Composition of Farmers Organisation

(1) In every Farmers Organisation, the general body shall be the supreme authority. (2) (a) The executive committee shall be constituted for each Farmers Organisation, which shall be chosen by the members in the general body meeting by election or consensus; (b) The executive committee of each Farmers Organisation shall consist of such number of members as may be prescribed, and it shall be the duty of the executive committee to perform the functions as per the provisions of this Act. (1) There shall be a Distributory Committee called by its local distinct name for every distributory area declared as such under sub-section (1) of Section 6. (2) (a) All the Presidents and Management Committee members of the water users associations in the distributory area, so long as they hold such office, shall constitute the general body of the committee. (b) Government may, by notification, nominate one officer each from the Water Resources Department and the Department of Agriculture or Ayacut Department to be the members of the Distributory Committee as advisors and without having the right to vote.