National Oilseeds and Vegetable Oils Development Board

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The Board

National Oilseeds & Vegetable Oils Development (NOVOD) Board is a statutory Body under Parliament Act 1983 constituted for integrated development of oilseeds and vegetable oil industries under the control of Union Government. The Board has been entrusted with nodal responsibility for ‘Integrated Development of Tree Borne Oilseeds’ during X Plan period.

National Oilseeds and Vegetable Oils Development Board Act, 1983 (29 of 1983)

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Name of the Principal Act (with Act No. and year)	Rule/Regulation Making Power under Section	Name of Rule/Regulation Notified <Click following links for details>	Date of Notification
NOVOD Board Act, 1983 No. 29 of 1983	Section 18 (1) & 19 (1) of the Act	1. NOVOD Board Rules, 1984	8-3-1984
		2. NOVOD Board Regulations	27-10-1988
		3. NOVOD Board (Executive Director) Recruitment Rules, 1984 3.1 Regulations, 2000 Executive Director Recruitment (.pdf file)	14-4-1984 1-2-2000
		4. NOVOD Board (Secretary) Recruitment Rules, 1984 4.1 Regulations, 2000 Secretary Recruitment (.pdf file)	9-11-84 1-2-2000
		5. NOVOD Board (Amendment) Rules, 1990	23-2-1990
		6. NOVOD Board (Amendment) Rules, 1996 (First Amendment)	7-6-1996
		7. NOVOD Board Service Regulations, 1996	13-12-1996
		8. NOVOD Board (Amendment) Rules, 1998 (Second Amendment)	12-10-1998

Composition of the Board

The apex body consists of 36 members headed by the Union Minister of Agriculture as Chairman and the Secretary, Agriculture and Cooperation, Govt. of India as Vice Chairman. Other thirty-four members are Senior Officers from Central Government (Agriculture, Planning Commission, Finance, Civil Supplies), State Department of Agriculture, Autonomous Bodies (STC, NCDC, NDDB, NAFED & NABARD), Members of Parliament (3), representatives of Oil Industry & Trade and growers. Besides, Special Secretary & Director, TMOP&M and Joint Secretary, TMOP&M are co-opted members.

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Composition of the Managing Committee

The powers of supervising day-to-day functions of the Board are vested with the Managing Committee headed by Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, as Chairman of the Managing Committee.

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