General powers of Board

(1) The Board shall take necessary measures to maintain, allot, lease, sell or otherwise use the Board premises in such manner as it may decide and shall recover rent, price, compensations and damages in respect thereof. (2) The Board may— (i) provide technical advice to the State Government and scrutinize projects under housing schemes when required by the State Government to do so; (ii) undertake research on various problems connected with housing in general and find out in particular the economical methods of constructing houses suited to local conditions; (iii) undertake comprehensive surveys on problems of house; (iv) do all things for— (a) unification, simplification and standardisation of building materials; (b) encouraging pre-fab and mass production of house components; (c) organising or undertaking the production of building materials for residential or non-residential houses; (d) securing a steady and sufficient supply of workmen trained in the work of construction of building and for the manufacture of building materials. (3) Subject to such rules as may be made in this behalf the Board may, from time to time, appoint one or more Committees or invest any local or other authority for the purpose of discharging such duties or performing such functions as it may delegate to them and any such Committee or local or other authority may discharge such duties or perform such functions accordingly.