(2)Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions, the functions and duties of the Bhumi Prabandhak Samiti shall include :-(a)the settlement and management of land;(b)the preservation, maintenance and development of forest and trees;(c)the maintenance and development of abadi sites and village communications;(d)the management of hats, bazars and melas;(e)the maintenance and development of fisheries and tanks;(f)the development of cottage industries;(g)the development and improvement of agriculture;(h)the conduct and prosecution of suits and proceedings by or against the [Gram Panchayat] [Substituted 'Gram Sabha' by U.P. Act No. 4 of 2016, dated 11.3.2016.]; and(i)such other matters as may be prescribed.
