(1) The Board may appoint 2*[every two years], as provided in Section 9 of the Coconut Development Board Act, 1979, the following Committees and may appoint such other Committees as the Board deems necessary to exercise such powers and discharge such functions as may be delegated to it under these regulations, namely:-
(a) an Executive Committee consisting of:-
(i) the Chairman who shall be the exofficio Chairman of the Committee
(ii) a Vice-Chairman
(iii) three members representing the Government of the States of Kerala, Tamilnadu and Karnataka appointed under clause (g) of sub-section (4) of section 4 of the Act.
2*[(iv) the Financial Adviser or Deputy Secretary (Finance) to the Government of India, Ministry of Agriculture, and two other members elected by the Board from amongst themselves who shall be representatives of growers.]
(b) a Research and Development Committee consisting of:-
(i) the Chairman who shall be the exofficio Chairman of the Committee;
(ii) a Vice-Chairman
(iii) all the four members of the Board representing coconut growers appointed under clause (i) of subsection (4) of section 4 of the Act;
The Coconut Development Board Regulations, 1982 1* Published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, 1982, Part II, Section 3(ii), Sl. No.59 2* Substituted by GSR 479(E) dated 26.05.1994 23 2*[(iv) the Horticulture Commissioner, Government of India, ex-officio;]
(v) the Director, Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, ex-officio;
(vi) four other persons to be co-opted by the Board from amongst experts and scientists who are not members of the Board, or from institutions which are not represented on the Board provided that such co-opted persons shall have no right to vote.
(c) a Processing and Marketing Committee consisting of:-
(i) the Chairman who shall be the exofficio Chairman of the Committee;
(ii) a Vice-Chairman;
(iii) the member of the Board representing the coconut processing industry appointed under clause (j) of sub section
(4) of section 4 of the Act;
(iv) the Chairman of the Coir Board, ex-officio;
(v) four members elected by the members of the Board from amongst themselves of whom two shall be representatives of growers;
(vi) four other persons to be co-opted by the Board to represent (1) the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation in the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India; (2) the National Co-operative Development Corporation Limited; (3) the Kerala State Coconut Development Corporation Limited and (4) the Directorate of Marketing and Inspection, Government of India, who are not members of the Board provided that such co-opted persons shall have no right to vote.
(d) a Publicity Committee consisting of:-
(i) the Chairman who shall be the exofficio Chairman of the Committee;
(ii) a Vice-Chairman;
(iii) three members representing the Governments of Kerala, Tamilnadu and Karnataka appointed under clause (g) of sub section (4) of section 4 of the Act;
(iv) three members appointed by the Board by election of whom one shall be representative of growers.
(v) four other persons to be co-opted by the Board to represent (1) the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation in the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India and
(2) such organizations as are engaged in Agricultural Information who are not members of the Board provided that such co-opted persons shall not have the right to vote.
(2) The Chairman of the Board who is the ex-officio Chairman of every Committee may require any officer or officers of the Board to attend any meeting of the Committee but such officers shall have no right to vote.