Section 185 in The Punjab Panchayati Raj Act, 1994
185. Functions of the Standing Committee of Zila Parishad.
(1)The General Committee shall perform functions relating to the establishment matters and functions relating to communications, buildings, rural housing, village extensions, relief against the natural calamities and allied matters and all miscellaneous residuary matters.(2)The Finance Audit and Planning Committee shall perform the functions relating to :-(a)the finances of the Zila Parishad, framing of budgets, scrutinising proposals for increase of revenue examination of receipts and expenditure statements, consideration of all proposals affecting the finances of the Zila Parishad and general supervision of the revenue and expenditure of the Zila Parishad;(b)the plan priorities, allocation of outlays to developments, horizontal and vertical linkages, implementation of guidelines issued by the State Government, regular review of planning programmes, evaluation of important programmes and small savings schemes.(3)The Social Justice Committee shall perform functions relating to : -(a)promotion of education, economic, social, cultural and other interest of the Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes;(b)protecting the Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes from social injustice and all other forms of explantation;(c)ameliorate the lot of the Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes;(d)securing social justice to the Scheduled Castes and the Backward Classes, women and other weaker sections of the society;(4)The Education and Health Committee shall perform the following functions, namely:-(a)promotion of educational activities in the Zila Parishad area;(b)undertake the planning of education in the district within the framework of the national policy and the national and state plans;(c)survey and evaluate the educational activities of the Zila Parishad;(d)perform such other duties pertaining to education, adult literacy and cultural activities as the Zila Parishad may assign to it ;(e)maintenance of drainage, health services, hospitals, water supply, family welfare and other allied matters.(5)The Agriculture and Industry Committee shall perform functions relating to :-(a)agricultural production, animal husbandry, co-operation, contour bunding and reclamation ;(b)village and cottage industries ;(c)promotion of industrial development of the district ;(6)The Standing Committees shall perform the functions specified in sub- sections (1) to (5) to the extent the powers are delegated to them by the Zila Parishad.(7)The Standing Committees shall perform in respect of matters assigned to them such additional duties as may be assigned to them by the Zila Parishad.
