Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation
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Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation वसई-विरार शहर महानगरपालिका |
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Term limits
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5 Years |
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| Founded | 3 July 2009 |
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| Seats | 115 |
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Political groups
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BVA (99) Shiv Sena (05) BJP (01) INC (01) |
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Official Website www |
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BVA (99)
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The Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation, (VVMC) is the civic body that governs areas and villages in Vasai-Virar tehsil in Maharashtra state, western India comprising the most populated part of Palghar district. It is an extended suburb of Mumbai. According to the 2011 census, it is the fifth largest city in Maharashtra with a population of more than 1.3 million. The city is located 50 km north of Mumbai, on the north bank of Vasai Creek, part of the estuary of the Ulhas River. It was formed on 3 July 2009 by combining four municipal councils and 53 gram panchayats.
The VVMC is responsible for aiding in prevention of epidemic outbreaks through mass production of medicines, Cemeteries and Crematoria, Fire Stations, Garbage disposal and street cleanliness, House Tax, Lighthouses, Maintenance of parks and open spaces, Markets, shops, and establishments, Municipal water, Public health and hospitals, Registering of births and deaths, Removal of encroachments, Security, Sewage treatment and disposal, Street lighting, Transport and Construction of Roads
The Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation is headed by a municipal commissioner who is an IAS officer. The commissioner wields the executive powers of the house. A quinquennial election is held to elect corporators to power whose duties are to ensure that their constituencies have the basic civic infrastructure in place and that there is no lacuna on the part of the authorities. The mayor (a largely ceremonial post with limited duties) heads the party with the largest vote. All administrative proceedings in the VVMC are conducted in Marathi.
Local body tax (LBT) is a levy that traders have to pay the local municipal corporation for goods imported to the state. It is an account-based tax for every raw material used or imported into the city’s limits by all businesses, traders and manufacturers and replaces traditional tax collections. All shopkeepers who sell goods over a certain value have to pay LBT. It ranges from 0% to 7% and is computed based on a trader’s turnover.
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