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(7) The Board shall generally organise, develop and regulate khadi industries and village industries and dis- charge such other duties and perform such other functions as the State Government may direct for the purpose of carry- ing out the objects of this Act, but it will not be a trading corporation. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality . of the foregoing provision, the Board may take such steps as it may think fit to— (a) establish, encourage, assist and carry on khadi indus- tries and village industries; (b) help the people by providing them with work in con- nection with the industries established or carried on by it, which they can perform in their homes, and give them such financial assistance as they may need for such work; encourage the establishment of Co-operative Societies for khadi industries and village industries; (d) maintain training centres and train people at such centres or arrange for their training at centres outside the State of West Bengal with a N. iew to equip them with necessary knowledge for estab. lishing or carrying on khadi industries and village industries; (e) arrange for providing raw materials, tools and implements to persons engaged in khadi industries and village industries and for the sale of the finished products of such industries; Meetings of the Board. Functions of the Board. (c) The West Bengal Khadi and Village Industries Board 5 Act, 1959. XIV of 1959.] (Sections 13-15.) arrange for giving publicity to, and popularising, the finished products of khadi industries and village industries by opening - stores, shops and emporiums or organising exhibitions ; (g) educate the public and impress upon them the advantages of patronising the products of khadi industries and village industries; (h) conduct or encourage research work in connection with khadi industries and village industries; (i) maintain or assist in the maintenance of institutions for the development of khadi industries and village industries.