authors
Kanchana MN and Dr. SN Yogish

abstract
Urbanization has become a common feature of Indian society. Millions of people are moving to cities in search of employment because cities are the primary factors of globalization hence the population of cities is growing rapidly. This indicates that Indian cities must be seen as the main forces behind the economy’s structural change in country. The Directive Principles of State Policy and the 73^rd and 74^th Amendments to our Constitution, which aim to establish an institutional framework for bringing in grassroots democracy through the use of truly self-governing local bodies in both urban and rural areas, clearly mandate democratic decentralization. The main focuses of the study are issues and challenges of the urban municipal corporation in India in general. The present study it is based on secondary sources of information.