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(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; (l) the Director, Centre for Water Resources Development and Management, Kozhikode, ex-officio; (m) the Director, Centre for Earth Science Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, 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. Substituted by Act 16 of 2000 G. O. (P) No. 3294/Leg. C1/2000/Law dt 12/05/2000. Prior to substitution it read as under: 3. Constitution of the Board.- (1) The Government shall for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act constitute a Land Development Board. (2) The Board shall consist of- (a) the Minister for Agriculture who shall be the Chairman; (aa) the Commissioner for Agricultural Production who shall be the Vice-Chairman, ex-officio]; (aaa) the Secretary to Government, Agriculture Department, ex-officio]; (b) the Chairman, Kerala State Electricity Board, ex-officio; (c) the Chief Engineer in charge of Irrigation, ex-officio; (d) the Chief Conservator of Forests, ex-officio; (e) the Director of Agriculture (Soil Conservation Unit), ex-officio]; and (f) four non-officials to be nominated by the Government. (3) The Director of Agriculture (Soil Conservation)] shall be the Secretary to the Board. (4) The term of office of the members referred to in clause (f) of sub-section (2) shall be three years: Provided that the term of office of a member nominated to fill a casual vacancy shall be for the remainder of his predecessor's term of office. (5) A non-official member may, at any time by notice in writing to the Chairman, resign his office. (6) All communications and orders of the Board shall be issued by the Secretary or by such Officer subordinate to him as may be authorised by the Board in this behalf. 4. Powers of Government to direct preparation of schemes.- The Government may, by order, direct the Board to prepare detailed plans and estimates for a scheme in respect of any area within a district. 5. Functions of the Board.- (1) The functions of the Board shall be- (a) to direct, either at its own instance or on the orders of the Government under Section 4, the preparation by the District Committees, 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; and (e) to perform such other functions as may be specified in this Act or in the rules made thereunder. (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 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.