Urban Poor Welfare Fund.

(1) There shall be constituted a fund called the Urban Poor Welfare Fund at the level of each urban local body to which the moneys received from the slum dwellers under this Act shall be credited and in addition to the same, the following receipts may also be credited to the said fund, namely:— (a) contributions from the State Government and Central Government, if any; (b) contributions from organizations, philanthropists, individuals and Non-Government Organisations; and (c) any other funding source as may be notified by the State Government. (2) The constitution and administration of the fund shall be in such manner as may be prescribed. Explanation. — For the purpose of this section, the expression ‘urban local body’ means the Municipal Council and Notified Area Council constituted under the Odisha Municipal Act, 1950.