THE PLAIN-LANGUAGE GUIDE
What does this mean?
A Metropolitan Planning Committee prepares a draft development plan for the metropolitan area. Its elected representation and planning considerations are specified constitutionally, with details set by State law.
The framework for municipalities, urban representation, finances and district or metropolitan planning.
Why is this provision here?
A metropolitan area can span multiple local bodies, creating a need for coordinated area-wide planning.
Historical evidenceArticle 243ZE was introduced in its present subject framework by Amendment 74 (1992), after the original Constitution. The verified sources are the official edition and the linked Amendment Act and Bill statement. Original 1946–1950 Assembly debates predate this insertion and are not presented as its direct drafting reason. The explanation of function above is editorial; the Bill statement supplies the attributed legislative reasons for the later proposal.
The explanation of purpose is an editorial reading of the provision. A drafting motive is attributed only where a linked historical source supports it.
Limits, exceptions & reading carefully
Educational summary of the linked source text. Exceptions, provisos, implementing laws and applicable judgments must be read before applying it to a real case.
Read the official constitutional text
243ZE. Committee for Metropolitan planning.—(1) There shall be
constituted in every Metropolitan area a Metropolitan Planning Committee to
prepare a draft development plan for the Metropolitan area as a whole.
(2) The Legislature of a State may, by law, make provision with respect to—
(a) the composition of the Metropolitan Planning Committees;
(b) the manner in which the seats in such Committees shall be filled:
Provided that not less than two-thirds of the members of such
Committee shall be elected by, and from amongst, the elected members of
the Municipalities and Chairpersons of the Panchayats in the Metropolitan
area in proportion to the ratio between the population of
the
Municipalities and of the Panchayats in that area;
(c) the representation in such Committees of the Government of
India and the Government of the State and of such organisations and
institutions as may be deemed necessary for carrying out the functions
assigned to such Committees;
(d) the functions relating to planning and coordination for the
Metropolitan area which may be assigned to such Committees;
(e) the manner in which the Chairpersons of such Committees shall
be chosen.
(3) Every Metropolitan Planning Committee shall, in preparing the draft
development plan,—
(a) have regard to—
(i) the plans prepared by the Municipalities and the
Panchayats in the Metropolitan area;
(ii) matters of common interest between the Municipalities
and the Panchayats, including coordinated spatial planning of the
area, sharing of water and other physical and natural resources, the
integrated development of infrastructure and environmental
conservation;
(iii) the overall objectives and priorities set by the
Government of India and the Government of the State;
(iv) the extent and nature of investments likely to be made in
the Metropolitan area by agencies of the Government of India and
of the Government of the State and other available resources
whether financial or otherwise;
(b) consult such institutions and organisations as the Governor
may, by order, specify.
(4) The Chairperson of every Metropolitan Planning Committee shall
forward the development plan, as recommended by such Committee, to the
Government of the State.
Extracted from the Legislative Department’s May 2026 edition. Page footnotes may refer to neighbouring provisions; check their markers in the PDF. Inclusion in this edition does not by itself establish commencement or judicial effect.
