Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) It shall be the duty of the Board to take necessary measures to maintain, allot, lease or other..:! wise use the Board premises and to collect rents, com- pensation and damages in respect thereof (2) The Board may,- (i) provide technical advice to the State Govern- ment and scrutinize projects under housing schemes in the area to which this Act extends when required by the St ate Government to do so; (ii) undertake research on various problems con- nected with housing li.n general and find out in particular the economical methods of cons- tructing houses suited to local cqnditions ; (iii) undertake comprehensive surveys of pro- blems of housing ; (iv) grant loans to individuals or body of indivi- duals for building houses under different schemes either at their own instance or under the direction of the State Government and recover the loans in such manner and in such procedure as may be prescribed; (v) do all things for- (a) unificatli.on, simplification and standardisation of building materials ; (b) encouraging pre-fabrication and mal.is pro - duction of house components; (c) organising or undertaking the productli.on of building materials for residential or non-re- sidential house ; (d) securing a steady and sufficient supply of wotkmen trained in the work of construction of buildings. .. a " 21 Board to as aume