Role of taxation in supplying civic amenities: a case of Sangli-Miraj–Kupwad Municipal Corporation

Urbanisation is considered as one of the indicators of economic growth. It is said that, greater the urbanisation then higher the economic growth and vice versa. It is a fact that we found the concentration of the economic growth in the urban areas, especially in the developing countries like India. Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad Municipal Corporation is one of the most important urban agglomerations in the state of Maharashtra and a major Railway junction. It has a long history since 1024. The corporation is formed in February, 1998. Due to increased urbanization and industrialization in and around the city, the population is also increased along with the basic demand. The traditional role of municipal bodies had been one of providing basic amenities of civic life. Services such as water supply and sanitation, roads and drains, street-lights, collection and disposal of solid waste, maintenance of public places, burial grounds and crematoria, cattle pounds, registration of births and deaths, maintenance of markets have long been seen as the function of municipal bodies. In addition, they performed certain regulatory functions relating to construction of Drainage, public health, Primary school, Parks and Gardens, Public latrine and Urinals etc.