The Kerala State Rural Development Board Act, 1971
The Kerala State Rural Development Board Act, 1971
The Kerala State Rural Development Board Act, 1971 establishes a state-level corporate body tasked with planning, financing, and implementing public infrastructure projects across all rural panchayat areas in Kerala. The Board focuses primarily on essential public amenities such as water supply, sewerage systems, and general community improvement schemes. Operating in consultation with local panchayats, it secures funding through government grants and state-guaranteed loans, executing engineering works through established public departments. This legislation matters because it provides a centralized financial and administrative mechanism to modernise essential utility services and boost sustainable development in rural communities throughout the state.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. Creation and incorporation of the Board.
- 4. Constitution of the Board.
- 5. Regulations for proceedings of the Board.
- 6. Officers and servants of the Board.
- 7. Functions and duties of the Board.
- 8. Execution of the schemes to be entrusted to the Government Engineering Departments.
- 9. Fund of the Board.
- 10. Board's power to raise loans.
- 11. Guarantee of loans by the Government.
- 12. Board to be a local authority under the Kerala Local Authorities Loans Act.
- 13. Board's power to recover the cost of the scheme from the beneficiary Panchayats.
- 14. Adjudication of disputes.
- 15. Power to make rules.
- 16. Power to remove difficulties.
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