(1)The General Standing Committee shall perform functions relating to the establishment matters and functions relating to communications buildings, rural housing, village extensions, relief against natural calamities, Rural Development Programme of Government of India and allied matters and all miscellaneous residuary matters.(2)The Finance and Audit Committee shall perform the functions relating to-(a)The finance of the Zilla Parishad, framing of budgets, scrutinizing proposals for increase of revenue, examination of receipts and expenditure, consideration of proposals effecting the finance of the Zilla Parishad and general supervision of the revenue and expenditure of the Zilla Parishad.(b)The Plan priorities, allocation of outlays to developments, horizontal and vertical linkages, and implementation of guidelines issued by Government, regular review of planning programmes, evolution of important programmes and shall saving schemes.(3)The Social Justice Committee shall perform functions relating to-(a)promotion of educational, economic, social, cultural and other interests of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes;(b)protecting them from social injustice and all other forms of exploitation;(c)amelioration of the difficulties of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes;(d)securing social justice to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, women and other weaker sections of the society.(4)The Planning and Development Committee shall perform the following functions(a)be in charge of all educational activities of the Zilla Parishad;(b)Undertake the planning of education in the district within the frame work of the National Policy and the National and State Plan;(c)Survey and evaluate the educational activity of the Zilla Parishad,(d)Perform such other duties pertaining to education, adult literacy and cultural activity as the Zilla Parishad may assign to it;(e)Health service, Hospitals, Water supply, family, Welfare and other allied matter;(f)Agricultural production, animal husbandry, cooperation, contour binding and reclamation;(g)Village and cottage industries;(h)Promotion of industrial development of the district.
