law: Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951 
  6. Establishment and constitution of Development Councils
  
  and their functions 
  (1) The Central Government may by notified order, establish for
  
  any scheduled industry or group of scheduled industries, a body of persons to
  
  be called a Development Council which shall consist of members who in the
  
  opinion of the Central Government are- 
  (a) persons capable of representing the
  
  interests of owners of industrial undertakings in the scheduled industry or
  
  group of scheduled industries;
  (b) persons having special knowledge of
  
  matters relating to the technical or other aspects of the scheduled industry or
  
  group of scheduled industries;
  (c) persons capable of representing the
  
  interests of persons employed in industrial undertakings in the scheduled
  
  industry or group of scheduled industries;
  (d) persons not belonging to any of the
  
  aforesaid categories who are capable of representing the interests of consumers
  
  of goods manufactured or produced by the scheduled industry or group of
  
  scheduled industries.
  (2) The number and the term of office of, and the procedure to
  
  be followed in the discharge of their functions by, and the manner of filling
  
  casual vacancies among members of a Development Council, shall be such as may
  
  be prescribed.
  (3) Every Development Council shall be, by virtue of this Act, a
  
  body corporate by such name as may be specified in the notified order
  
  establishing it, and may hold and transfer property and shall by the said name
  
  sue and be sued.
  (4) A Development Council shall perform such functions of a kind
  
  specified in the Schedule II as may be assigned to it by the Central Government
  
  and for whose exercise by the Development Council it appears to the Central
  
  Government expedient to provide in order to increase the efficiency or
  
  productivity in the scheduled industry or, group of scheduled industries for
  
  which the Development Council is established, to improve or develop the service
  
  that such industry or group of industries renders or could render to the
  
  community, or to enable such industry or group of industries to render such service
  
  more economically.
  (5) A Development Council shall also perform such other
  
  functions as it may be required to perform by or under any other provision of
  
  this Act.