Definitions.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) “Committee” means the District Planning Committee constituted under section 3; (b) “District” means a district as construed in the Telangana Districts (Formation) Act, 1974; (c) “Government” means the State Government; (d) “Municipalities” means Municipal Corporations, Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats as constituted under the Telangana Municipalities Act, 1965 or the various Municipal Corporations established under the Telangana Municipal Corporations Acts; (e) “Notification” means a notification published in the Telangana Gazette and the word “notified” shall be construed accordingly; (f) “Panchayats” means a Gram Panchayat or a Mandal Praja Parishad and Zilla Praja Parishad constituted under the Telangana Panchayat Raj Act, 1994; (g) “Population” means the population as ascertained at the last preceding census of which relevant figures have been published; (h) “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (i) “State” means the State of Telangana.