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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Board" means the Khadi and Village Industries Board constituted under this section 3; (b) "Khadi" means any cloth woven on handlooms in India from cotton, silk or woollen yarn, handspun in India or from a mixture of any two or all of such yarns and certified as khadi by the Khadi and Village Industries Commission established under the Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act, 1956; (c) "member" means a member of the Board, whether an official or a non- official, and includes the Chairman, the Vice-Chairman and a Member-Secretary of the Board; (d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules; (e) "regulations" means regulations made under this Act ; (f) "rules" means rules made under this Act ; (g) "village industry" means, - (i) any industry located in a rural area which produces any goods or renders any service with or without the use of power and in which the fixed capital investment per head of an artisan or a worker does not exceed fifty thousand rupees or such other sum as may, by notification in the Official Gazette, be specified from time to time by the State Government: Provided that any industry specified in the Schedule and located in an area other than a rural area and recognised as a village industry prior to coming into force of this Act shall notwithstanding anything contained in this sub-clause, continue to be a village industry under this Act; (ii) any other non-manufacturing unit established for the sole purpose of promoting, maintaining, assisting, servicing (including other units) or managing any village industry; (iii) any other industry specified in this behalf by the State Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, in consultation with the Board. Explanation. - For the purpose of this clause, - Definitions. LXI of