Introduction
Municipality is usually known as an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self –government or jurisdiction. The term municipality is also used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A Municipality is a general – purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special – purpose. The term is derived from French “municipalite” and Latin “Municipalis”.
There are 188 urban local bodies in Rajasthan After enactment of 74th Constitutional Amendment Act, the Local Bodies, which were previously not the part of the Constitution of India, have now been assigned the Constitutional Status. There are 7 Corporations 34 Councils and 147 Municipalities. Total 188 ULBs in the State.
The purpose of municipal governance and strategic urban planning in a country is to create effective, responsive, democratic, transparent, accountable local governance framework organized according to a rational structure that promotes responsiveness and accountability; to provide responsive policy guidance and assistance to sub-national entities; to strengthen the legal, fiscal, economic and service delivery functions of municipalities; and to foster greater citizen participation in the governance of local bodies.
The functions of municipal bodies broadly relate to public health welfare, regulatory functions, public safety, public infrastructure works, and development activities.
Public health includes water supply, sewerage and sanitation, eradication of communicable diseases etc. welfare includes public facilities such as education, recreation, etc. regulatory functions related to prescribing and enforcing building regulations, encroachments on public land, birth registration and death certificate, etc. public safety includes fire protection, street lighting, etc. public works measures such as construction and maintenance of inner city roads, etc. and development functions related to town planning and development of commercial markets.
रतननगर में नगरपालिका की स्थापना वर्ष 1917 में हुई थी एवं वर्ष 1932 में सदस्यों एवं अध्यक्ष का मनोनयन हुआ था वर्तमान में नगरपालिका रतननगर क्षेत्र में कुल 15 वार्ड है जिसमे सभी वार्डो से निर्वाचित सदस्य एवं अध्यक्ष है व दो मनोनीत सदस्य है वर्तमान में रतननगर चुरू के एक उपनगर के रूप में दृष्टिगोचर होता है इतिहास के लम्बे अन्तराल के बाद भी रतननगर अभी भी एक नियोजित, शांत एवं भीड़-भाड़ से अछूता नगर के रूप में विधमान है
नगरपालिका रतननगर की जनसंख्या वर्ष 1951 में मात्र 4,171 थी जो 2001 में 11,018 हो गई पिछले तीन दशको से यहाँ भी जनसंख्या में तीव्र विकास हुआ है जनसंख्या में औसत वृद्धि दर 2.8 प्रतिशत के करीब रही है 1971 में यहाँ की जनसंख्या 5390 थी वर्ष 2011 में नगरपालिका रतननगर की जनसंख्या 12841 व्यक्ति अनुमानित की गई है
नगरपालिका रतननगर क्षेत्र में प्रतिदिन 8 टन कचरा संग्रहण किया जाता है नगरपालिका के पास 2 ट्रेक्टर व एक ट्रोली तथा एक कन्टेनर है जिनके द्वारा कचरा आबादी क्षेत्र से बहार डाला जाता है