State Act

THE KARNATAKA GRAM SWARAJ AND PANCHAYAT RAJ ACT, 1993

1[310B. Karnataka state decentralised planning and development Committee, – (1) There shall be established a committee called the Karnataka State Decentralised Planning and Development Committee to enable the Government to formulate development plans and the annual economic review to be presented along with the budget document. (2) The Karnataka state decentralized planning and development committee shall consist of,- 1 Chairperson The Chief Minister 2 Vice-Chairperson 1. The Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj 2. The Finance Minister 3. The Minister Incharge of Planning 4. The Minister for Urban Development One non-official Member who is an expert in the field of Socio-Economic Development nominated by the Government 3 Members: 1. Development Commissioner of the State. 2. Principal Secretary, RDPR 3. Principal Secretary, Urban Development. 4. The Principal Secretary, Finance 5. Two MLCs representing the Local Bodies nominated by the Government 6. Eight Members nominated by the Government consisting of,- (a) Two Chairpersons of The District Planning Committees one from each revenue division (b) Two Chairpersons of the Taluk Planning and Development Committees - one from each revenue division (c) Two Chairpersons of the Gram Panchayats- one from each revenue division (d) Two Chairpersons of Urban Local Bodies one representing the City Corporations, one representing the City Municipal Councils or one representing Town Panchayats and one representing the Town Municipalities Provided that of the eight at least one shall be a woman, one representative of the Scheduled Castes, one a representative of the Scheduled Tribes and one a representative of the other backward classes including minority groups (e) Five persons who are experts, from the fields of Agriculture and allied activities, Industry, Rural and Urban Development, Gender subjects (who shall be a woman), Child Rights who shall be a child rights activist, Finance, Town and Country Planning and Environment and Water Conservation nominated by the Government 2[3-A Special Invitee Vice-Chairperson of the Karnataka State Policy and Planning Commission]2 4 Member Secretary The Principal Secretary to Government or Secretary to Government in charge of Planning Department. (3) The term of the non-official members specified in sub-section (2) other than ex-officio members shall be for period of five years or shall be co-terminus with the term of their office whichever is earlier. (4) The functions of the Karnataka State Decentralised Planning and Development Committee shall be as follows: – (a) The karnataka state decentralised planning and development committee (KSDPDC) shall link the plans of districts and other planning units to provide for mutual consultation and negotiations between them and also provide the framework for integrating the sectoral and spatial aspects of urban and rural plans. (b) The process of consolidation and integration by the KSDPDC shall not alter the plans prepared by the districts. (c) The committee may, while preparing the consolidated plan, consult such institutions and organisations as the Government may, by order, specify. (d) Soon after the process of consolidation and integration is completed, the committee shall forward the consolidated plan to the Government. (e) The committee shall also look after formulation of policy matters related to local development and regional development, co-ordination of districts and state plans and designing policies to strengthen local bodies.]1