Authority is the highest policy making body of MMRDA which supervises and controls all the activities of MMRDA. It consists of 17 members and the Minister for Urban development, Government of Maharashtra is its chairman. The other members are Minister for Housing, Minister of State for Urban Development, Mayor of Mumbai, Chairman Standing Committee and three councillors of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, two members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, one member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council, Chief Secretary to the Government of Maharashtra, Municipal Commissioner of the Greater Mumbai Corporation, Secretary Urban Development, Secretary Housing, Managing Director, City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra and Metropolitan Commissioner of MMRDA. This authority meets at least once in three months.