<P> A State can choose to constitute additional Committees to carry functions of urban local governance, in addition to the Wards Committees . In addition to the Councillors elected from the wards, the legislature of a state may also choose to make provisions for the representation of persons having special knowledge or experience in municipal administration, the MPs or MLAs representing the constituencies which comprise wholly or partly the municipal area, and / or the Commissioners of additional committees that the State may have constituted . If a State legislature appoints a person from the first category to a Wards Committee, that individual will not have the right to vote in the meetings of the Municipal Corporation, while MPs, MLAs and Commissioners do have the right to vote in meetings . </P> <P> The largest corporations are in the six metropolitan cities of India, viz . Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad . The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is the richest municipal corporation in India . </P> <P> The Mayor is the head of the Municipal Corporation, but the role is largely ceremonial as executive powers are vested in the Municipal Commissioner . The office of the Mayor combines a functional role of chairing the Corporation meeting as well as ceremonial role associated with being the First Citizen of the city . As per the amended Municipal Corporation Act of 1888, a Deputy Mayor is appointed by the Mayor . The tenure of the Mayor and Deputy Mayor is two and a half years . </P> <P> Executive Officers monitor the implementation of all the programs related to planning and development of the corporation with the coordination of Mayor and Councilors . </P>

Who implements the policies of the municipal body