# Gurgaon Municipal Corporation

Gurgaon Municipal Corporation is the civic body governing the Indian city of Gurgaon. The Municipal Corporation mechanism in India was introduced during British Rule with the formation of the Municipal Corporation in Madras (Chennai) in 1688, later followed by municipal corporations in Bombay (Mumbai) and Calcutta (Kolkata) by 1762. Gurgaon Municipal Corporation is headed by the Mayor of the city and governed by the Commissioner. The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram area 232 sq km

## History and administration

The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram was formed in the year 2008. The Corporation is headed by mayor Madhu Azad and governed by Municipal Commissioner Mukesh Kumar Ahuja. Gurgaon Municipal Corporation has 35 wards and each ward is headed by the councillor for which elections are held every 5 years. In the Gurgaon Municipal Corporation elections held in the year 2017, Independent candidates won 21 seats, BJP won 13 seats and the principal opposition party of Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) managed one seat.
The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram has four zones in a total area of 232 Sq km.

## Powers and functions

The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram has the following departments for the summarised functions-
* Accounts and Pension - The Senior Accounts Officer heads the department which handles the preparation of budgets for the city, maintaining corporation account books, accounting of expenditure bills, and pension cases of its employees.
* Administration - The Joint Commissioner heads the department which handles regulating and monitoring that principles of the corporation are followed, handling corporation employees' cases, managing RTI applications, handling the procurement issues of corporations, and implementing laws made by corporations and other internal issues.
* Engineering - The Superintendent Engineer or Executive Engineer heads the department which handles accounting for financial resources from the Government of India, the Government of Haryana, and other organisations for improving infrastructure and infrastructure-related works in the city.
* Fire - Handling issues relating to fire and ensuring that the City's structures follow Fire safety measures.
* Audit - The department lays down various guidelines and controls while incurring expenditures for the corporation.
* Health and Sanitation - The Chief Sanitation Officer heads the department which handles issues relating to cleaning of streets, garbage disposal, solid waste management, and other sanitation issues.
* Information Technology - The Manager of Information Technology heads the department which handles the primary functions of maintaining and operating the corporation website and providing Information Technology-related training to corporation employees along with maintenance of various data in digital mode.
* Tax - The Tax Officer heads the department which handles functions relating to imposition and collection of vehicle tax, property tax, development tax, house tax, and fire tax.
* Land and License - The Land Officer heads the department which handles the main purpose of regularizing activities relating to advertising, granting licenses relating to the installation of mobile phone towers in the city, events relating to the sale and purchase of land, and collection of rent from various sources among others.
* Town Planning and Building - The Chief Town Planner heads the department which handles issues relating to town and urban planning, monitoring the land use and construction, issuing Government approvals for purposes like commercial, industrial, residential, and any others, and regularising unauthorized settlements, which are major functions with the department.
* Legal - The District Attorney heads the department which majorly deals with legal issues relating to the corporation.

## Members

The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) consists of 36 elected members (corporators) who serve a five-year term. The corporation is headed by the Mayor, who is also directly elected for a five-year term. The most recent municipal elections were held in 2025.
Mayor: RajRani Malhotra :
| Ward No | Name of Corporator | Party |
| 1 | Sunder Singh | Bhartiya Janta Party |
| 2 | Jyotsna Vipin Yadav | Bhartiya Janta Party |
| 3 | Rakesh Yadav | Independent Politician |
| 4 | Pardeep Kumar Padam | Independent Politician |
| 5 | Ram Avatar Rana | Jannayak Janta Party |
| 6 | Satpal | Indian National Congress |
| 7 | Dinesh Dahiya | Independent Politician |
| 8 | Naresh Kataria | Bhartiya Janta Party |
| 9 | Avnish Raghav | Independent Politician |
| 10 | Mahabir | Independent Politician |
| 11 | Kuldeep Yadav | Bhartiya Janta Party |
| 12 | Ruchi | Independent Politician |
| 13 | Pawan Kumar Saini | Bhartiya Janta Party |
| 14 | Pratham Chandra Vashisth | Bhartiya Janta Party |
| 15 | Bharti Harshana | Bhartiya Janta Party |
| 16 | Vikramjeet Singh | Bhartiya Janta Party |
| 17 | Neha Dewatwal | Independent Politician |
| 18 | Jyoti Suman Jaildar | Bhartiya Janta Party |
| 19 | Raj Singh Amit Bhadana | Bhartiya Janta Party |
| 20 | Narayan Bhadana | Bhartiya Janta Party |
| 21 | Soniya Yadav | Bhartiya Janta Party |
| 22 | Vikas Yadav | Bhartiya Janta Party |
| 23 | Kunal Yadav | Independent Politician |
| 24 | Aarti Yadav | Bhartiya Janta Party |
| 25 | Anoop Singh | Bhartiya Janta Party |
| 26 | Sunita Rani | Bhartiya Janta Party |
| 27 | Aashish Gupta | Bhartiya Janta Party |
| 28 | Dharambir Bhangrola | Bhartiya Janta Party |
| 29 | Usha Jitendra Verma | Bhartiya Janta Party |
| 30 | Madhu Batra | Bhartiya Janta Party |
| 31 | Dalip Kumar Sahni | Bhartiya Janta Party |
| 32 | Vijay Parmaar | Bhartiya Janta Party |
| 33 | Sarika Bharadwaj | Independent Politician |
| 34 | Surekha | Bhartiya Janta Party |
| 35 | Parminder Kataria | Independent Politician |
| 36 | Rekha Dinesh Saini | Bhartiya Janta Party |

## Important developments

* The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram passed a resolution for the closure of meat shops every Tuesday of the week.
* The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram in July 2020 issued new guidelines for domestic helps to stop the spread of the COVID pandemic.
* The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram in September 2018 sealed a mosque for not following its guidelines.