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Grassroots Democracy–Part 3 Local Government in Urban Areas
Class 6
Subject-Social Science
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1. What are urban local bodies and what are their functions?
Answer:
- Managing infrastructure (roads, water supply, drainage).
- Collecting taxes and garbage.
- Providing services like health camps and maintaining public spaces.
- Planning for social and economic development.
2. Why are they important in governance and democracy?
Answer:
3. Why is a city like Kolkata, Chennai or Mumbai more complex and diverse than a village or a town?
Answer:
4. With your classmates, make a list of diverse communities residing in any city that you are familiar with. How many were you able to list? What else do you observe in the list?
Answer:
- Variety of languages spoken.
- Different festivals celebrated.
- Diverse cuisines and traditions.
5. In Fig. 12.2 above, what similarities and differences do you notice between the Panchayati Raj system and the urban local government?
Answer:
- Both are forms of local self-government.
- Both have elected members.
- Panchayati Raj is for rural areas; urban local government is for cities/towns.
- Functions and population served differ.
6. Can you think of four or five more actions that responsible citizens might take to help their area of the city?
Answer:
7. Select a few cities, from your State and from a few neighbouring States. These may include the city you live in or the city nearest to your town or village. How will you find out if they have a Nagar Panchayat, Municipal Council or Municipal Corporation? Draw a table with the names of the cities and the type of urban local body each of them has.
Answer:
- Check the population of the city:
- Population above 10 lakhs: Municipal Corporation.
- 1 to 10 lakhs: Municipal Council.
- Smaller towns: Nagar Panchayat.
- Example Table:
City Name Urban Local Body Type Chennai Municipal Corporation Madurai Municipal Council Small Town Nearby Nagar Panchayat
8. How do urban local bodies fund their activities? (Hint: Look carefully at the pictures of the functions performed by Indore Municipal Corporation in Figure 12.4 on page 178.) Are some of them paid services?
Answer:
- They collect taxes like property tax and water charges.
- Charge for paid services like:
- Water tanker supply.
- Septic tank cleaning.
- Business licenses.
- Additional revenue from fines and fees.
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