Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) established in July 1950 under the Bombay Provincial Corporation Act, 1949, is responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city of Vadodara. Vadodara Municipal Corporation has been formed with functions to improve the infrastructure of town. The municipality is divided into 19 wards and a total of 76 corporators.
The governing structure of VMC consists of political and administrative wings. The political wing is an elected body of councillors headed by a mayor. The commissioner from the IAS cadre heads the administrative wing and is responsible for strategic and operational planning and management of the corporation. The commissioner takes decisions on behalf of the board or the standing committee formed from the elected councillors to perform the duties of the corporation.
The office of Vadodara Municipal Corporation is located in Khanderao Market on Chamaraja Road in Vadodara. Chamaraja Road was named after Chamaraja Wodeyar, Maharaja of Mysore who was a close friend of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III to earmark the friendship between Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III. Similarly a road in Mysore as Sayajirao Road. Chamaraja Road starts from Eastern gate of Lakshmi Vilas Palace and has other prominent landmarks like Kirti Stambh, and others before terminating near Bhagat Singh Chowk.
Vadodara Municipal Corporation has 19 wards. For each ward, 4 councillors are elected, of which 50% seats are reserved for women.
In the 2021 Elections, the Bharatiya Janta Party won an absolute majority with 69 of the total 76 seats, while the Indian National Congress won 7 seats.
The VMC received the inaugaral BEE award for "Energy Convervation in Street Lighting" in 2008. The award was given in recognition of the city's outstanding achievements in energy efficiency within its street lighting system on December 14, 2008 The award was bestowed upon by the Union Power Minister, Shushil Kumar Shinde.
The VMC repeated history again in 2010, by acquiring a second award for 'Energy Conservation in Street Lightingâ from the BEE.
The total area covered by the VMC is 220 kmò, governing a population of around 2 million. The Corporation has covered 1691 kilometres of streets with lights, and is the first in the country to implement an international level lighting, life cycle cost and intelligent street light controllers, with GSM monitoring and controlling systems, manufactured by a local company to provide good service to citizens, data collection and quick maintenance.
In 2024, Vadodara Municipal Corporation successfully raised <s>â¹</s>1 billion through the issuance of five-year green municipal bonds, carrying a coupon rate of 7.90%. The funds raised from these bonds are earmarked for the deployment in three significant water pumping and drainage projects aimed at enhancing the efficiency of sewage water disposal in the region.