Chandigarh, Dec. 9 -- The Council of Ministers approved the Haryana Municipal Bill, 2025, aimed at replacing the existing Haryana Municipal Act, 1973, and the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994. An official spokesperson said the proposed unified legislation has been drafted to bring all 87 urban local bodies, including corporations, councils and committees under a single legal framework. The bill aims to streamline governance, remove ambiguities, modernise municipal administration and strengthen financial autonomy of urban local bodies. Key provisions include empowering municipalities to determine taxes and fees between minimum and maximum government-fixed rates, provisions for credit rating to facilitate market borrowings etc. The Act also introduces provisions for urban transport planning, urban forestry and the prohibition of illegal colonies similar to the Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act, 1975. htc...