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regulation ofslaughterhouses and tanneries.Even the remaining functions in schedule 12 are traceable to either the state list or,as shown later,the concurrent list (see table 5.2).Table 5.3 shows the schedule 12 functions that are linked to municipal functions enumerated in state laws.

TABLE 5.2 Linkage ofSchedule 12 Functions with the State List and Concurrent List

Function Constitutional provision

Urban planning including town planning Regulation ofland use and construction ofbuildings Subject 35, state list Planning for economic and social development Subject 20, concurrent list Roads and bridges Subject 13, state list Water supply for domestic, industrial, and Subject 17, state list commercial purposes Public health, sanitation, conservation, and solid Subject 6, state list waste management Fire services Urban forestry, protection ofthe environment, and Subject 17 A and B, promotion ofecological aspects concurrent list Safeguarding the interests ofweaker sections of Subject 9, state list society, including people with disabilities Subject 16, concurrent list Slum improvement and upgrading Urban poverty alleviation Provision ofurban amenities and facilities such as parks, gardens, and playgrounds Promotion ofcultural, educational, and aesthetic Subject 33, state list aspects Burials and burial grounds, cremations, cremation Subject 10, state list grounds, and electric crematoriums Cattle pounds and prevention ofcruelty to animals Subject 16, state list (also subject 17, concurrent list) Vital statistics, including registration ofbirths and Subject 30, concurrent list deaths Public amenities, including street lighting, parking lots, bus stops, and public conveniences Regulation ofslaughterhouses and tanneries

Source: Constitution ofIndia, Article 243W and Twelfth Schedule, and Article 246 and Seventh Schedule. Note: Several functions in schedule 12 have no clear link with either the state list or the concurrent list. However, urban planning can be seen as part ofregulation ofland use, urban poverty alleviation can be considered part ofplanning for economic and social development, slum improvement and upgrading can be considered part ofconstruction ofbuildings, and provision ofurban amenities can be seen as part ofpromotion ofaesthetic aspects.