Centre Notifies Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, Three Civic Bodies Unified

The Government of India on Tuesday, 19 April, notified the Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act 2022 merging Delhi's East, South, and North Delhi Municipal Corporations into one – to be called the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.

The government will also appoint a special officer, to discharge the functions of the corporation.

This comes two weeks after the Rajya Sabha on 5 April passed the Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill 2022. Union Home Minister Amit Shah had told the Upper House that the Delhi government was a giving step-motherly treatment to three MCDs.

The former Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) was trifurcated in 2012, creating North, South and East Delhi Municipal Corporations. Shah had said, "When the civic body was trifurcated, the objective must have been good: To give better services to residents. But this has not been the result."