The National Dairy Development Board Act, 1987

Chapter I — PRELIMINARY

Section 3Definitions

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Section 3: Definitions

3. Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

(a)

"appointed day" means the date of commencement of this Act;

(b)

"Board" means the Board of Directors of the National Dairy Development Board;

(c)

"Chairman" means the Chairman of the National Dairy Development Board;

(d)

"Companies Act" means the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956);

(e)

"director" means a director of the National Dairy Development Board, and includes the Chairman;

(f)

"foodstuffs" means such of the foodstuffs as are included in the definition of essential commodities as contained in clause (a) of section 2 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (10 of 1955);

(g)

"Indian Dairy Corporation" means the Indian Dairy Corporation, a company formed and registered under the Companies Act, and having its registered office at Baroda in the State of Gujarat.

(h)

"milk product" means—

(i)

sterilised, standardised, recombined, toned, double-toned, skimmed, flavoured or acidified milk;

(ii)

ice-cream;

(iii)

cream;

(iv)

cheese;

(v)

butter;

(vi)

milk powders;

(vii)

weaning foods with milk and infant milk foods;

(viii) malted milk foods with or without cocoa powder;

(ix)

ghee;

(x)

anhydrous milk fat and butter oil;

(xi)

casein;

(xii)

any other product containing milk or all or any of the milk products specified above which the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf;

(i)

"National Dairy Development Board" means the National Dairy Development Board incorporated under section 4;

(j)

"prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made under this Act;

(k)

"restructuring and streamlining", in relation to the organisational and functional set-up of the National Dairy Development Board, includes—

(i)

opening or closing of units or offices;

(ii)

revision of the organisational and functional set-up;

(iii)

declaration of staff required;

(iv)

integration of posts, fixation of seniority and pay scales;

(v)

integration of required personnel in the revised set-up and issuance of appointment orders in that behalf;

(vi)

declaration or demarcation of duties and responsibilities attendant to posts;

(vii)

declaration of posts equivalent to one another; and (viii) any other matter that may be necessary of incidental to meet the organisational or functional needs of the National Dairy Development Board;

(l)

"society" means the National Dairy Development Board, a society formed and registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) and functioning as such immediately before the appointed day;

(m)

words and expressions used herein and not defined, but defined in the Companies Act, have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act.