.svg)
16,952
edits
Municipalities of Kerala: Difference between revisions
m
→Enactment of the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992: clean up
CleanupBot (talk | contribs) |
|||
| Line 18: | Line 18: | ||
== Enactment of the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992 == | == Enactment of the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992 == | ||
The [[Seventy-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of India|74th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992]] provided for a national framework for municipal governance in the country, and Kerala has been following that pattern since 1994. Consequent to this amendment, several changes have occurred in the functions, powers, and responsibilities of the municipalities, and the states had to make necessary amendments to the legislation on the local governments in the respective states. The Kerala Municipalities Act of 1994,<ref>[http://kilalibrary.googlepages.com/MunicipalityAct.pdf Kerala Municipality Act 1994]</ref> enacted as per the constitutional amendment, governs the pattern, functions and services of the municipalities in Kerala. The act, which was integrated for the municipalities and corporations in the state, laid out the constitution of the [[ | The [[Seventy-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of India|74th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992]] provided for a national framework for municipal governance in the country, and Kerala has been following that pattern since 1994. Consequent to this amendment, several changes have occurred in the functions, powers, and responsibilities of the municipalities, and the states had to make necessary amendments to the legislation on the local governments in the respective states. The Kerala Municipalities Act of 1994,<ref>[http://kilalibrary.googlepages.com/MunicipalityAct.pdf Kerala Municipality Act 1994]</ref> enacted as per the constitutional amendment, governs the pattern, functions and services of the municipalities in Kerala. The act, which was integrated for the municipalities and corporations in the state, laid out the constitution of the [[town panchayat]]s, [[Municipal Council (India)|municipal councils]], and [[Municipal corporation (India)|municipal corporations]].{{fact|date=September 2020}} | ||
Prior to this, the urban areas of Kerala were governed by the following acts, which were repealed when the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 was introduced:<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Kerala Municipality Act, 1994|url=http://sanitation.kerala.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/kerala_-municipality_-act_1994.pdf|access-date=17 September 2020|website=Local Self Government Department, Kerala Government}}</ref> | Prior to this, the urban areas of Kerala were governed by the following acts, which were repealed when the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 was introduced:<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Kerala Municipality Act, 1994|url=http://sanitation.kerala.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/kerala_-municipality_-act_1994.pdf|access-date=17 September 2020|website=Local Self Government Department, Kerala Government}}</ref> | ||