Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (1) "Act" means the Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board Act, 2018; (2) "Competent Authorities" means the Competent Authorities constituted under section 7; (3) "Board" means the Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board constituted under section 3 (1); (4) "Chief Executive Officer" means the Chief Executive Officer of the Board; (5) "Board Department" means the Board Department related to the State Government; (6) "Government" means the Government of Andhra Pradesh; (7) "Government Agency" includes any Government body or corporation or body corporate established or controlled by it or any other corporation or society or trust or research-based autonomous body or body, or with whom the Government has entered into any other body agreement; (8) "Financial Institutions" means entities specified in the Act or any institution or setup development or capital or loan assistance or local areas and foreign entities that are facilitating Government entities and/or entities in performing activities; (9) "Projects" means a project or projects related to any infrastructure or development project before the industrial and infrastructure related activities, land development activities, water irrigation activities, development in area of activity, business activities, etc. linked with loans of any kind and infrastructure activities; (10) "Project proponents" means any private partner with whom infrastructure, infrastructure projects, Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (1 of 1894) or Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (18 of 2013) notified land or building, Indian Easements Act, 1882 (2 of 1882) notified easements, Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) notified society or Indian Partnership Act, 1932 (9 of 1932) notified partnership firms, Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 (6 of 2009) notified Limited Liability Partnership with whom any other relevant body has done any other relevant work; (11) "Private Partner" means any commercial partner, or private authorities or trade partnership or any board private partner or any agency partnership or private constituent to facilitate, purchase, or facilitate any other relevant body; (12) "Director" means the Director of the Board and means the Secretaries, Competent Authorities and Board Directors; (13) "Notification" means notification published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette; (14) "Public Private Partnership" means Government Agency or private partner or Public Agency or public agency that is linked with any other activity for future body; (15) "Project" means notified, government, government agency or in Andhra Pradesh State to be performed notified in the private partner body; (16) "Public-Private Partnership Agreement" means made notified or settlement, acquisition, development, economic or public-private body involved in the future development of authorities, government agency or private partner and public-private partner; (17) "Public-Private Partnership Board" means public-private partnership through notified body; (18) "Development Activities" means this Act under Board performed development activities; (19) "State" means Andhra Pradesh State.