiswal
10 Banganga Vineetika Deepu Yadav
11 Bhagirathpura Kamal Baghela
12 Govind Colony Seema Dubey
13 Sangam Nagar Paraag Jaysingh Kaushal
14 Ashok Nagar Ashwini Kumar Shukha
15 Bijasan Mamta Subhas Suner
16 Nandbagh Sonali Mukesh Dharkar
17 Kushwaah Nagar Shivam K. K. Yadav
18 Sant Kabir Sonali Vijay Parma
19 Vishwakarma Sandhya Jaiswal
20 Gauri Nagar Yashaswi Amit Patel
21 Shyam Nagar Chintu Chaukse
22 Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay Raju Bhadauriya
23 Lt. Rajesh Joshi Veenita Dharmendra Maurya
24 Sant Balijinath Maharaj Jitender Yadav
25 Nanda Nagar Sunita Santosh Chaukhande
26 Jeen Mata Lal Bahadur Verma
27 Pashupati Nath Munnalal Yadav (Chairman Councillor)
28 Maa Tulja Bhavani Jyoti Pawar
29 Shyama Prasad Mukharjee Pooja Patidar
30 Sant Ravidas Manisha Dulichand Gagore
31 Maharaj Chhatrasal Balmukund Soni
32 Atal Bihari Bajpai Rajendra Rathore
33 Sukhliya Manoj Mishra
34 Shaheed Bhagat Singh Seema Sanjay Choudhary
35 Lasudiya more Rakesh Solanki
36 Nipaniya Suresh Kurwade
37 Sai Krupa Sangeeta Mahesh Joshi (Moni)
38 Haji Colony Jamila Usmal Patel
39 Nahar Shah Wali Rubina Iqbal Khan
40 Khajrana Ganesh Pushpendra Patidar
41 Kailaash Puri Pranav Mandal
42 Swami Vivekanand Mudra Vigyan Shastri
43 Shree Nagar Sunita, wife of Dinesh Songara
44 HIG -
45 Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Sonila Mimrot
46 Somnath Shaifu Akash Kushwaha
47 Sardar Vallabh Bhai Nandkishore Pahadia
48 Geeta Bhawan Vijayalakshmi Gohar
49 Tilak Nagar Rajesh Udawat
50 Brajeshwari Rajeev Jain
51 Bhagwati Nagar Malkhan Singh Kataria
52 Musakhedi Savitribai Chaudhary
53 Dr Maulana Azad Nagar Gauzia Shaikh Aleem
54 Residency Mahesh Baswal
55 South Tukoganj Pankhuri Jain
56 Snehlata Ganj Gajanand Gawde
57 Devi Ahilyabai Suresh Takalkar
58 Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Mohammad Anwar Qadri
59 Harsiddhi Rupali Arun Pedharkar
60 Ranipura Sunehra Ansaf Ansari
61 Tatya Sarvate Bhawana Choudary
62 Raoji Bazaar Rupa Dinesh Pandey
63 Navlakha Mridul Aggarwal
64 Chitawad Manish Sharma (Mama)
65 Sant Kanwar Ram Kamlesh Kalra
66 Sheheed Hemu Kalani Kanchan Gidwani
67 Maharaja Holkar Priya Dangi
68 Bombay Market Ayaz Baig
69 Jawahar Nagar Meeta Rambabu Rathore
70 Loknayak Nagar Bharatsingh Raghuvanshi
71 Dravid Nagar Harpreet Kaur Luthra
72 Lokmanya Nagar Yogesh Gander
73 Laxman Singh Chouhan Shaheen Sajid Khan
74 Vishnupuri Sunita Sunil Hardia
75 Palda Kunal Solanki
76 Bicholi Seema Solanki
77 Bilawali Priyanka Chauhan
78 Choithram Omprakash Arya
79 Sukh Niwas Lakshmi Sanjay Verma
80 Dr Rajendra Prasad Prashant Badve
81 Annapurna Abhishek Bablu Sharma
82 Sudama Nagar Nitin Kumar Sharma (Shanu)
83 Sudama Nagar Jitendra Rathore
84 Dwarkapuri Gurjeet Singh
85 Prajapati Nagar Rakesh Jain

Jurisdiction[edit | edit source]

The IMC area is bounded by the junction of MR-10 and Bypass Road towards east along the Eastern Ring Road, the Kanadia Road up to its junction with the Bypass Road; thence towards northeast along the AB Road and Eastern Ring Road up to the MR-11; thence towards south along the Khandwa Road; thence towards south along the railway line up to its junction with the Sukhniwas Road; up to its junction with AB Road, thence towards south along the AB Road; up to its junction with the last road leading to Rajendra Nagar; thence towards west along the Ahmedabad Road up to Sinhasa; thence towards west along the Airport Road up to Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport at its junction with MR-10 (Super Corridor); thence towards northwest along the Depalpur Road up to its junction with the MR-10; thence towards north along the MR-10 up to its junction with Ujjain Road (MDR-27).

Departments[edit | edit source]

IMC has 13 departments:-

  • Accounts Department
  • Education Department
  • Electrical and Mechanical Department
  • Fire Department
  • Food and Civil Supplies Department
  • Health Department
  • Housing & Environmental Department
  • Information Technology Department
  • Law and General Administration Department
  • Planning & Rehabilitation Department
  • Public Work Department
  • Revenue Department
  • Water Work and Drainage Department

Smart City Indore[edit | edit source]

Smart City Indore
Date3 October 2015
LocationIndore, India
Organised byMalini Gaur (Mayor, Indore)
Indore Municipal Corporation
Websitewww.smartcityindore.org

Smart City Indore is an initiative of the corporation to engage citizens of Indore in the process to qualify the city of Indore in the first round of Smart City Mission launched by Government of India.[7] The project is currently into its second stage.[8]

Smart City Indore is an initiative launched by Indore Municipal Corporation, which includes the participation of residents to qualify Indore to the Smart City Mission launched by the Government of India in first round by taking suggestions and feedback from the residents. Indore is shortlisted by the Ministry of Urban Development as one of the 100 cities under Smart City Mission.[9] The project aims to emphasize development in various sectors including Governance, Transportation, Energy & Waste Management, Water Management, Finance, Health & Education, Infrastructure and Heritage. The website and logo of the Smart City Indore program was launched by city mayor Malini Gaur on 3 October 2015.

On 13 November 2015, the British Prime Minister David Cameron announced that British firms will also be helping and funding the project in order to make Indore (along with Pune and Amravati) a smart city.[10][11]

Indore successfully qualified in Phase-1 of the Smart Cities Mission, it ranked eleventh on the list released by Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu (MoUD) and is one of the first twenty cities to be developed as Smart City.[12] The Smart City Indore mission was widely appreciated for the efforts put by the government in citizen engagement.

According to the latest report created by a team of master students and alumni of urban planning at the Ahmedabad-based Center for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) University, Indore is among the Top Scorers. The cities have been ranked based on the extent to which they have communicated and taken public feedback on their plans through basic online platforms : the urban local body websites, Facebook page and the Union government portal mygov.in.[13][14]

Revenue sources[edit | edit source]

The following are the Income sources for the Corporation from the Central and State Government.[15][16][17]

Revenue from taxes[edit | edit source]

Following is the Tax related revenue for the corporation.

  • Property tax.
  • Profession tax.
  • Entertainment tax.
  • Grants from Central and State Government like Goods and Services Tax.
  • Advertisement tax.

Revenue from non-tax sources[edit | edit source]

Following is the Non Tax related revenue for the corporation.

  • Water usage charges.
  • Fees from Documentation services.
  • Rent received from municipal property.
  • Funds from municipal bonds.
  • Carbon-credit trading.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Madhya Pradesh municipal election result 2022: Check winners' list here". Hindustan Times. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "Indore: Ward-wise complete list of winners". Indore Municipal Corporation. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "Indore municipal corporation". Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  4. ↑ "AAP Makes Madhya Pradesh Debut With Singrauli Mayoral Win". NDTV.com. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 imcindore.mp.gov.in https://imcindore.mp.gov.in/councillors. Retrieved 29 October 2025. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ "Indore: Citing traffic woes, Bhargav says firm no to victory rally". Free Press Journal. 23 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  7. ↑ Indore Municipal Corporation. "SmartCity - Making of Smart Indore". Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  8. ↑ Government of India. "Smart City Proposal- Indore India Smart City Mission - Stage- 2" (PDF). Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  9. ↑ Smart Cities in India
  10. ↑ "David Cameron hails five years to develop three Indian cities". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  11. ↑ "इंदौर स्मार्ट सिटी प्रोजेक्ट को फंडिंग करेगा ब्रिटेन, PM ने ट्विटर पर दी जानकारी". Dainik Bhaskar. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  12. ↑ "List of first 20 smart cities under Smart Cities Mission". The Hindu. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  13. ↑ Shalini Nair (28 October 2015). "Smaller towns take early lead". Indian Express. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  14. ↑ Moushumi Das Gupta; Hindustan Times; New Delhi (24 October 2015). "Most smart city contenders still far away from 'Digital India'". Hindustan Times.
  15. ↑ Jadhav, Radheshyam (3 December 2020). "Why civic bodies in India need municipal bonds". www.thehindubusinessline.com. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  16. ↑ "Municipal corporations under severe strain as revenues sink: RBI Report". Business Today. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  17. ↑ "If cities are to deliver better quality life, need to have business models which are sustainable". Financialexpress. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
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