## CONSTITUTION 243ZD

### CONSTITUTION 243ZD — Committee for district planning
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> 243ZD. Committee for district planning.-(1) There shall be
constituted in every State at the district level a District Planning Committee to
consolidate the plans prepared by the Panchayats and the Municipalities in the
district and to prepare a draft development plan for the district as a whole.
(2) The Legislature of a State may, by law, make provision with respect
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(a) the composition of the District Planning Committees;
(b) the manner in which the seats in such Committees shall be

Provided that not less than four-fifths of the total number of
members of such Committee shall be elected by, and from amongst, the
elected members of the Panchayat at the district level and of the
Municipalities in the district in proportion to the ratio between the
population of the rural areas and of the urban areas in the district;
(c) the functions relating to district planning which may be
assigned to such Committees;
(d) the manner in which the Chairpersons of such Committees
shall be chosen.
(3) Every District Planning Committee shall, in preparing the draft
development plan,-
(a) have regard to-
(i) matters of common interest between the Panchayats and
the Municipalities including spatial planning, sharing of water and
other physical and natural resources, the integrated development of
infrastructure and environmental conservation;
(ii) the extent and type of available resources whether
financial or otherwise;
(b) consult such institutions and organisations as the Governor
may, by order, specify.
(4) The Chairperson of every District Planning Committee shall forward
the development plan, as recommended by such Committee, to the Government
of the State.