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A State government wants its municipalities to prepare plans for economic development and social justice and to handle functions such as urban planning, regulation of land use and slum improvement. A councillor asks where such functions are listed for municipalities. Which is correct?

The Twelfth Schedule is correct. It lists 18 functional items for municipalities, including urban planning, land-use regulation and slum improvement. The Eleventh Schedule with 29 items applies to Panchayats, not to urban local bodies.

  1. AEleventh Schedule, which lists 29 functions
  2. BTwelfth Schedule, which lists 18 functionsCorrect
  3. CSeventh Schedule, which lists Union subjects
  4. DNinth Schedule, which lists land reform laws

Explanation

The Twelfth Schedule, added by the 74th Amendment, lists 18 functional items that may be entrusted to municipalities, including urban planning, regulation of land use and slum improvement. The Eleventh Schedule with 29 items relates to Panchayats, which is the main trap here. The Seventh and Ninth Schedules do not set municipal functions.

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