72 CHAPTER V PUNE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION : A PROFILE 5.1 Introduction Establishment of Pune Municipal Corporation is a result of growth of Pune and its periphery. Initially PMC was known as Pune Wadi and is known in the book of history since 1847 A.D. One of the famous Maratha Chatrapati Shri Shivaji Maharaja gave a shape to this city and made it capital of his province. The Pune city played a vital role to form socio, political, economic and cultural development of the state Maharashtra. It gave birth to many great personality like Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, Lokmanya Tilak, Gopalkrishna Gokhale, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, Dhondo Keshav Karve and so on. Even today Pune is considered as Cultural Capital of the Country. The term development of the city started in the early 60s when the mahanagarpalika was formed. Formulation of mahanagarpalika gave a boost to the city in many ways, like – i. It has enhanced its status. ii. It has increased its economic and industrial centre. iii. Boosted its role in development of state. iv. Pune become a prime centre for western Maharashtra. v. The city is known for establishing a large number of socio-cultural and education institutions. vi. Contribution of city – Pune in advancement of Maharashtra is second to none. 5.2 Purpose of writing this chapter Following are the main purpose for writing this chapter: 1. To understand the historical development of city of Pune. 2. To examine the reason for formulation of PMC in Pune. 3. To identify the factors responsible for development of PMC.
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CHAPTER V
PUNE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION : A PROFILE
5.1 Introduction
Establishment of Pune Municipal Corporation is a result of growth of
Pune and its periphery. Initially PMC was known as Pune Wadi and is known
in the book of history since 1847 A.D. One of the famous Maratha Chatrapati
Shri Shivaji Maharaja gave a shape to this city and made it capital of his
province. The Pune city played a vital role to form socio, political, economic
and cultural development of the state Maharashtra. It gave birth to many great
personality like Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, Lokmanya Tilak, Gopalkrishna
Gokhale, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, Dhondo Keshav Karve and so on. Even
today Pune is considered as Cultural Capital of the Country.
The term development of the city started in the early 60s when the
mahanagarpalika was formed. Formulation of mahanagarpalika gave a boost
to the city in many ways, like –
i. It has enhanced its status.
ii. It has increased its economic and industrial centre.
iii. Boosted its role in development of state.
iv. Pune become a prime centre for western Maharashtra.
v. The city is known for establishing a large number of socio-cultural
and education institutions.
vi. Contribution of city – Pune in advancement of Maharashtra is
second to none.
5.2 Purpose of writing this chapter
Following are the main purpose for writing this chapter:
1. To understand the historical development of city of Pune.
2. To examine the reason for formulation of PMC in Pune.
3. To identify the factors responsible for development of PMC.
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5.3 Order of writing this chapter
This chapter is written in following orders:
i. To understand the brief history of Pune city.
ii. To understand the background of PMC.
iii. Profile and growth of PMC.
iv. Coverage and scope of PMC.
v. Budgeting system of PMC.
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5.4 Growth of Population of Pune City
A careful analysis of growth of population of Pune Corporation indicates
that the city has high rate of population growth. It has increase by 25% to 30%
for almost all decades except decade of 1951 which was the breakthrough of
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Pune city. It expanded at the rate of 83.78. This is mainly due to the expansion
and development of PMC and rapid expansion and progression of
employment.
5.5 Current status of the Municipal Corporation of Pune
Table No. 5.2 : Population of Pune
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The current status of PMC clearly indicates that there is a continuous
increase in the territorial area of PMC. The city has added many villages in its
periphery to the corporation’s limit; because of which the corporation is
expanding their units which resultant in division of corporation into two
corporations i.e. Pimpri Chinchward Corporation and Pune Municipal
Corporation. At present there are 144 wards and the administration is set up in
very professional manner.
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Graph No. 5.1 : Income and Expendicture of PMC
The information present in Income and expenditures statement indicates
that the city of Pune has always has a surplus. However, this surplus is
changing in an uneven manner. The increase in income has tremendous. It was
400.56 crores in 2000-01 and increase to 1504.50 in the year 2008-09.
5.6 Income of Pune Municipal Corporation
The Main source of Income for PMC are detailed as under :
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Income and Expenditure of the Pune Municipal Corporation("A" Budget) (Rs. Crores)