Jalgaon City Municipal Corporation

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Jalgaon City Municipal Corporation
Type Municipal Corporation



Mayor Deepmala Kale
Deputy Mayor Manoj Chaudhary
Commissioner Dnyaneshwar Dattatray Dhere



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Website http://www.jcmc.gov.in
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Jalgaon City Municipal Corporation (JCMC) is the local Urban administrative body of the Jalgaon city in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated in North Maharashtra administrative–geographical region of the state.

Jalgaon municipality was established in the year 1864.[1] The Municipal corporation is composed of democratically elected members and currentlyTemplate:Peacock inline headed by Mayor Deepmala Kale of Bharatiya Janata Party.[2] It administers the city's infrastructure and public services. JMC was founded on 21 March 2003.[3] It serves an area of 68.78 km2 and provides civil services and facilities for approximately 460,000 people.[4]

History

The British government established the Jalgaon municipality in the year 1864, it had 35 municipal councils until 1961 census. In 1961 its population was 80,315.[1]

Revenue sources

The following are the Income sources for the corporation from the central and state Government.[5][6][7]

Revenue from taxes

Following is the Tax related revenue for the corporation.

  • Property tax
  • Profession tax
  • Entertainment tax
  • Grants from Central and State Government like Goods and Services Tax (GST)
  • Advertisement tax

Revenue from non-tax sources

Following is the non-tax related revenue streams of the corporation :

  • Water bills
  • Fees from Documentation services
  • Rent received from municipal property
  • Funds from municipal bonds

Budget

Its budget for 2023-24 was 886 crore 70 lakh rupees. Budget for 2024-25 is 981 crore 47 lakh 29 thousands rupees(11% higher than last year).

Housing scam

Template:Main In 1996, the officials of the corporation built 200 houses for individuals living below the poverty line. The project tender attracted 11 responses. Khandesh Builders was awarded the contract.[8]

The Jalgaon Housing Scam (Marathi : Jalgaon Gharkul Ghotala or Gharkul Ghotala, घरकुल घोटाळा) was publicized in 2012. It was alleged that documents were forged and deadlines illegally overridden by firms owned by Suresh Jain and Gulabrao Devkar, the sitting ministers of Maharashtra.

The scam was exposed when Praveen Gedam, the municipal commissioner of Jalgaon, filed a First Information Report against Jain and Devkar. Chandrakant Sonawane, a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and the architect of the project, along with 90 others, were sued for providing forged documents and also for delaying and overriding multiple deadlines.[9] After years of court proceedings, Dhule District Court sentenced Jain and Devkar to seven and five years in prison, respectively,[10][11] under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Indian Penal Code Section 420, and many sections of corruption, misuse of office, cheating, theft of taxpayer money, submitting forged documents, fraud, and confidence tricks.[12][13] The Jalgaon housing scam was one of the largest scams of Maharashtra, totaling Rs 110-crore. Investigation revealed that Minister Suresh Jain, Gulabrao Devkar, Khandesh Builders, the architects, and other corporates conspired to exploit the Government of India's affordable housing initiative, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana–then called the Gharkul scheme.

A police investigation led by IPS officer Ishu Sindhu exposed that the owners of Khandesh Builders were friends with Suresh Jain and that the entity's headquarters were located at Jain's residence. The money given by Jalgaon Municipal Corporation to Khandesh Builders first advanced Rs 15-crore then Rs 45-crore routed to firms owned by Jain's friends and family members. Builders started work on 5,000 houses but completed only 1,500.[14]

Mayors of Jalgaon

Sr. No. Year Mayor Political Party Notes
1 21 September 2003 – 20 March 2006 Asha Kolhe Template:Legend2 [15]
2 21 March 2006 – 21 September 2008 Tanuja Tadvi Template:Legend2 [15]
3 22 September 2008 - 29 November 2009 Ramesh Jain Template:Legend2 [15]
4 30 November 2009 – 21 March 2011 Pradip Raisoni Template:Legend2 [15]
5 22 March 2011 – 19 September 2011 Ashok Sapkale Template:Legend2 [15]
6 20 September 2011 – 3 April 2012 Sadashiv Dhekale Template:Legend2 [15]
7 4 April 2012 - 2 October 2012 Vishnu Bhangale Template:Legend2 [15]
8 3 October 2012 - 27 March 2013 Jayashri Dhande Template:Legend2 [15]
9 28 March 2012 - 19 September 2013 Kishor Patil Template:Legend2 [15]
10 20 September 2013 - 9 March 2016 Rakhi Sonawane Template:Legend2 [15]
11 10 March 2016 - 22 August 2017 Nitin Laddha Template:Legend2 [15]
12 23 August 2017 - 9 July 2018 Lalit Kolhe Template:Legend2 [15]
13 10 July 2018 - 19 September 2018 Ganesh Sonawane Template:Legend2 [15]
14 20 September 2018 - 26 January 2020 Seema Bhole Template:Legend2 [15]
15 27 January 2020 - 17 March 2021 Bharti Sonawane Template:Legend2 [15]
16 18 March 2021 - 17 September 2023 Jayshree Mahajan Template:Legend2 [15]
\-\ 18 September 2023 - 5 February 2026 Administrative Rule Under Commissioner
17 6 February 2026 – present Deepmala Kale Template:Legend2


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Deputy Mayors of Jalgaon

Year Mayor Political Party Notes
2016 – 2017 Lalit Kolhe Template:Legend2
2017 – 2018 Ganesh Sonawane Template:Legend2
2018 – 2021 Ashwin Shantaram Sonawane Template:Legend2
2021 – 2022 Kulbhushan Patil Template:Legend2
2026 – present Manoj Chaudhary Template:Legend2

List of Chairman, Standing Committee

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Alliance Composition

S.No. Party name Party flag or symbol Alliance Number of Corporators
01 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) File:Logo of the Bharatiya Janata Party.svg National Democratic Alliance 46 Template:Composition bar
02 Shiv Sena (2022-present) (SS) File:Indian Election Symbol Bow And Arrow.svg National Democratic Alliance 22 Template:Composition bar
03 Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) File:NCP-flag.svg National Democratic Alliance 1 Template:Composition bar
04 Bharti Sagar Sonawane Independent National Democratic Alliance 1 Template:Composition bar
05 Shiv Sena (UBT) (SS(UBT)) flameing torch 05 Template:Composition bar

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 District census handbook Jalgaon 1961{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. The Maharashtra census office Bombay(1966)
  2. ↑ Jalgaon City Municipal Corporation. www.jcmc.gov.in. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  3. ↑ Jalgaon City Municipal Corporation. www.jcmc.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  4. ↑ Jalgaon City Municipal Corporation. www.jcmc.gov.in.
  5. ↑ Why civic bodies in India need municipal bonds(3 December 2020). Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  6. ↑ Municipal corporations under severe strain as revenues sink: RBI Report(2 December 2021). Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  7. ↑ If cities are to deliver better quality life, need to have business models which are sustainable(17 May 2022). Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  8. ↑ Two former Maharashtra ministers convicted in Rs 110-crore Jalgaon housing scam case - The Economic Times. The Economic Times. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  9. ↑ MLA Suresh Jain arrested in housing scam, Balajiwale, Vaishali. DNA India(2012-03-11). Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  10. ↑ Shiv Sena MLA arrested in Jalgaon Gharkul scam-NewsX.
  11. ↑ Jalgaon housing scam: State govt yet to grant sanction to hold trial. Hindustan Times(2012-06-19). Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  12. ↑ Maharashtra Minister held for Jalgaon housing scam. The Hindu(2012-05-22). Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  13. ↑ घरकुल घोटाळा प्रकरण: सुरेश जैन यांना सात वर्षांचा कारावास. BBC News मराठी. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  14. ↑ Maharashtra housing scam: 7 years jail, Rs 100 crore fine for former minister Suresh Jain | Mumbai News-Times of India. The Times of India(Aug 31, 2019). Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  15. ↑ 15.00 15.01 15.02 15.03 15.04 15.05 15.06 15.07 15.08 15.09 15.10 15.11 15.12 15.13 15.14 15.15 15.16 Divya Marathi, Jalgaon edition, April 2026.

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