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46. To enable the municipalities (that is municipal corporations, municipal councils and Nagar Panchayats) to function as institutions of self-government, Article 243W authorises the legislature of a state to endow to the municipalities, such powers and authority as may be necessary, by law. Such law made by the state legislature may contain provision for the devolution of powers and responsibilities upon municipalities, with respect to the following:

(i) The preparation of plans for economic development and social justice; and