Section 47A. District Planning Committee.

(1)For every District, there shall be a District Planning Committee comprising of the following, namely:–– (i) Members of Parliament representing the area ; (ii) Members of the State Legislature representing the areas within the District ; (iii) Chairperson of the District Development Council of the District ; (iv) Chairpersons of the Town Area Committees/Municipal Committees of the District ; (v) President of the Municipal Council/Municipal Corporation, if any ; (vi) District Development Commissioner ; (vii) Additional District Development Commissioner ; (viii) District Statistics and Evaluation Officer ; (ix) Chief Planning Officer ; (x) All District Level officers shall be ex-officio members of the Committee. (2) The Member of Parliament representing the area shall be the Chairperson of the Committee.