Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes or women, for who seats are reserved, from standing for election to the non-reserved seats in the Corporation.

Sanction of works contract - The powers of the several authorities of the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation and the Government sanction works contract shall be as follows, namely. (i) Commissioner: Works contract for a value not exceeding rupees twenty lakhs; (ii) Standing Committee: Works contract for a value exceeding rupees twenty lakhs but not exceeding rupees fifty lakhs; (iii) Corporation: Works contract for a value exceeding rupees fifty lakhs but not exceeding rupees two hundred lakhs; 1. Added by the Act No. 7 of 2012 2 . Added by the Act No. 15 of 2013 (iv) Corporation and the Government: