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Bare Act

The Bihar Agricultural and Rural Area Development Agency Act, 1978

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This Act establishes the Bihar Agricultural and Rural Area Development Agency to oversee integrated rural and agricultural development within specific command areas of irrigation projects. It empowers the state government to form these agencies to manage land, property, and development contracts. The Act provides a legal framework for a Board composed of local officials, farmers, engineers, and financial representatives to govern these agencies. By creating a corporate body with its own powers, the legislation aims to streamline development efforts, ensure effective management of resources, and foster growth in targeted rural and agricultural regions of Bihar.

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  1. 0. Preamble
  2. 3. Constitution of the Agency
  3. 4. The Board
  4. 5. Executive Committee
  5. 6. Constitution of Committee
  6. 7. Chairman and Managing Director
  7. 8. Employment of other Officers and Staff
  8. 9. Functions of the Agency
  9. 10. Powers of the Agency.
  10. 11. Power to prevent work adversely affecting Plan.
  11. 12. Provision of the Plan.
  12. 13. Stage and manner of preparation of the Plan.
  13. 14. Special schemes for construction of irrigation channels, drainage channels and land levelling, land shaping and development and construction of any other infrastructures.
  14. 15. Publication of draft special scheme and hearing of objections.
  15. 16. Hearing of objections.
  16. 17. Sanction of draft special scheme.
  17. 18. Subsequent changes.
  18. 19. Implementation of the programme.
  19. 20. Directions to execute work concerning special schemes.
  20. 21. Preparation of statements.
  21. 22. Obligation of persons to maintain and repair works.
  22. 23. Penalty.
  23. 24. Fund of the Agency.
  24. 25. Power of Agency to spend.
  25. 26. Recovery of the amounts due to the Agency.
  26. 27. Budget.
  27. 28. Annual Reports.
  28. 29. Accounts and Audits.
  29. 30. Disposal of surplus.
  30. 31. Filling up vacancies.
  31. 32. Action taken not to be illegal if composition of Agency or Executive Committee incomplete.
  32. 33. Direction by the State Government.
  33. 34. Compulsory Acquisition of land for the Agency.
  34. 35. Members, Officers and Servants of the Agency to be public servants.
  35. 36. Power of Entry.
  36. 37. Protection for action taken under this Act.
  37. 38. Power to make rule.
  38. 39. Power to make regulations.
  39. 40. Relationship of the agency with Panchayat Institution.
  40. 41. Provisions of this Act to prevail.
  41. 42. Winding up.
  42. 43. Repeal and Saving.

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