Chapter III POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE BOARD

(1) The Board shall organize, develop and encourage the Toddy Industry sector and ensure the protection of employment of the workers in the sector and perform such functions, as may be fixed by the Government from time to time. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of sub-section (1), the Board may perform all or any of the following duties and functions, in particular, namely:— (a) to ensure the availability of natural toddy to the consumers; (b) to collect and store toddy from places where there is large scale production and transport it to other necessary places; (c) to start initiatives for the production of value added products from toddy; (d) to make necessary arrangements to store and preserve excess toddy produced during the peak production season; (e) to plant high yielding toddy producing trees; (f) to construct permanent buildings to run toddy shops; (g) to conduct toddy shops as much as necessary; (h) to establish Toddy parlors with modern facilities in tourism centers; (i) to provide necessary training to the existing and new entrants in the toddy sector; (j) to keep statistical data on toddy industry; (k) to open knowledge centers for the workers and farmers and to publish journals; (l) to encourage the research to be required in this field.

The Board, shall have the following powers, for the purposes of carrying out its functions under this Act, namely:- (1) to acquire and hold such movable and immovable property as it deems necessary and to lease, sell or otherwise transfer any such property: Provided that in the case of immovable property, the aforesaid powers except the power to acquire shall be exercised only with the previous sanction of the Government; (2) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, to meet the expenditure and formulate and implement such schemes as it may consider necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act.