Provided that where, in any district, there is no Minister in-charge of that district, the Government may nominate any other person as the Chairman of the Zilla Pranalika Abhivrudhi Mandal.

Financial Assistance by Government Financial Assistance by Government.- The Government may pay to a Mandal Praja Parishad or a Zilla Praja Parishad or a Zilla Pranalika Abhivrudhi Mandal, from the Consolidated Fund of the State, such sums of money as they may deem fit for the purposes of this Act.