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il. Grants or loau to dre Board. - The State Government may provtde financial assistalce in_ the form of grants or loans to tte S;;rd--io, the development of madetint infrasEucture, pmmotion of agri"lt *i rn.it"tfng or any otrer purpose as lt may deem lt nece$ary. Gon-trrbrruoD.to.statc AgrtcutEral f,tar*edng Board. - Every market commrttee in the state shafl pay to the. B_o-ard, t"ore urZ nne"i*, of every month, in such manner as may b€ pressribd, l0*I cent of lts gross recelp,ts recelved aurini tf," !:€vigus cale.pda-r month by r,rny oi license fee ,,ii *.if.i r*q as conrriburion for carrying out the funcdons asslgned to the Board und", tf-ri, e"t e$sttr State rtgrlcrrltlral Mar*eting goard Faad. _Att moneys r€cetved by the Board by way of contributlo* fees o.r-othei "f,.G, ,U'iloneys recelved by way of loaru- and all g"nt$ loans or contrlbuHons ,.d;-d;tdh"E Government to the Board shall brm part of a fund to be -rt.d th" &;iLie agrrcururat Marketing Board Fun4 whlch chalr be used ana "xpenal iilr.h rn"rn", as may be prcscrlbed. fsrtquttu.nl Markedag Devclopment Fund. - [lJ Half the amount rec€tved by the Board under section 61 of the Act as contrrbuuonior-*"*"t .o,oo,rtt"* a-ii"sl year shdl be tr.nsferred to a separate fund to trc knovm as the Agricurturar Markedng Danelopment Fund. (2J The Agrlculhrrat Marketing Deveropment Fund shafl be expended by the Boatd in such manner as may be prescrtbed, Pu?oser br whldr 6c Assan St te Agrlcuttur?l Markethg Board Fuad shall be erpcadeo - (1) T}.e Assam state Agricultural Markedng Board Fund shall be udllsed by the Board br the discharge of funcdons entrusted to lt under this Acu @ tn particular, and Mthout ptejudice to the generality of this provlsio& the A.isam. Statc A$tcultural trl""i(eting A"a"A-fuia_.*.y be utillsed for the bllowlng purposes, namely: _ (a) payment of admrnistradve expendi're ofthe Board, rncruding payment of salarles and wages, contribution towards ;;;;;t tun4 pensions, leave salary and graurd€s, compensadons for drudes ;urtmi h, i#d*", compasslonate allowances for rhe offfcers ind staff "rpi"y"ft;-lq ,di expenses, honorarium, sttthg fee, travelllng and odrer "U6*r".t i" fi. Chalrperson and members ani audit fees; THE ASSAM G AZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY IULY 15, 2022 6389 tb) (c) td) (e) (0 tmprcvement to the reguladon of agriculhral merketlng ln Bte State llke provlding tcchnlcal asslstanct to market commltEes, lntcrnal and speclal audit of market committees and surveillance of trading; Erandng ald to flnandally weak or needy market commlttc€s ln the furm of Ioans or grants; BaininS of the members of the Board and market commlttees, officcrs and employees of the Board and market clmmitte€s, market functionaries and agriculturtsts and producers; lmpardng educadon ln the marketlng ofagricultural prcduce; prope8anda and publicity on matters relating to rnarkedng of agriclltural produce; or?anlsing and arranging study vlsits, worlshops, seminars, exhlbldons etc, on ag arltural marketing; market survey and researcb pertainlng to agricultural marketing gradlng and standardisatlon, quallty certificstlon of agrlcultural produce and other allied matterc; general imprcvement of the hcilitles for the transport of nodfied agrlcultural produce to the market yard and the marketlng thereof; devclopment of media c5&er. lnformatson tectnolo6l and long.dlttance infrastrucurc relevant to marketing of agrioltural pmduce and allied commodlHes; any purpose as may bc deemed necessary by the Board for carrying out lhe purposes of tllis Acq and any purpose es may be dlrected by the State Government for carrylng out the purposes of this AcL