Urban Local Government in Mizoram :: Book
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Urban Local Government in Mizoram :: Book Cover
ISBN : 81-8324-909-4
Title : Urban Local Government in Mizoram
Author : Dr. Arambam Prafullokumar Singh
Year : 2018
Price : Rs. 750
Pages : XVI + 206
Published By Mittal Publications, New Delhi
About the Book
With the enforcement of the 74th Constitution Amendment Act, 1992, on 1 June 1993, the urban local-self government institutions in India have been institutionalized.
The Act makes the urban local bodies as vibrant democratic units of self-government and aims at revitalizing and strengthening the urban governments so that they function effectively as units of local government.
The Act gives constitutional status to the municipalities and brought them under the purview of justifiable part of the Constitution. Under the constitutional obligation, the State Governments is bound to adopt the new system and thereby constitute municipalities in accordance with the provisions of the Act.
The Mizoram Government passed the The Mizoram Municipalities Act, 2007 and later amended as The Mizoram Municipalities (Amendment) Act, 2009 to introduce municipal administration at Aizawl city by replacing the aged-old traditional Village Council administration since 1954.
The functioning of Aizawl Municipal Council (AMC) started from 2010. The book is an indepth study on the emergence of AMC, its powers and functions, elections so far held to the AMC etc. It also studies the Ward Committee and Local Councils in details.
The book will be the first of its kind which analyses in detail and will be of very useful document.
About the Author
Dr. Arambam Prafullokumar Singh (Dr. A.P.K. Singh) is currently Associate Professor and Head, Department of Political Science, Govt. Mamit College, Mamit.
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