Definitions

Definitions.— In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

1. (a) “Board” means the Manipur Khadi and Village Industries Board constituted under section 3;
2. (b) “Khadi” means any cloth woven on handlooms in India from cotton, silk or woollen yarn handspun in India or from a mixture of any two or all of such yarns;
3. (c) “Village Industries” means—
   • (i) any industry located in a rural area which produces any goods or renders any service with or without the use of power and in which the fixed capital investment per head of an artisan or a worker does not exceed one thousand rupees or such other sum as may, by notification in the Official Gazette, be specified by the Central Government;
   • (ii) any other industry which the Central Government may, in consultation with the Khadi and Village Industries Commission, specify in the Official Gazette as village industry;
4. (d) “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Union territory of Manipur;
5. (e) “Government” means the Administrator of the Union territory of Manipur;
6. (f) “Member” means a member of the Board and includes the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman thereof;
7. (g) “Regulation” means a regulation made by the Board under this Act;
8. (h) “Rules” means rules made by the Government under this Act;
   • (i) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Board.