2. Definitions.

(a) "Committee" means the District Planning Committee constituted under Section 3;
(b) "District" means a district as construed in the Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code, 1959 (No. 20 of 1959) and includes one more such revenue districts, or parts thereof, as are comprised within the Zila Panchayat constituted for the district;
(c) "Panchayat" means a Panchayat constituted under the Chhattisgarh Panchayat Raj Adhiniyam, 1993 (No. 1 of 1994);
(d) "Population" means the population as ascertained at the last preceding census of which relevant figures have been published;
(e) "Municipalities" means Municipal Corporations, Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats constituted under the Chhattisgarh Municipal Corporations Act, 1956 (No. 23 of 1956) or the Chhattisgarh Municipalities Act, 1961 (No. 37 of 1961).