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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- Definitions. (a) "amenity" includes development of plot of land, land development work of soil conservation, road, bridge, any other means of communication, transport, supply of water to crops by construction of canals, field channels, irrigation works, supply of electricity, any other source of energy, street lighting, drainge, sewerage, fencing or compound, markets and such other convenience and infrastructure as the State Government may, specify to be an amenity for the purposes of this Act; i For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Maharashtra Government Gazette, 1982, Part V, Extraordinary, pages 390-391; for Joint Committee Report, see Maharashtra Government Gazette 1984, Part \Ç Extraordinary, pages 454-486. 2 ist June i990 (vide GN., A, AH, D.D. and F.D., No. UDYAN. i085/443/H-3, dated the 3ist May i990). 1- This indicates the date of commencement of the Act. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor Maharashtra Horticulture Development Corporation Act, 1984 1 1988 : Mah. XXV (b) "annual expenditure" includes expenditure of recurring nature such as costs of inputs like water, fertilizer, pesticides, wages for the labour, maintenance expenditure for minor irrigation works, and compound, and other incidental expenditure on the items relevant to development works undertaken by the Corporation or by the plot-holder and also includes such other items as the State Government may specify, from time to time, by general or special order in this behalf; (c) "approved beneficiary" means a person who is landless agricultural labour, or person from family below the poverty line and who is included in the list of approved beneficiaries by the Collector for the purposes of this Act; (cl) "capital expenditure" includes expenditure of non-recurring nature and on such items which create durable assets like land, land development, minor irrigation work, plantation material, construction of buildings and compound, or fencing, constructions of sheds, cost of training of personnel, expenditure on research or development and expenditure on amenities and also includes such other items as the State Government may specify, from time to time, by general or special order in this behalf Provided that, for the purposes of section 46, the expenditure incurred in construction ofbuildings for offices, staff quarters and laboratories including the laboratory equipments shall not be included in the capital expenditure; (e) "Collector" means the Collector of the district, and includes any officer specially appointed by the State Government to perform the functions of a Collector under this Act; "Corporation" means the Maharashtra Horticulture Development Corporation established under section 3 (g) "development," with its grammatical variations, means the carrying out any land development or carrying out of any farm building operations or the making out of any material change in any building or land, growing nurseries, planting of horticultural crops, undertaking plant protection measures, processing of fruits, vegetables, spices and other horticulture or agricultural produce ; storing, warehousing and marketing of horticulture or agriculture produce obtained in the farm, introducing scientific management system of farm operations; and includes re-development and laying out of plots and sub-division of land into estates or farms, and also the provision of amenities ; and 'to develop' shall be construed accordingly; (h) "estate" means any area or a plot of land on which the Corporation carries out its development activities for the purposes of this Act (i) "farm" means any plot of land developed as a farm for the purposes of this Act; Û) "farm building" means any structure or erection or part of a structure or erection which is located in the farm or outside the farm and is intended to be used for the following purposes :- (a) for the storage of agricultural implements, manure or fodder, PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor 1988 : Mah. XXV J Maharashtra Horticulture Development Corporation Act, 1984 3 (b) for the storage of agriculture or horticulture produce, (c) for sheltering cattle, (cl) for residence of members of the family of the plot-holder, or (e) for any other purpose which is an integral part of his cultivating arrangement; (1) the expression "farming society" shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause Mah. (12) of section 2 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 ; and which is XXIV registered under the said Act; of