(1) As soon as may be after the commencement of this Act, the Government shall, by notification, constitute a committee for the State to be called the Tamil Nadu Oilpalm Project Management Committee.
(2) The Project Management Committee shall consist of the following members, namely:-
(a) the secretary to Government in-charge of Agriculture, who shall be the Chairman, ex-officio;
(b) the Secretary to Government in-charge of Finance, ex-officio.
(c) the secretary to Government in-charge of Planning and Development, exofficio;
(d) the secretary to Government in-charge of Co-operation, Food and Consumer Protection, ex-officio;
(e) the secretary to Government in-charge of Industries, ex-officio;
(f) a representative of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research, New Delhi;
(g) a representative of the Department of Agriculture and Co-operation (Technology Mission on Oilseeds and Pulses), Government of India;
(h) a representative of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development;
(i) a representative of the Tamil Nadu Agriculture University to be nominated by its Vice-Chancellor;
(j) a representative of the oilpalm processing factories nominated by the Government;
(k) one person from among the oilpalm growers nominated by the Government;
(l) the Director of Agriculture, who shall be the Member-Secretary, ex-officio.
(3) The term of the Project Management Committee shall be three years, but the Government may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, reconstitute the Committee at any time before the expiry of the term.
(4) In case a Secretary to Government, who is anex-officio member, is unable to attend the meetings of the Project Management Committee for any reason, he may depute any officer of his department not lower in rank than that of a Deputy Secretary to Government to attend the meeting.
4. It shall be the duty of the Project Management Committee to advise the Government on the following matters. namely:-
(a) extension of the areas under cultivation of oilpalm;
(b) problems relating to the cultivation of oilpalm;
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(c) problems faced by the oilpalm processing industry;
(d) co-ordination between the oilpalm growers and industry and sorting out of all matters which may arise;
(e) to bring to the notice of the Government any measures that will suit the orderly development of the oilpalm cultivation and industry;
(f) such other matters as may be prescribed.