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Standing Committees of a *[Zilla Praja Parishad]- (1) For every *[Zilla Praja Parishad] there shall be constituted the following standing Committees, the subjects assigned to each such standing committee being those specified against it, namely:- (i) STANDING COMMITTEE FOR PLANNING AND FINANCE: District Plan, budget, taxation, finance and coordination of the work relating to other committees. (ii) STANDING COMMITTEE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT: Poverty Alleviation Programme, Area Development Programmes, employment, housing, cooperation, thrift and small savings, Industries including cottage, village and small scale industries, trusts and statistics. (iii) STANDING COMMITTEE FOR AGRICULTURE: Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, soil reclamation including contour bunding, social forestry, fisheries and sericulture. (iv) STANDING COMMITTEE FOR EDUCATION AND MEDICAL SERVICES: Education including Social Education, medical services, public health and sanitation including drainage, relief for distress in grave emergencies. (v) STANDING COMMITTEE FOR WOMEN WELFARE: Development of Women and welfare of children. (vi) STANDING COMMITTEE FOR SOCIAL WELFARE: Social Welfare of Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes and cultural affairs. (vii) STANDING COMMITTEE FOR WORKS: Communications, rural water supply, power and irrigations. (2) Every standing Committee shall consist of the *[Chairperson] of the *[Zilla Praja Parishad] who shall be ex-officio member and such other members 1[as may be elected from among the members of the *[Zilla Praja Parishad]] in accordance with the rules made in that behalf. (3) The *[Vice-Chairperson] shall be the ex-officio Member and *[Chairperson] of the Standing Committee for Agriculture, two offices of the *[Chairperson] of the Standing Comittees shall be filled by nomination by the *[Chairperson] of the *[Zilla Praja Parishad] from among the women members of the *[Zilla Praja Parishad] in the manner prescribed and the*[Chairperson]of