Established under the Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act-1959, it is responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city.

[8] As of 2023, Prashant Singhal from the Bharatiya Janata Party is current mayor of Aligarh Municipal Corporation.

AMC work for providing necessary community services like health care, educational institution, housing, transport etc.

by collecting property tax and fixed grant from the Finance Commission and Government of Uttar Pradesh.

Its sources of income are taxes on water, houses, markets, entertainment and vehicles paid by residents of the town and grants from the state government.