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In the Kerala Land Development Act, 1964 (17 of 1964),- (1) in section 2,- (a) before clause (b), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- "(a) "Board" means the Kerala Land Development Board constituted under section 3;"; (b) for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- "(b) "Collector" means the Member-Secretary of the District Planning Committee constituted under the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994(20 of 1994);"; (c) for clause (c), the following clause shall be substituted namely:- "(c) "District Committee" means the District Land Development Committee referred to in section 5;"; (2) after section 2, the following sections shall be inserted namely:- "3. Constitution of the Board.-(1) The Government shall for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act constitute Land Development Board. (2) The Board shall consist of- (a) the Minister for Agriculture who shall be the Chairman; (b) the Minister for the Local Self Government who shall be the co-chairman; (c) the Agriculture Production Commissioner, ex-officio; (d) the Secretary, Agriculture, ex-officio; (e) the Secretary, Local Self Government, ex-officio; (f) the Secretary to Government, Department of Irrigation, ex-officio; (g) the State Land Use Commissioner, ex-officio; (h) the Chief Engineer in charge of Irrigation, ex-officio; (i) the Chief Conservator of Forest, ex-officio; (j) the Director of Agriculture, ex-officio; (k) the Vice Chancellor of Kerala Agriculture University, ex-officio; (1) the Director, Centre for Water Resources Development and Management, Kozhikode, ex-officio; (m) the Director, Centre for Earth Science Studies, Thiruvananthapurarm, ex-officio; (n) the Director, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi ex-officio; (o) nominee of Indian Council for Agriculture Research; (p) nominee of National Remote Sensing Agency; (3) The Agriculture Production Commissioner shall be the Member-Secretary to the Board. (4) All communications and orders of the Board shall be issued by the Member-Secretary or by such officer subordinate to him as may be authorised by the Board in this behalf. 4. Functions of the Board.-(1) The functions of the Board shall be,- (a) to direct the District Committees for the preparation of draft schemes within their respective jurisdiction; (b) to consider and approve the draft schemes prepared by the District Committees; (c) to devise ways and means for the speedy execution of schemes sanctioned by the Board or Government; (d) to fix the physical and financial targets for each district; (e) to perform such other functions as may be specified in this Act or in the rules made thereunder; (f) to advise Government on the strategies to be followed for land and water conservation as well as eco-restoration; and (g) to advise Government on the priority areas, technology options, research needs and provide feed-back on works taken up. (2) Without prejudice to the functions specified in sub-section (1), if any grant is made or loan advanced to the District Committee or Padasekharam Committee under section 18 to carry out any scheme, the Board shall take necessary steps to carry out the scheme by the officer or Padasekharam Committee appointed for the purpose in accordance with the terms and conditions under which such grant or loan is made or advanced and for that purpose the Board shall be competent to issue necessary instructions which shall be complied with by such officer or the Padasekharam Committee, as the case may be. 5. Constitution of District Committees.-The District Planning Committee constituted under the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 (20 of 1994) shall function as a District Land Development Committee in which the following persons shall also be included, namely:- (a) the District Agriculture Officer; (b) the District Soil Conservation Officer; (c) the Executive Engineer in charge of Irrigation in the District; (d) the Divisional Forest Officer having jurisdiction in the District.". (3) In section 7,- (i) before clause (2), the following shall be inserted, namely:- "(1) to make recommendations to the Board as to the area in the district for which schemes may be prepared.". (ii) for clause (2), the following shall be substituted, namely:- "(2) to prepare schemes for areas in the district on the direction of the Board.". (iii) after clause (4), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:- "(5) to carry out the instructions issued by the Board from time to time. (6) to issue approval for the schemes prepared.". (4) after section 7B the following sections shall be inserted, namely:- "7C Watershed Committee.-(1) The District Planning Committee constituted under the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 (20 of1994) may constitute Watershed Committee to assist the District Land Development Committee. (2) The manner of constitution of Watershed Committee shall be such as may be prescribed. 7D. Functions of the Watershed Committee.-The Watershed Committee shall exercise such powers and discharge such duties as may be prescribed. ". (5) for section 12, the following section shall be substituted, namely:- "12. Power of the District Committee to sanction schemes.-After considering the objections and the report and recommendations of the Inquiry Officer the District Committee may sanction a scheme: Provided that every scheme sanctioned by the District Committee shall be registered in the Sub-Registry Office concerned in the manner prescribed.". (6) in section 14, sub-sections (2), (3) and (4) shall be omitted; (7) after section 15, the following section shall be inserted, namely:- "15A. Power of Government to direct local authority to take up schemes.- Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the Government may direct any local authority as defined in the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (13 of 1994) or in the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 (20 of 1994) to take up schemes for watershed management in the priority areas based on the advice of the Board.".