Along with the rest of India, Mumbai, the commercial capital, has seen an economic boom since the liberalization of 1991, financing boom in the mid-nineties and information technology, export, services and BPO boom of the decade. The middle class in Mumbai is the segment most affected by the explosion and is the driving force behind the boom consecutive consumers. The upward mobility among Mumbaikars led to a direct increase in consumer spending. Mumbai was ranked 10th among the world's largest trading centres in terms of volume of financial flows in a Mastercard survey compiled by the World, which takes into consideration the size of the network in addition to financial services stocks, bonds, derivatives and market operations.

Civic administration

The city is administered by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) (formerly Bombay Municipal Corporation), with executive powers in the municipalities of the commissioner, who is an official appointed by IAS state government. The Company is composed of 227 directly elected councillors representing twenty-four wards, five advisers, and an incumbent mayor. The BMC is responsible for municipal infrastructure and the needs of the metropolis. A deputy municipal commissioner oversees each district for administrative purposes.Almost all political parties of candidates for election advisers. The Grand Mumbai forms two districts of Maharashtra, with each district under the jurisdiction of a District Collector. Collectors are in charge of the accounting and collection of revenue for the central government, and overseeing the national elections held in the city.

The police in Mumbai is headed by a police commissioner, who is an officer of the IPS. The police in Mumbai is the state home ministry. The city is divided into seven police zones and seventeen areas of traffic police, each headed by a Deputy Commissioner of Police. The Traffic Police is a semi-autonomous as part of the Mumbai police. Mumbai is the headquarters of the Bombay High Court, which has jurisdiction over the states of Maharashtra and Goa, and the Union territories Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Mumbai also has two lower courts, Small Causes Court for civil cases, and the Sessions Court for criminal cases.