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Article 243Q
Constitution of Municipalities

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Article 243Q / Part IXA

Constitution of Municipalities

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What does this mean?

Urban areas have Nagar Panchayats, Municipal Councils or Municipal Corporations according to their classification, with the stated industrial-township exception. Classification takes account of the factors listed here.

The framework for municipalities, urban representation, finances and district or metropolitan planning.

PURPOSE & CONTEXT

Why is this provision here?

Different kinds of urban settlement need an appropriate municipal institutional framework rather than one identical category for every town and city.

Historical evidence

Article 243Q was introduced in its present subject framework by Amendment 74 (1992), after the original Constitution. The verified sources are the official edition and the linked Amendment Act and Bill statement. Original 1946–1950 Assembly debates predate this insertion and are not presented as its direct drafting reason. The explanation of function above is editorial; the Bill statement supplies the attributed legislative reasons for the later proposal.

The explanation of purpose is an editorial reading of the provision. A drafting motive is attributed only where a linked historical source supports it.

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243Q. Constitution of Municipalities.—(1) There shall be constituted in every State,— (a) a Nagar Panchayat (by whatever name called) for a transitional area, that is to say, an area in transition from a rural area to an urban area; (b) a Municipal Council for a smaller urban area; and (c) a Municipal Corporation for a larger urban area, in accordance with the provisions of this Part: 127 Provided that a Municipality under this clause may not be constituted in such urban area or part thereof as the Governor may, having regard to the size of the area and the municipal services being provided or proposed to be provided by an industrial establishment in that area and such other factors as he may deem fit, by public notification, specify to be an industrial township. (2) In this article, “a transitional area”, “a smaller urban area” or “a larger urban area” means such area as the Governor may, having regard to the population of the area, the density of the population therein, the revenue generated for local administration, the percentage of employment in non- agricultural activities, the economic importance or such other factors as he may deem fit, specify by public notification for the purposes of this Part.
Source-page notes · may concern neighbouring Articles

1. Part IXA ins. by the Constitution (Seventy-fourth Amendment) Act, 1992, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-6-1993).

Extracted from the Legislative Department’s May 2026 edition. Page footnotes may refer to neighbouring provisions; check their markers in the PDF. Inclusion in this edition does not by itself establish commencement or judicial effect.