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(1) PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA), DECEMBER 239, 2017 (PAUSA 8, 1939 SAKA) "farmer" means a person who owns or cultivates land and whose means of livelihood is income from cultivation of such land or partly by income from cultivation of such land and partly by income he gets as wages in cash or kind or partly in cash or partly in kind from other allied agricultural occupations he performs; “farm worker” means a person principally engaged with a farmer in the capacity of a worker on hire and who gets his wages in cash or kind in connection with the agricultural operations he performs; “Fund” means the Punjab State Farmers and Farm Workers Corpus Fund constituted under section 19 of this Act; "Government" means the Government of the State of Punjab in the Department of Agriculture; "Member-Secretary" means the Member-Secretary of the Commission; "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; and “private entity" means all individuals not on government pay roll and all Companies, Societies, Cooperatives, partnership firms, charitable organizations and limited liability partnership firms. The Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute a body to be known as the Punjab State Farmers and Farm Workers Commission to exercise the powers conferred upon and perform the functions assigned to it under this Act. (2) The Commission shall consist of,- (a) Chairperson; : Non-official Member (b) A representative of Farm : Non-official Member Workers ; (c) Vice Chancellor, Punjab Agricultural: Ex-officio Member University, Ludhiana; (da) Vice Chancellor, Guru Angad Dev: Ex-officio Member Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana; (e) Financial Commissioner : Ex-officio Member (Development); and (f) A-serving or a retired officer, not: Member-Secretary below the rank of the Secretary to Government of Punjab. PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA), DECEMBER 29, 2017 247 (PAUSA 8, 1939 SAKA)