Municipal Receipts Before and After Amalgamation - A Study of Greater Chennai Corporation of Tamilnadu

International Journal of Economics and Management Studies

© 2022 by SSRG - IJEMS Journal

Volume 9 Issue 12

Year of Publication : 2022

Authors : J. Vinetha Devi, J.S. Sindhu

10.14445/23939125/IJEMS-V9I12P110

How to Cite?

J. Vinetha Devi, J.S. Sindhu, "Municipal Receipts Before and After Amalgamation - A Study of Greater Chennai Corporation of Tamilnadu," SSRG International Journal of Economics and Management Studies, vol. 9,  no. 12, pp. 85-92, 2022. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23939125/IJEMS-V9I12P110

Abstract:

Local bodies are commended as an essential part of a perfect government structure, mainly for a geographically vast country like India. An effective financial system is necessary to perform these local body functions successfully. More than 50 percent of the world’s population is now living in the cities. This ratio is expected to rise to 70 percent by 2050. (GOI., 2019). India’s urbanization rate is higher than the global average and added to it. Its metropolitan cities are lacking in proper civic infrastructure facilities and municipal services due to a shortage of financial resources. As a result of the migration of inhabitants from rural to urban areas and with rapid population growth, the non-metropolitan cities are merged into Municipal corporations. This merger or amalgamation, in fact, aims to improve the financial viability of the corporations. The area under the Chennai Corporation also expanded, with the State Government issuing an order to merge several neighboring local bodies with it in 2009-10. With this background, the present study aims to analyse the total receipts of Greater Chennai Corporation before and after its amalgamation in the year 2010. The study made use of tables, charts, bar diagrams etc. Simple statistical tools such as percentage analysis and Inferential statistics such as simple linear Regression and ‘t’ test have been used to analyze the data and also for estimation purposes.

Keywords:

Municipal Finance, Municipal corporation, Revenue receipts, Capital receipts, Amalgamation and merger of Municipalities.

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