Urban Governance

Enacted in 1992, the Constitution (74th Amendment) Act, and also known as Nagarpalika Act, the legislation came into force on June 1, 1993 and was aimed at supplementing the inadequate Constitutional provision for Local Self Government. Read more...

Karnataka Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 2013 to consolidate and amend the laws relating to the establishment of Municipal Corporations in the State of Karnataka. There are 10 City Corporations (CCs) other than Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), City Municipal Councils (CMCs), Town Municipal Councils (TMCs), Town Panchayats (TPs) and Notified…...

Ward committees are the citizen committees at the hyperlocal level meant to decide the functioning of a ward. They have been mandated by Nagarapalika Act, or 74th constitutional amendment, to ensure citizens’ participation in decision-making. Read more...

An Act to provide for ensuring transparency in public procurement of goods and services by streamlining the procedure in inviting, processing and acceptance of tenders by Procurement Entities, and for matters related thereto. Read more...

A uniform law for the regulation of planned growth of land use and development and for the making and executing of town planning schemes in the State in 1961. Physical planning with co-ordinated effort on a large scale is necessary if the people are to live in a better, healthier…...

“Karnataka Tank Conservation & Development Authority” is constituted under the Karnataka Tank Conservation and Development Authority Act -2014 for conservation and development of tanks not coming under the jurisdiction Bangalore Development area and all the City Municipal Corporations Read more...

The Karnataka Preservation of Trees Act, 1976 intends to encourage the raising of plantations of such trees by private persons and not to place any restriction to fell those trees Read more...