What are muncicipaliti and muncipal corporation?

Municipal Corporation -

• Municipal corporations are established for administration of big cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad etc.
• They are established in the states by the acts of State Legislatures, and in the union territories by the acts of the Parliament.
• There may be one common acts or separate acts for all the municipal corporations in a state.
• A municipal corporation has three authorities - the council, the standing committees and the municipal commissioner.
• The Council is the deliberative and legislative wing and consists of the Councilors directly elected by the people.
• They also have few nominated persons having knowledge or experience of municipal administration.
• The Council is headed by a Mayor and assisted by Deputy Mayor.
• Mayor is elected in a majority of the states for a one-year renewable term.
• He is basically a formal head of the corporation.
• His main function is to preside over the meetings of the Council.
• The standing committees are created to facilitate the working of the council, which is too large in size.
• They deal with public works, education, health, taxation, finance etc,. and take decisions in their fields.
• The municipal commissioner implements the decisions taken by the council and its standing committees.
• He is the chief executive authority of the corporation.
• He is appointed by the state government and is mostly a member of the IAS.

Municipality -

• Municipalities are established for administration of towns and smaller cities.
• They are set up in the states by the acts of state legislatures and in the union territory by the acts of the Parliament of India.
• They are also known by various other names like municipal council, municipal committee, municipal board, borough municipality, city municipality and others.
• A municipality has three authorities - the council, the standing committees and the chief executive officer.
• The council is the deliberative and legislative wing of the municipality.
• It consists of the councilors directly elected by the people.
• The council is headed by a president/chairman and is assisted by a Vice-President/Vice-Chairman.
• Apart from presiding over the meetings of the Council, he enjoys executive powers.
• The standing committees are created to facilitate the working of the council.
• They deal with public works, taxation, health, finance etc.
• The chief executive officer/chief municipal officer is responsible for day-to-day general administration of the municipality.
• He is appointed by the state government.