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Subject
to any general or special order of the Government, or the Central
Government from time to time, the Council may provide either
wholly or in part for all or any of the following matters, namely
:-
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(a)
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the
furtherance of education including cultural and physical education,
by measures other than the establishment and maintenance of,
and aid to, schools for primary education.
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| (b) |
the
establishment and maintenance of, and aid to, libraries, museums,
art galleries, botanical or zoological collections; |
| (c) |
the
establishment and maintenance of, and aid to, stadia, gymnasia,
akharas and places for sports and games; |
| (d) |
the
planting and care of trees on roadsides and elsewhere;
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| (e) |
the
surveys of buildings and lands; |
| (f) |
the
registration of marriages; |
| (g) |
the
taking of a census of population; |
| (h) |
the
provision of housing accommodation for the inhabitants of any
area or for any class of inhabitants; |
| (i) |
the
providing of music or other entertainments in public places or
places of public resort and the establishment of theatres and
cinemas; |
| (j)
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the
organization and management of fairs and exhibitions; |
| (k)
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the
acquisition of movable or immovable property for any of the purposes
before mentioned, including payment of the cost of investigations,
surveys or examinations in relation thereto for the construction
or adaptation of buildings necessary for such purposes; |
| (l) |
the
construction and maintenance of - |
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| (i) |
rest-houses,
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| (ii) |
poor-houses,
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| (iii) |
infirmaries,
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| (iv) |
children's
home, |
| (v) |
houses
for the deaf and dumb and for disabled and handicapped children,
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| (vi) |
shelters
for destitute and disabled persons, |
| (vii) |
asylums
for persons of unsound mind; |
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| (m) |
the
construction and maintenance of cattle pounds; |
| (n) |
the
building or purchase and maintenance of dwelling-houses for municipal
officers and other municipal employees; |
| (o) |
any
measures for the welfare of the municipal officers and other municipal
employees or any class of them including the sanctioning of loans
to such officers and employees or any class of them for construction
of houses and purchase of vehicles; |
| (p) |
the
organization or management of chemical or bacteriological laboratories
for the examination or analysis of water, food and drugs for the
detection of diseases or research connected with the public health
or medical relief; |
| (q) |
the
provision for relief to destitute and disabled persons; |
| (r) |
the
establishment and maintenance of veterinary hospitals; |
| (s) |
the
organisation, construction, maintenance and management of swimming
pools, public wash houses, bathing places and other instituitions
designed for the improvement of public health; |
| (t) |
the
organisation and management of farms and dairies within or without
New Delhi for the supply, distribution and processing of milk
and milk products for the benefit of the residents of New Delhi; |
| (u) |
the
organisation and management of cottage industries, handicraft
centres and sales emporia; |
| (v) |
the
construction and maintenance of warehouses and godowns; |
| (w) |
the
construction and maintenance of garages, sheds and stands for
vehicles and cattle biers; |
| (x)
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the
provision for unfiltered water supply; |
| (y) |
the
improvement of New Delhi in accordance with improvement schemes
approved by the Council; |
| (z) |
any
measure not hereinbefore specifically mentioned, likely to promote
public safety, health, convenience or general welfare. |