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Meghalaya Commercial Crops Development Board Act, 1996 (No. 6 of 1997).

Country/Territory
India
Territorial subdivision
Meghalaya
Document type
Legislation
Date
1997
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to provide for setting up a Board for promoting the cultivation and processing and marketing of commercial crops in the State and for matters connected therewith.
Subject
Agricultural & rural development
Keyword
Institution Crops/grasses Authorization/permit
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia
Abstract

The Act provides the State Government the power to establish the Meghalaya Commercial Crops Development Board and details out the composition, membership process, finance, audit, powers and functions of the Board entitled to promote cultivation of Horticultural and Plantation crops. The Board has been set up with the main objective to promote cultivation of Horticultural and Plantation crops so as to uplift the economic condition of the farming population of Meghalaya and thereby developing the economy of the State. In the process, the Board gradually expect to bring about an end to harmful practices of jhum farming.

Full text
English
Website
indiacode.nic.in

References - Legislation

Amended by

Meghalaya Commercial Crops Development Board (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Meghalaya Act No. 3 of 2001).

Legislation | India | 2001

Keyword: Institution, Crops/grasses, Authorization/permit, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Financial agricultural measures, Plant production, Planting material/seeds

Source: FAO, FAOLEX