The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is the civic body that governs the city of Mumbai and is India's richest municipal organisation. Its annual budget is even more than that of some of the small states of India. It is also known as Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) or the Bruhanmumbai Mahanagar Palika. Established under the Bombay Municipal Corporation Act, 1888, it is responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city and some suburbs of Mumbai. Its motto, यतो धर्मस्ततो जय (Sanskrit: Yato Dharmastato Jaya or, Where there is Righteousness, there shall be Victory) is inscribed on the banner of its Coat of Arms. Built in the Indo Saracenic style of architecture the BMC, as it is more popularly known, is the largest civic organisation in the country.
- Public health and Hospitals
- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation runs more than 1000 schools in Mumbai with a total enrolment of over 650,000 pupils. Their purpose is to provide primary education at low cost.MCGM offers media of study in the following languages - Marathi, Hindi, English, Gujarati, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, and Urdu.
- Street lighting
- Maintenance of parks and open spaces
- Sewage treatment and disposal
- Garbage disposal and street cleanliness
- Aiding in prevention of epidemic outbreaks through mass production of medicines at the Haffkine Institute.
- Cemeteries and Crematoria
- Registering of births and deaths.
- Lighthouses
- Removal of Encroachments
- Markets,Shops and Establishments
- Security
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