Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Application of the provision of the Act to existing Primary School:- The State Government may by notification, apply all or any of the provisions of this Act to all or any of the primary schools in the State and thereupon such primary school or schools shall be deemed to be a basic school or schools for the purposes of this Act. 1[16-A. Constitution of Orissa Primary and Basic School Teacher Provident Fund and power to make rules:- The State Government shall have the constitution power to constitute a Fund to be called the Orissa Primary and Basic School Teachers Provident Fund or the benefit of all or any class or classes of teachers of all or any of the primary and basic schools in the State of Orissa and may by rules provide for- (a) the maintainance and administration of the Funds; (b) the amount of contribution to be made to the Fund by such teachers and the mode of making such contributions; (c) the custody and control of moneys in respect of such contributions ; and (d) the extent of contributions to be made to this Fund from out of the Consolidated Fund of the State.]