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1. The Government shall, by notification in the Gazette, constitute a State Development Council and it shall consist of the following members,- (a) the Chief Minister who shall be its Chairman; (b) members of the Council of Ministers of the State, the Leader of Opposition of the State Legislative Assembly, who shall be its Vice-Chairman; (c) the Chairmen of the District Planning Committees; (d) the Mayors of the Municipal Corporations; (e) two Chairpersons of the Municipal Council, two Chairpersons of the Town Panchayat two Presidents of the Block Panchayat and two presidents of the Grama Panchayat, nominated by the Government; (f) the Vice-chairman of the State Planning Board; and (g) the Chief Secretary who shall be its Member-Secretary. 74A[Provided that of the members nominated by the Government under clause (e), one person from each category shall be a woman and one shall be a person belonging to Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe.] 2. The State Development Council shall,- (a) formulate policy for local level development and regional level development; (b) co-ordinate the District Plans and the State Plans; (c) formulate policy necessary for strengthening Local Self Government Institutions; (d) deal with common issues concerning development, among the districts. 3. The State Development Council shall meet at least once in six months]. Section 55 substituted by Act 14 of 1999, w.e.f. 24-3-1999. Prior to the substituion it read as under: "55. High Level Committee.- (1) There shall be a high level committee for each Metropolitan area. (2) The high level committee for the metropolitan area covering the State Capital may be known as the high level committee for the capital region. (3) The function of the high level committee is to co-ordinate and monitor the urban development activities of the Government and other agencies. (4) The high level committee shall consist of,- (a) the Chief Minister, who shall be the Chairman; (b) the Minister in charge of Local Administration who shall be the Vice-Chairman; (c) the Ministers in charge of Transport, Water Supply, Finance, Electricty and Public Works; (d) the Chief Secretary to Government; (e) the Secretaries in charge of Finance, Local Administration, Transport, Public Works, Water Supply and Electricity; (f) the Chairman of the Metropolitan Planning Committee, concerned; (g) the Chairman of the District Planning Committee; and (h) the members of the House of People and the members of the State Legislative Assembly, the constituencies represented by whom lie in part or in whole within the respective metropolitan area. (i) the nominated member of the State Legislative Assembly who is registered as an elector in the electoral roll of any Local Authority within the metropolitan area; (j) the President of the District Panchayat of the district in which the metropolitan area is comprised; (k) the Mayor of the Municipal Corporation within the metropolitan area; and (l) the Chairman of Development Authority in the metropolitan area." Added by Act 30 of 2009 dt. 07/10/2009