Subject to the general superintendence, direction and management of the Commission, the Chief Executive Officer shall be responsible for the furnishing of all returns, reports and statements of the Commission, as required to be furnished to the Government under section 24 of the Act, and discharging the duties and exercising the powers, including the following, namely,-
(a) to co-ordinate, supervise and control the work of all departments, establishments, officers and staff of the Commission;
(b) to implement the decisions taken by the Commission;
(c) to administer the Contributory Provident Fund and/or General Provident Fund of the Commission;
(d) to sanction expenditure on contingencies, supplies and services and purchase of articles required for the working of the Commission and for execution of measures in furtherance of the objects of the Act, subject to necessary provisions in the budget and to the extent of powers further delegated to him by the Commission from time to time;
(e) to examine, in consultation with the Financial Adviser, applications for assistance (both grants and loans) and place them before the Commission for sanction;
(1) to conduct or cause to be conducted periodical reviews of all schemes of the Government implemented by.the Commission and of the schemes approved by the Commission and bring to the notice of the Government, after ' consideration by the Commission, the findings of such reviews and the plan of corrective action, where necessary;
(g) to receive and place before the Commission the, reports and recommendations of the Zonal Committees, along with the observations of the Financial Adviser and his own observations thereon, for consideration and directions of the Commission;
(h) to prepare or cause to be prepared the Annual Report, Performance Budget, Outcome Budget and other documents, as' specified by the Government from time to time, and place them before the Commission for its consideration and further to submit them to the Government by the due dates; and
(1) to discharge such other duties and exercise such other powers as may be assigned to and delegated to him by the Commission.
13. Duties and Powers of the Financial Adviser> (1) Subject to the provisions of section SeA) of the Act, the Financial Adviser shall be in charge of all financial matters of the Commission, including its budget, accounts and audit and shall discharge such other duties and exercise such other powers as may be delegated to him by the Commission, including the following duties and powers, namely.> . \:
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(a) to advise the Commission on all matters relating to receipts and expenditure;
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(b) to frame or cause to be framed the annual budget and the supplementary budget estimates of the Commission, maintain or cause to be maintained an account of receipts and expenditure of the Commission, prepare or cause to be prepared statements of accounts and conduct or cause to be conducted necessary internal audit of the expenditure made out of the funds of the Commission.
(2) The Financial Adviser shall have the duty and the right to record his views on . every proposal involving expenditure from the funds of the Commission prior to the consideration and approval of such proposal by the Standing Finance Committee or by the Commission.
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(3) The Financial Adviser shall also have the duty and the authority to advise the Commission and Standing Finance Committees that a particular decision affecting the general financial policy of the Government should be referred to the Government for consideration.
(4) The Financial Adviser shall maintain or cause to be maintained' the account of the receipt and expenditure of the Commission in such forms and in such manner as the Central Government may direct from time to time in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
(5) The Financial Adviser shall ensure placement, through the Chief Executive Officer, of audit reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India before the Commission and follow-up action thereon and bringing to the notice of the Commission all major audit findings relating to operation of the schemes of the Government implemented by the Commission or the Commission's own schemes, along with his recommendations on corrective action or, as the case may be, compliance reports by the departments concerned of the Commission.
14. Term of office, salary and allowances of the members of the Zonal Committee- (1) The term of office of the members of the Zonal Committee shall be co terminus with the term of the Commission as specified in sub-section (1) of section 13 of the Act.
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(2) When any member of the Zonal Committee, as specified in clause (f) of sub section (1) of section 12A of the Act, dies or resigns or is removed from the office, the Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint a person to fill the vacancy and a member appointed to fill such a casual vacancy shall hold office so long as the member whose place he fills would have been entitled to hold office if the vacancy had not occurred.
(3) A member of the Zonal Committee as specified in clause (t) of sub-section (J) of section 12 A of the Act may resign from his office by a letter addressed to Government through the Chairman of the Zonal Committee who shall, with prior information to the Chairman of the Commission, forward it to the Government within ten days of its receipt. The office of such member shal I fall vacant from the date on which 23 his resignation is notified in the Official Gazette or on the date of expiry of twenty days from the date of receipt by the Government .of the letter·of resignation, whichever is eMli~ -
(4) (i) The member of the Zonal Committee other than' the member of the Commission shall not draw any salary but shall be .paid such honoraria Or allowances fromthe funds of the Commission as may be fixed by the Government from time to time;
(ii) Members of the Zonal Committee shall be entitled to draw, from the funds of the Commission, travelling and daily allowances forjourneys performed by them for the purpose of attending the meetings of the Committee or for the purpose of discharging any function of the Committee assigned to' them by the Zonal Committee or the Commission from time to time according to their entitlement and, in case of members of the Zonal Committee as specified in clause (f) of sub-section (1) of section 12A of the Act, at the lowest rate admissible to Grade I officers of the Government.
(5) The Chairman of the Zonal Committee shall, -
(i) be responsible for proper functioning,of the Committee in accordance with - the provisions of sub-section (4) of section 12A of the Act;
(ii) cause important documents and' matters relating to the schemes and programmes of the Government and the Commission to be placed before the Committee at its meetings as early as possible; and
(iii) bring to the notice of the Commission the, recommendations of the Committee concerning each of its functions under sub-section (4) of section 12A of the Act.
CHAPTER IV THE BOARD AND ITS CONSTITUTION
15. The Board shall consist of:
, " 1 Minister of Agro and Rural Industries; Chairman 2 Chairman, Khadi and Village Industries Member Commission.
3 One zonal and one expert member of the Member to Commission - by bi-annual rotation.
4 5 Secretary, Ministry of Agro and Rural Industries.
I Member 6 Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development or his i Member nominee,not below the{~nk of Joint Secretary. _L_ THE GAZE1TEOF INDIA' EXTRAORDINARY- [PARTll-SEC 3(ill- 7 Secretary, Department of Scientific and Member IIndustrial Research, Government of India or his nominee not below the rank of Joint Secretary.
8 Secretary (Financial Sector), Department of Member Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance or his nominee not below the rank of Joint Secretary.
9 Development Commissioner for Small Scale Member Industries.
10 Adviser (Village and Small Enterprises), Member Planning Commission.
11 Development Commissioner for Handlooms. Member 12 Development Commissioner for Handicrafts. Member 13 Executive Director, National Institute of Member I Design, Ahmedabad.
i 14 Director General, National Institute of Fashion Member I Technology, New Delhi.
15 Chairman and Managing Director, Small Member ~ Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI} Managing Director, National Bank for Member Agriculture and Rural Development or his nominee not below the rank of Executive Director.
17. Chairman, State Bank of India or his nominee not Member .
I I below the rank: of a Deputy Managing Director.
18. Director General, Council for Advancement of Member Peoples Action and Rural Technology.
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19. Secretaries in-charge of Khadi and Village Member Ito I Industries of State Governments, one from each
24. zone by annual rotation.
~ _._ 25 Chairpersons of State Khadi and Village Member ~ Industries Boards, one from each zone by annual Irotation.
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34 Six representatives of reputed institutions Member to " ' , ring rn the field -of ·khadi and village 39 ina. -s, 40 Two representatives of micro finance institutions Member to (MFIs) that are represented, nationally and are 41 .working in rural areas.
42 Six persons, one from each zone, to be nominated Member ,",," to by the Government from among persons having 47 knowledge and experience in matters relating to , the development ofkhadi andvillage industries.
48 Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Member Ministry of Agro and Rural Industries.
49 Joint Secretary, . Ministry of- Agro and Rural Member Industry.
5'0 Financial Adviser, Khadi andVillage lndustries Member Commission.
51 Chief Executi ve Officer, Khadi and Village Member-Secretary Industries Commission.