Why was the Lottery Committee constituted?
The Lottery Committee was constituted in 1817 to help the government in carrying out the work of town¬planning in Calcutta. This committee was named the Lottery Committee because it raised funds for the development of the town through public lotteries. In other words, the government did not provide all the funds for the development of cities and town-planning. Rather the funds of town-planning were raised by responsible public-minded citizens.
