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New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC; ISO: Naī Dillī Nagarapālikā Pariṣad) is the municipal council of the city of New Delhi, Delhi, India.It covers an area of 42.7 km 2 under its administration, [10] which is commonly referred as Lutyens' Delhi.
Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD; ISO: Dillī Nagara Nigama) is the municipal corporation that governs most of Delhi, India. The MCD is among the largest municipal bodies in the world providing civic services to a population of about 20 million citizens in the capital city Delhi. [ 1 ]
The Palika Kendra is situated at Sansad Marg, New Delhi, and houses the headquarters of the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC). It is the tallest building owned by the NDMC. [8] The main server and the command and control centre of the civic body are also located in the building.
The local or city government is headed by the mayor. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi handles civic administration for the city, and has one mayor. [8]Heretofore the Municipal Corporation of Delhi was trifurcated into three bodies: the North Delhi Municipal Corporation, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation, and the East Delhi Municipal Corporation in 2012.
As of 2011, the New Delhi Municipal Council area has a population of 249,998. [3] Hindi is the most widely spoken language in New Delhi and the lingua franca of the city. English is primarily used as the formal language by business and government institutes. [91]
In March 2022, the Delhi State Election Commission indefinitely deferred the municipal elections that were scheduled to be held in April 2022. [4] On 22 March, the Union Government approved the Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill to re-merge the three municipal corporations into to a unified body. [5]
There are eleven administrative or revenue districts in Delhi, India, all of which fall under the Delhi division. [1] [2] Each of these district is headed by a District Magistrate (DM) also called Deputy Commissioner (DC), [3] [4] [5] who reports to the Divisional Commissioner who is ex-officio Director of Civil Defence, Inspector General of Stamps and Registration and Additional Chief ...
The New Delhi district spans over all three municipalities of the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, [6] namely New Delhi, the Delhi Cantonment and parts of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi area. It covers the centrally located Lutyens' Delhi and reaches all the way to the NCT's southwestern borders to Gurugram. [7]