The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), (formerly the Calcutta Municipal Corporation), established in 1876, is responsible for the maintenance of infrastructure and civic Kolkata. The city is divided into 141 administrative districts, which are grouped into 15 arrondissements. Each of these constituencies elect as an adviser to the KMC. Each district has a committee made up of councillors elected by the constituencies of the district. The Company, through committees of the district, maintains funded schools, hospitals and municipal markets and participates in the planning and maintenance of roads. The society of the supreme body performs its functions through the mayor in council, consisting of a mayor, assisted by a deputy mayor, and ten other members of the KMC. The mayor is responsible for the overall functioning of the KMC and has a five-year term. At present, the CPI (M) led Left Front has power in KMC. Kolkata Municipal Corporation building the city also has an a political post holder, the sheriff of Kolkata. The sheriff presides over the various functions related to the city and conferences. Another accessory is the civic body Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) responsible for the planning and development of the statutory Metropolitan Area (KMA) Kolkata. The KMA includes a large suburb around the hinterland, the urban centres of Kolkata.

The KMC drinking water in the city comes from the river Hooghly. The water is purified and treated Palta water pumping station located in North 24 Parganas. Almost all the newspapers in Kolkata 2500 tons of refuse is transported to the landfill in Dhapa to the east of the city. Agriculture in this dump is encouraged for natural recycling of garbage and sewage. Parts of the city have not yet led to sewage facilities unsanitary methods of waste disposal. Electricity is provided by the private management Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation (CESC) to the city-region, and by the West Bengal State Electricity Board, in the suburbs. Frequent interruptions of food were a problem until mid-1990, but the situation has improved immensely since rarely with power cuts occur today. The city has 20 fire stations (under Fire Service West Bengal), who are attending the fire and rescue calls in 7500 average per year. BSNL State-owned and private companies such as Vodafone,Airtel,Reliance Infocomm and Tata Indicom main suppliers of cellular telephony and telephone services in the city. Cellular coverage is extended with both GSM and CDMA services are available. Penetration of broadband internet has increased steadily with BSNL, Tata Indicom, Reliance and Airtel is the leading provider of service providers.

Newspapers in Bengali language as Anandabazar Patrika, Aajkaal, Bartaman, Ganashakti Sangbad Prati din and are widely disseminated. Regional and national newspapers such as The English Telegraph, The Statesman, Asian Age, Hindustan Times and The Times of India are sold in large numbers. Some major periodicals are Desh, Sananda, Unish Kuri, Anandalok and Anandamela. Being the largest commercial market in eastern India, Kolkata has a readership of many newspapers, including the Financial & Economic Times Business Standard. Vernaculaires newspapers such as Hindi, Gujarati, Oriya, Urdu, Punjabi and Chinese are also read by a minority. Kolkata ten local FM stations: AIR Kolkata (FM & Gold Rainbow FM), Radio Mirchi (98.3 MHz), Red FM (93.5 MHz), Aamar FM (106.2 MHz), Gyan Vani (105.4 MHz), Big FM (92.7 MHz), Meow FM (104.8 MHz), Power FM (107.8 MHz) and Friends FM (91.9 MHz). Owned by the state television broadcaster Doordarshan provides two free terrestrial channels, while four IPG provide a mixture of Bengali, Hindi, English and other regional channels via cable. Bengali 24 hours of new television channels include STAR Ananda, 24 Ghanta, Kolkata TV and Tara News.