Constitution of the Board

Constitution of Board. (1) The State Government shall constitute the Board consisting of a Chairman and the following members, namely: A-Ex-officio members: (a) Minister in charge of Agriculture Department, Madhya Pradesh; (b) Secretary/Special Secretary, Government of Madhya Pradesh, Agriculture Department; (c) Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Madhya Pradesh; (d) Director of Agriculture, Madhya Pradesh; (e) The Managing Director appointed under clause (p) of sub-section (1) of Section 2; B-Members nominated by the State Government: (f) Two members of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, nominated in consultation with the Speaker of the Assembly; (g) Ten Chairmen of Mandi Samitis, with not more than one from any single Revenue Commissioner division; (h) Two representatives of traders holding licenses in any Mandi Samiti within the State; (i) The Chairman or Managing Director of the M.P. State Cooperative Marketing Federation and M.P. State Commodity Trading Corporation; (j) Two experts in the field of marketing of agricultural produce. (2) The Minister in charge of Agriculture Department, Madhya Pradesh, shall be the Chairman of the Board and the Vice-Chairman of the Board shall be nominated by the State Government from among the members other than the ex-officio members referred to in sub-section (1). (3) If a casual vacancy occurs in the office of the Chairman, the State Government shall make interim arrangements for it.