Jalgaon City Municipal Corporation (JCMC) is the local Urban administrative body of the Jalgaon city in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated in North Maharashtra administrative–geographical region of the state.
Jalgaon municipality was established in the year 1864. The Municipal corporation is composed of democratically elected members and currently headed by Mayor Deepmala Kale of Bharatiya Janata Party. It administers the city's infrastructure and public services. JMC was founded on 21 March 2003. It serves an area of 68.78 km2 and provides civil services and facilities for approximately 460,000 people.
History The British government established the Jalgaon municipality in the year 1864, it had 35 municipal councils until 1961 census. In 1961 its population was 80,315.
Revenue sources
The following are the Income sources for the corporation from the central and state Government.
Revenue from taxes Following is the Tax related revenue for the corporation.
Property tax Profession tax Entertainment tax Grants from Central and State Government like Goods and Services Tax (GST) Advertisement tax
Revenue from non-tax sources
Following is the non-tax related revenue streams of the corporation :
Water bills Fees from Documentation services Rent received from municipal property Funds from municipal bonds
Budget
Its budget for 2023-24 was 886 crore 70 lakh rupees. Budget for 2024-25 is 981 crore 47 lakh 29 thousands rupees(11% higher than last year).
Housing scam
In 1996, the officials of the corporation built 200 houses for individuals living below the poverty line. The project tender attracted 11 responses. Khandesh Builders was awarded the contract.
The Jalgaon Housing Scam (Marathi : Jalgaon Gharkul Ghotala or Gharkul Ghotala, घरकुल घोटाळा) was publicized in 2012. It was alleged that documents were forged and deadlines illegally overridden by firms owned by Suresh Jain and Gulabrao Devkar, the sitting ministers of Maharashtra.
The scam was exposed when Praveen Gedam, the municipal commissioner of Jalgaon, filed a First Information Report against Jain and Devkar. Chandrakant Sonawane, a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and the architect of the project, along with 90 others, were sued for providing forged documents and also for delaying and overriding multiple deadlines. After years of court proceedings, Dhule District Court sentenced Jain and Devkar to seven and five years in prison, respectively, under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Indian Penal Code Section 420, and many sections of corruption, misuse of office, cheating, theft of taxpayer money, submitting forged documents, fraud, and confidence tricks. The Jalgaon housing scam was one of the largest scams of Maharashtra, totaling Rs 110-crore. Investigation revealed that Minister Suresh Jain, Gulabrao Devkar, Khandesh Builders, the architects, and other corporates conspired to exploit the Government of India's affordable housing initiative, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana–then called the Gharkul scheme.
A police investigation led by IPS officer Ishu Sindhu exposed that the owners of Khandesh Builders were friends with Suresh Jain and that the entity's headquarters were located at Jain's residence. The money given by Jalgaon Municipal Corporation to Khandesh Builders first advanced Rs 15-crore then Rs 45-crore routed to firms owned by Jain's friends and family members. Builders started work on 5,000 houses but completed only 1,500.
Mayors of Jalgaon
Sr. No. Year Mayor Political Party Notes1 21 September 2003 – 20 March 2006 Asha Kolhe2 21 March 2006 – 21 September 2008 Tanuja Tadvi3 22 September 2008 - 29 November 2009 Ramesh Jain 4 30 November 2009 – 21 March 2011 Pradip Raisoni5 22 March 2011 – 19 September 2011 Ashok Sapkale 6 20 September 2011 – 3 April 2012 Sadashiv Dhekale 7 4 April 2012 - 2 October 2012 Vishnu Bhangale8 3 October 2012 - 27 March 2013 Jayashri Dhande 9 28 March 2012 - 19 September 2013 Kishor Patil 10 20 September 2013 - 9 March 2016 Rakhi Sonawane 11 10 March 2016 - 22 August 2017 Nitin Laddha12 23 August 2017 - 9 July 2018 Lalit Kolhe13 10 July 2018 - 19 September 2018 Ganesh Sonawane 14 20 September 2018 - 26 January 2020 Seema Bhole15 27 January 2020 - 17 March 2021 Bharti Sonawane 16 18 March 2021 - 17 September 2023 Jayshree Mahajan\-\ 18 September 2023 - 5 February 2026 Administrative Rule Under Commissioner 17 6 February 2026 – present Deepmala Kale
Divya Marathi, Jalgaon edition, April 2026.
Deputy Mayors of Jalgaon
Year Mayor Political Party Notes 2016 – 2017 Lalit Kolhe 2017 – 2018 Ganesh Sonawane 2018 – 2021 Ashwin Shantaram Sonawane 2021 – 2022 Kulbhushan Patil 2026 – present Manoj Chaudhary
List of Chairman, Standing Committee
Alliance Composition S.No.Party nameParty flag or symbolAllianceNumber of Corporators01Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)National Democratic Alliance4602Shiv Sena (2022-present) (SS)National Democratic Alliance2203Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)National Democratic Alliance104Bharti Sagar SonawaneIndependentNational Democratic Alliance105Shiv Sena (UBT) (SS(UBT))05
References
Jalgaon Municipal Corporation News