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 titleAn 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