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In the Principal Act, in section 127:- (i) in the marginal heading the word after "Constitution" and before the word "of' the words "Function" shall be inserted. - 13 - (ii) for section 127 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be substituted, namely:- "127. (1)The State Government shall constitute District Planning Committees (District Planning Committees) in every District within three months of completion of elections to Panchayats. The District Planning Committee shall have a planning office with a full time District Planning Officer. The District Planning Committees shall be constituted to consolidate the plans prepared by the Panchayats and the Municipalities in the District and to prepare a draft development plan for the District as a whole. EXPLANA TlON - DPO means any substantive officer appointed by the State Government trained and monitored by the DPER & NECA Department. (2) The District Planning Committee shall consist of such number of members as may be specified by the State Government from time to time by Notification in the Official Gazette and in so fixing the total number of members of the District Planning Committee, the State Government shall specify the number respectively of the nominated members and elected members: Provided that not less than four-fifth of the total number of members of the District Planning Committee shall be elected by and from amongst, the elected members of the District Panchayat and the Municipalities in the District in proportion to the ratio between the population of the rural and urban area in the District. (3) the nominated members may consist of :- (a) persons representing the State Government; . (b) members of the Legislative Assembly who represent a constituency comprising the whole or part of the District. (c) members representing such organizations and institutions as may be deemed necessary by the State Government. (4) The District Planning Committee shall have- a) such functions relating to District planning as may be assigned to it by the State Government; (b) such powers as may be conferred on it by the State Government. (5) The Chairperson of the District Planning Committee shall be the Chairperson of the District Panchayat concerned. (6) Every District Planning Committee shall, in preparing the draft development plan, have regard to- (i) Matters of common interest between the Panchayat and the Municipalities including spatial planning, sharing of water - J 4 - Insertion of new section 133 Insertion of new Chapter XIII - Standing Committees and Insertion of new sections. and other physical and natural resources, the integrated development of the infrastructure and environmental conservation; (ii) The extent and type of available resources whether financial or otherwise. and (iii) Consult such institutions and organizations as the State Government may by order, specify. (7) The Chairperson of every District Planning Committee shall forward the development plan, as recommended by the District Planning Committee, to the State Government. (8) There shall be a planning office headed by the District Planning Officer to assist the District Planning Committee. The appointment of the staff and officers of the planning office shall be made according to the rules made by the State Government'.