Apart from the PMC, four other administrative bodies are active within the Pune metropolitan area:
- Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC)[12], responsible for Pimpri-Chinchwad and its surroundings,Pune is International Airport.
- Khadki Cantonment Board (KCB), responsible for Khadki.
- Pune Cantonment Board (PCB)[14], responsible for Pune Cantonment.
- Dehu Road Cantonment Board, responsible for the Dehu Roadarea.
A plan to establish a single Pune Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (PMRDA), consisting of the combined municipal councils, corporations, and other local governments of Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Lonavala, Talegaon, Bhor, Shirur, Saswad, the three cantonments and hundred villages near the city, has been considered since 1997, but might come to fruition this year[15]. This body will then be the executing authority which will acquire and develop reserve land to improve the infrastruction of the Pune metropolitan area.
The Pune Police is headed by the Police Commissioner of Pune, an officer of the Indian Police Service. The Pune Police report to the state ministry.
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