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Article 243X

Part IXA — The Municipalities · Constitution of India

Article 243X

Power to impose taxes by, and Funds of, the Municipalities. The Legislature of a State may, by law,— (a) authorise a Municipality to levy, collect and appropriate such taxes, duties, tolls and fees in accordance with such procedure and subject to such limits; (b) assign to a Municipality such taxes, duties, tolls and fees levied and collected by the State Government for such purposes and subject to such conditions and limits; (c) provide for making such grants-in-aid to the Municipalities from the Consolidated Fund of the State; and (d) provide for constitution of such Funds for crediting all moneys received, respectively, by or on behalf of the Municipalities and also for the withdrawal of such moneys therefrom, as may be specified in the law.

In plain wordsCities can be authorised to collect their own taxes, tolls and fees, receive a share of state taxes, and get grants from the state budget. This is where a municipality's money for roads, water and sanitation comes from.
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