State Development Committee

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The State Development Committee was constituted under the provisions of the State Development Act 1941, (No 4675).

The Committee was appointed on 9 August 1943 and held its first meeting on 24 August 1943.

The function of the Committee was to inquire and report to the GovernorinCouncil upon -

the balanced economic, industrial, and rural development of the State;

the decentralisation of industrial activities and the distribution of population in the State;

the improvement of the general economic welfare of the State;

the improvement of the conditions of industrial and rural life in the State;

the organisation and development of primary, secondary and other industries in the State.

The Staff of this Committee were attached to the General Services Division of the Department of Premier and Cabinet. The salary of the Secretary of this Committee was funded by the Department.