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It is now DECIDED that a Tamilnadu State Council for Sciences and Technology (hereinafter called the State Council) should be established as a Society registered under the Tamilnadu Societies’ Registration Act, 1975 Tamilnadu Act 27 of 1975 to function in accordance with the Rules and Regulations appended hereto, in furtherance of the following objectives; 3.1 To identify areas for the application of Science and Technology to the development needs, objectives and goals of Tamilnadu, and in particular, to the prevailing conditions of backwardness, rural unemployment and poverty; 3.2 To advise Government on the formulation of policies and measures including technical, administrative and legal advice which will promote such application to identified needs, objectives and goals-in particular to health, education, and manpower utilization with special emphasis on the development of human skills in the rural areas and in the slums, and which will promote the scientific management of the natural resources of the State; 3.3 To promote effective coordination and to develop and foster communication and other links between centers of scientific and technological research, Government agencies, farms and industries so that promising Research and Development work is initiated, promoted and effectively deployed in agricultural industries, in Government and elsewhere; 3.4 To initiate, support and coordinate fundamental and applied research programmes in Universities. Tamilnadu Academy of Sciences and other scientific, academic and professional bodies in areas identified to be specially suitable for the application of Science and Technology; 3.5 To prepare Science and Technology plans relevant to the development needs of the State and to integrate these plans with the Annual Plans of the State; 3.6 To consider, and advice Government on such other matters as are relevant to the application of Science and Technology to the problems of the State of Tamilnadu. 3.7 To interact with the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Cabinet of the Government of India.