Pimpri-Chinchwad

Municipal
Corporation

Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation

is the civic body that governs Pimpri
Chinchwad, the proudly extended city
limits of Pune, Maharashtra. It was
established on 11 October 1982 to govern
the newly industrialized towns of
Chinchwad, Akurdi, Pimpri & Bhosari. It
governs an area of 181 km2 with a
population of 1.72 million.[7][8] The
executive power of the PCMC is vested in
the Municipal Commissioner, an Indian
Administrative Service (IAS) officer
appointed by the Government of
Maharashtra. The position is held by
Shravan Hardikar since April 2017.[9][10]
The general body of the PCMC consists of
128 directly elected councilors,[11]
popularly known as "corporators", headed
by a mayor. Rahul Jadhav (BJP) was
elected as the mayor and Sachin
Chinchwade (BJP) as the deputy mayor in
August 2018.[10][12] The PCMC
headquarters are situated on the Old Pune
Mumbai Highway in the heart of Pune.[13]
 Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal
Corporation
Pimpri-Chinchwad
Mahānagarpālikā (Marathi)

Type

Type Municipal Corporation

History

Founded 11 October 1982[1]

Preceded by Pimpri-Chinchwad
Municipal Council
(1970-1982)[2]

Leadership

[ ]
Municipal Shravan Hardikar, IAS[3]
Commissioner
Mayor Sh. Rahul Jadhav, BJP

Deputy Mayor Sh. Sachin Chinchwade,

BJP

Structure

Seats 128[4][5]

Political groups    BJP: 77

   Shiv Sena: 9

   NCP: 36

   MNS: 1

   Independents: 5

Committees Standing Committee ·

Law Committee ·
 Women and Child
welfare Committee ·
City improvement
Committee ·
Sports, Art, literature
and cultural committee
·
Biodiversity Committee
·
Ward Committees (A to
H)

Elections

Voting system First-past-the-post

voting
Last election 21 February 2017[6]

Next election February 2022

(expected)
 ( p )

Motto

"क टब ा जन हताय" (Sanskrit)
Prepared for public interest

Meeting place

PCMC Bhavan, Old Bombay Poona Road, Pimpri,

Pune

Website

History
The industrialization in what is today the
city of Pimpri & Chinchwad began in 1954
with the establishment of Hindustan
Antibiotics, the first pharmaceutical
company of the Government of India.[14][15]
On 4 March 1970, Annasaheb Magar laid
the foundation stone of the Pimpri
Chinchwad Municipal Council, which
brought the industrial and residential areas
of Pimpri, Chinchwad, Akurdi and Bhosari
under a unified civic body. In 1975, the
status of the Municipal Council was
changed from C to A class.[16][17] On 11
October 1982, the civic body was
reorganized to form the modern municipal
corporation with the merger of seven
surrounding villages of Sangvi, Rahatani,
Thergaon, Pimple Gurav, Pimple Nilakh,
Pimple Saudagar as well as parts of
Wakad.[17] The newly formed PCMC had
an area of 86 km2 under its jurisdiction,
which increased drastically in September
1997 after 18 fringe villages were merged
into the city.[17] Today the city has an area
of 181 km2.[7]

Administration
The major responsibility of PCMC is to
look after the civic and infrastructural
needs of the citizens. The administration
consists of two major branches: the
executive branch headed by the Municipal
Commissioner and the deliberative branch
headed by the Mayor. The Pimpri-
Chinchwad Police is the law enforcement
agency for the city along with its twin Pune
and answers to the Ministry of Home
Affairs of the GoM. It is headed by a Police
Commissioner, an Indian Police Service
(IPS) officer. A separate police
commissionerate was announced for
Pimpri-Chinchwad in April 2018 to be
carved out of Pune Police.[18][19]

Executive Branch

The executive branch is headed by the

Municipal Commissioner appointed by the
State government from the Indian
Administrative Service for a term not
exceeding three years according to
Section 36 of the Maharashtra Municipal
Corporation Act, 1949.[20] The Municipal
Commissioner also serves on the boards
of directors of the two public transport
companies, PMPML and
MahaMetro.[21][22][23]

Administrative Zones

The city is divided into eight administrative

zones (named A to H). Each zone consists
of 4 electoral wards and has an office
(Marathi: े य कायालय, IAST: Kṣhetriya
Kāryālay) overseen by an Assistant
Municipal Commissioner.[24][25]

Deliberative Branch

The deliberative branch is the elected

branch of the PCMC headed by the
Mayor.[26] The city is divided into 32
electoral wards (Marathi: भाग, IAST:
Prabhāg), represented by 4 corporators
each.[11] Thus, the general body of the
PCMC consists of 128 corporators. They
are elected for a five year term by adult
franchise in municipal elections. All major
political parties active in the state contest
the elections.
The corporators elect the Mayor, a
ceremonial position with limited duties
who acts as an ambassador and
representative of the city, as well as a
Deputy Mayor. The corporators approve
the city budget and act as watchdogs on
implementation of policy by the staff
under the Municipal Commissioner.[27]

Committees

The corporators form several committees

which deliberate on various issues. At
present, PCMC has the following subject
committees: Law, Women and Child
welfare, City improvement, Biodiversity
and a committee for Sports, Art, Literature
and Culture.[10] The Standing Committee is
the perhaps the most important
committee of the PCMC formed according
to Section 20 of Maharashtra Municipal
Corporation Act, 1949.[28] It consists of 16
members headed by a President
appointed at the first meeting of the newly
elected Corporation, half of whom retire
every succeeding year. A new President is
also appointed every year. Besides the
subject committees and the Standing
Committee, there are eight ward
committees representing each of the eight
administrative zones (A to H) of the city.[10]
City Officials
Title Incumbent Since Appointed/Elected

Municipal Commissioner Shravan Hardikar[9][29] April 2017

Appointed by the
August
Commissioner of Police R K Padmanabhan[30][31] GoM
2018

August
Mayor Rahul Jadhav (BJP)[10][12]
2018

Sachin Chinchwade August

Deputy Mayor
(BJP)[12] 2018 Elected
Leader of the House Shatrughan Kate (BJP)[32] April 2018

President of the Standing Mamata Gaikwad March

Committee (BJP)[33][34] 2018

Municipal Elections
Municipal Election Summary
Number of
Party flag or
S.No. Party name Coalition Corporators
symbol
2012[35][36] 2017[37][38]

1 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) NDA 03 77

2 Shiv Sena NDA 14 09

UPA
Nationalist Congress Party
3 (Until 83 36
(NCP)
2014)[39]

Indian National Congress

4 UPA 14 00
(Congress)

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena

5 - 04 01
(MNS)

6 Other state parties - 01 -

7 Independents - 09 05

Total 128 128

Elections 2017

The 2017 municipal elections were held on

21 February. For the first time in the
history of PCMC, BJP emerged with an
absolute majority with 77 seats. The newly
elected general body elected Nitin Kalje
(BJP) as the mayor and Shailaja More
(BJP) in March 2017.[40] Kalje and More
resigned on 24 July 2018 citing personal
reasons. The resignations came as a part
of BJP's 15-month mayorship policy to
allow leadership positions to other
corporators.[41][42] On 4 August 2018,
Rahul Jadhav and Sachin Chinchwade of
the BJP were respectively elected as the
mayor and deputy mayor.[12][43]

See also
Pimpri-Chinchwad
 Pune Metropolitan Region
Pune District
Maharashtra

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External links
PCMC official site
pcmcindia.gov.in
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