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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, - 2[(a) ****]; (b) "Director" means the Director, Local Government Department, Punjab; (c) "Fund" means the Punjab Municipal Infrastructure Development Fund, constituted under section 3 of this Act; 3[(cc) “grant-in-aid” means the grant-in-aid provided from the Consolidated Fund of the State as compensatory payment under the State Budget till the financial year, 2037-38]; 1 Substituted by Punjab Act No.16 of 2017, Section 2 2 Omitted by Punjab Act No.16 of 2017, Section 3 3 Substituted by Punjab Act No.23 of 2018, Section 2 Short title and commencement. Definitions. (d) "Infrastructure Development Project" shall include the construction, renovation, upgradation, repair or providing of basic civic amenities of- (i) roads; (ii) bridges (including over-bridges, under- bridges, causeways, pedestrian cross bridges etc.); (iii) street lighting; (iv) drainage; (v) sanitation; (vi) solid waste management (including waste recycling); (vii) water supply; (viii) sewerage and sewerage treatment plant; (ix) storm water drains; (x) parking sites and services; (xi) markets and shopping complexes; (xii) parks, play grounds and stadiums; (xiii) slum housing and development projects; (xiv) upgradation or construction of community centres or dharamshalas; (xv) burial grounds, cremation ghats or grounds and electric crematorium; (xvi) other projects providing for public services; (xvii) any other infrastructure or appliances connected with the above projects; and (xviii) various projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns and schemes, launched by the Central Government and the State Government; (e) "Municipality" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (e) of article 243-P of the Constitution of India; (f) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; and (g) “State Government” means the Government of the State of Punjab in the Department of Local Government.