New Delhi, Sep 11 : The Centre has set the maximum number of seats in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) at 250.And of the 42 wards, 42 will be allocated to Scheduled Castes (SC), the notification states.The new wards comprise 22 fewer than the previous council which had three corporations with 272 Wards.
The notification issued by the Union Home Ministry on Saturday stated, “New Delhi, the 10th September 2022.F.No.14011/04/2022-Delhi-II.In accordance of the requirements of subsection (5) of section 3 of the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957, as amended by the Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act 2022 The Central Government hereby determines the total number of seats of the Councillors in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi as two hundred and fifty (250).”
“Further, in pursuance of the provisions of sub-section (6) of section 3 of the aforementioned Act (as modified) The Central Government also determines the total number of seats of the Councillors in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to be reserved for members of Scheduled Castes as forty-two (42) in accordance with the ratio of the number of seats that the total population of Scheduled Castes bears to the total population of Delhi (Census 2011),” the notification stated.
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