Andhra Pradesh District Planning Committees Act, 2005

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    "title": "Andhra Pradesh District Planning Committees Act, 2005",
    "short_title": "Andhra Pradesh District Planning Committees Act, 2005",
    "act_number": "(Act No. 40 of 2005)",
    "act_year": 2005,
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    "location": "Andhra Pradesh",
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    "description": "Andhra Pradesh District Planning Committees Act, 2005",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"Committee\" means the District Planning Committee constituted under Section 3:\n(b) \"District\" means a district as construed in the Andhra Pradesh Districts (Formation) Act, 1974.\n(c) \"Government\" means the State Government;\n(d) \"Municipalities\" means Municipal Corporations, Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats as constituted under the Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1965 or the various Municipal Corporations established under the Andhra Pradesh Municipal Corporations Acts;\n(e) \"Notification\" means a notification published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette and the word \"notified\" shall be construed accordingly.\n(f) \"Panchayats\" means a Gram Panchayat or a Mandal Parishad and Zilla Parishad constituted under the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1994.\n(g) \"Population\" means the population as ascertained at the last preceding census of which relevant figures have been published.\n(h) \"Prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act.\n(i) \"State\" means the State of Andhra Pradesh.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Constitution of District Planning Committee.",
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            "content": "(a) have regard to,-\n(i) matters of common interest between the Panchayats and Municipalities including spatial planning, sharing of water and other physical and natural resources, the integrated development of infrastructure and environmental conservation;\n(ii) the extent and type of available resources whether financial or otherwise;\n(b) consult such institutions and organisations as the Government may, by order, specify.",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Composition of Committees.",
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            "content": "(i) the Chairperson, Zilla Parishad, shall be the Ex-officio Chairperson of the Committee.\n(ii) the District Collector shall be the Member Secretary.\n(iii) four members to be nominated by the Government of whom one member shall be from the Minorities and three members shall be nominated from the experts of the subject;\n(iv) twenty four members of the Committee shall be elected in the prescribed manner by and from amongst the elected members of the Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituencies and the Municipalities in the District by following the rule of reservation as specified in the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1994:\n(iii) of sub-section (1) shall hold office for such term as may be notified by the Government.",
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            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Special Invitees.",
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            "content": "(b) Members of the Council of State representing the State shall also be the permanent special invitees to the meetings of the Committee of a district of their choice.\n[(c) Members of the Legislative Council of the State shall also be the permanent special invitees to the meetings of the Committee of the District where he/she is a registered voter.]",
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            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Term of elected members.",
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            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Preparation of Development Plan.",
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            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Functions of the Committee.",
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            "content": "(i) ensure that each Gram Panchayat or Mandal Parishad or Zilla Parished or Nagar Panchayat or Municipality or Municipal Corporation in the district prepares a Development Plan for the financial year which shall be consolidated into the District Development Plan and shall be submitted to the Government for incorporation into the State Plan:\n(ii) review from time to time the implementation of the Development Plan so prepared and monitor the achievements at the district level against the targets set under different development or performance indicators:\n(iii) formulate draft five year plans of the district in their socio-economic, temporal and spatial dimensions;\n(iv) make necessary recommendations to the Government concerning the development of the district;\n(v) perform such other functions as entrusted by the Government subject to the guidelines issued from time to time.",
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            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Powers of the Committee.",
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            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Functions of the Member Secretary.",
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            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Constitution of Sub-Committees.",
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            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Meetings of the Committee.",
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            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Power to remove difficulties.",
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            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Power to make rules.",
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        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Repeal of Ordinance 10 of 2003 and Ordinance 21 of 2005.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 15th October, 2019 [ap538]",
        "Act Number": "(Act No. 40 of 2005)",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2005",
        "Short Title": "Andhra Pradesh District Planning Committees Act, 2005",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Andhra Pradesh"
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    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18"
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