Pune Municipal Corporation - Administration

Administration

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) manages the city of Pune. The major responsibility of PMC is to look after the civic and infrastructural needs of the citizens of the Pune. The PMC is headed by a Municipal Commissioner, who possesses the actual executive power. The Municipal Commissioner is an officer of the Indian Administrative Service who is appointed by the Government of Maharashtra.

The city of Pune is divided into 48 municipal wards (zones), represented by 3 members from each ward. The local administration of wards is mainly administered by an Assistant Municipal Commissioner. The corporators of the different wards are elected by the people through Municipal Elections which are held quinquennially and in which local members of all major political parties participate. The corportaors are responsible for overseeing that their constituencies have the basic civic infrastructure in place, and that there is no lacuna on the part of the authorities. The corporation currently consists of 149 directly elected corporators, who are led by the Mayor of Pune. The Mayor of Pune is a titular position with limited duties who acts as an ambassador and representative of the city.