Bhiwandi-Nizampur City Municipal Corporation

19.298969°N 73.064129°E / 19.298969; 73.064129 Bhiwandi-Nizampur City Municipal Corporation is a civic body formed after dissolution of "BNCMC" (Bhiwandi-Nizampur City Municipal Council) into a Corporation by an act of Government Of Maharashtra in 2002 to administer the industrial township of Bhiwandi, which is a city in Thane district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Municipal Corporation mechanism in India was introduced during British Rule with formation of municipal corporation in Madras (Chennai) in 1688, later followed by municipal corporations in Bombay (Mumbai) and Calcutta (Kolkata) by 1762.^[1] Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation is headed by Mayor of city and governed by Commissioner. Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation has been formed with functions to improve the infrastructure of town.

Bhiwandi-Nizampur City Municipal Corporation (BNCMC)
Type
Type	Municipal Corporation of the Bhiwandi
History
Founded	2002
Leadership
Mayor	Vacant
Municipal Commissioner	Anmol Sagar IAS
Seats	90 (101) 2022
Elections
Last election	2019(administrative rule since 2022)
Website
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The combined population of Bhiwandi-Nizampur and Bhiwandi was 709,665 at the 2011 census.^[2]

Revenue sources

The following are the Income sources for the corporation from the Central and State Government.^[3][4][5]

Revenue from taxes

Following is the Tax related revenue for the corporation.

• Property tax.
• Profession tax.
• Entertainment tax.
• Grants from Central and State Government like Goods and Services Tax.
• Advertisement tax.

Revenue from non-tax sources

Following is the Non Tax related revenue for the corporation.

• Water usage charges.
• Fees from Documentation services.
• Rent received from municipal property.
• Funds from municipal bonds.

List of mayors

2002-2022(before administrative rule) Vilas Patil and Pratibha Vilas Patil

List of deputy mayors

Election results

2017 results

Party		Seats	+/-
	Indian National Congress (INC)	47	21
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	19	11
	Shiv Sena (SHS)	12	4
	Konark Vikas Aghadi (KVA)	4	4
	Samajwadi Party (SP)	2	14
	Others	6	9
Total		90
Source :[6]

2012 results

Party		Seats
	Indian National Congress (INC)	26
	Shiv Sena (SHS)	16
	Samajwadi Party (SP)	16
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	8
	Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)	9
	Other regd. parties	8
	Independents	7
Total		90
Source :[7]

Taxes

Octroi

With the introduction of LBT, Octroi was abolished from 21 May 2013.

Local Body Tax

Local Body Tax (LBT) was introduced from 22 May 2013 in the Municipal corporation of Bhiwandi.