Kolkata Municipal Corporation - KMC

The main objective of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is provide efficient, effective, equitable, citizen responsive, financially sustainable and transparent, quality service to its citizens.

Kolkata Municipal Corporation

The vision of KMC is stated below:

  • Efficient and effective, providing service to its customers in a professional, economical, timely, useful and helpful manner.

  • Equitable, assuring service to all its citizens including the vulnerable and deprived groups in a fair, just and reasonable manner.

  • Citizen responsive, developing a sense of involvement and participation in all its stakeholders by pro-actively addressing their concerns and    providing complete customer satisfaction.

  • Financially sustainable, reducing KMC’s dependence on state funds by optimizing and efficiently managing its revenues, and

  • Transparent, providing an accountable and transparent civic administration for the benefit of external users as well as internal employees

KMC Departments:

The first priority of KMC is to provide basic civic services to its citizen and for appropriate implementation the corporation has divided into various departments. KMC has the following departments to provide various services to the citizens of Kolkata..

DepartmentKey Activities
AdvertisementOverall monitoring of outdoor advertisement
AmusementIssue of new amusement license, renewal letter and monitoring functions
Assessment & CollectionAssessment of land and buildings, Mutation and Collection of Property Tax
BuildingScrutinizing building plan, checking unauthorized construction and routine inspection
Bustee ServicesCarry out physical and social infrastructure development in the bustees of the City
Car ParkingResponsible for arranging for parking spaces.
Central RecordsTo maintain all old records such as birth and death registration, sanctioned building plans, assessment registers, etc.
Ch. VS DepartmentChief Valuer and Surveyor maintains records of all immovable assets of KMC and performs tasks requiring verification or information from those.
EducationImparting primary education and interacting with Government agencies and NGO’s.
Election OfficeConducts elections of the Corporation.
ElectricityCarries out works related to Electricity supply in the Corporation area.
Engineering (Civil)Building and repairing of roads, removal of chokages, bustee development work, construction of public conveniences, etc.
Entally workshopProduction, repairing of different products required by various departments of KMC.
EstateSurvey and maintain records of the land and building owned by the KMC.
Finance and accountsCarry out accounting of the activities of the Corporation and handling of the treasury.
HealthProvide preventive, curative and promotive health facilities like vaccination etc.
Info. & public relationsTo maintain public relation, issue Advertisement for print and electronic media, organizing press conferences and coverage of various events.
Information TechnologyIT department is responsible for development and implementation of software across all departments of KMC. This includes specific initiatives like E-Kolkata Centres, Web Portal, ERP, MAS, KMC-NET, Data Centre, Disaster Recovery Centre etc.
Institute of Urban ManagementImpart training on Computer, Administrative and work based training to the employees of KMC.
Internal AuditScrutinize and vet the audit replies given by the functional departments to the statutory auditors and conduct specific audits (i.e. special audit, Investigation, enquiries etc) assigned by the MC, JMC, etc.
LawDeal with legal matters and provide legal opinion to the different departments of KMC.
LicenseIssue of new trade licenses, Renewal of old/expired trade licenses, Issuing temporary licenses, raising Demands for Trade License, etc. in relation to trade licenses.
LightingOperation and maintenance of street lights, installation of new street lighting systems, maintain lighting of markets and institutions e.g. Chief Municipal office.
MarketConstruction and maintenance of Municipal Markets.
Municipal Secretary’s departmentCarry out secretarial functions of the Corporation.
Municipal Service CommissionCarry out the recruitment for the Corporation.
Parks & SquaresLooks after the matters related to parks and squares in the city.
PersonnelInitiating promotion, transfer proposal and attend court cases related to personnel matters.
Planning & DevelopmentInitiate new projects, carry out Technical (only for non commercial projects) and financial feasibility studies, Monitor implementation of projects.
PrintingPrint all types of forms, publications, registers and schedule books of the Corporation.
Project Management UnitLooks after issues like Geographical Information System, water bodies conservation, heritage conservation.
Roads and AsphaltumCarry out maintenance, road construction and production of hot mix.
Sewerage & DrainageManage and maintain the central sewerage and drainage lines under all major / arterial roads.
Social Sector DepartmentLooks after social sector issues like family welfare, women empowerment, employment generation etc.
Solid Waste ManagementSweep streets, collect solid waste from households and collection points and transport to the dumping yard.
SupplyMaterial planning, procurement and storage of materials.
Town Planning DeptTakes care of overall planning of the city.
Treasury DepartmentTakes care of treasury of KMC.
VigilanceInvestigate cases against employees on receipt of complaints from Councillors, citizens or any other source.
Water SupplyInstallation, operation and maintenance of water treatment plants, booster pumping stations and tubewells.

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