Act

National Tea and Coffee Development Board Act, 1993

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Type
Act
Year
२०४९ BS · 1993 AD
Status
In force
Category
खण्ड १२: खाद्य, कृषि, सहकारी तथा भूमि प्रशासन · Volume 12: Food, Agriculture, Cooperative and Land Administration
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What does it do?

  • The Act creates the National Tea and Coffee Development Board, an autonomous body with its head office in Kathmandu, to coordinate tea and coffee farming and processing, raise quality through modern technology, and develop the industry in a planned way with clear policy on marketing, exports and imports. Its objectives include making and implementing policy for production, processing, marketing and trade, solving the industry's problems, arranging supply of inputs, and setting up training and research centres to give technical knowledge and support.यो ऐनले चिया तथा कफी खेती र प्रशोधनमा सामञ्जस्य ल्याउन, आधुनिक प्रविधिबाट उच्च गुणस्तरको उत्पादन गर्न र बजार व्यवस्थापन तथा निकासी–पैठारीको ठोस नीति बनाई उद्योगको योजनाबद्ध विकास गर्न काठमाडौंमा मुख्य कार्यालय रहने स्वशासित संस्थाका रूपमा राष्ट्रिय चिया तथा कफी विकास बोर्ड स्थापना गर्छ। उत्पादन, प्रशोधन, बजार र व्यापारसम्बन्धी नीति बनाई लागू गर्ने, उद्योगका समस्या समाधान गर्ने, आवश्यक सामग्रीको आपूर्ति मिलाउने, र तालिम तथा अनुसन्धान केन्द्र स्थापना गरी प्राविधिक ज्ञान र सहयोग दिने यसका उद्देश्य हुन्। Nepal Law Commission Preamble; Sections 3–6, pp. 1–3
  • The Board's functions include expanding tea and coffee farming, advising the Government on prices, arranging credit, seedlings, fertiliser, pesticides, tools and technical services for smallholders, obtaining suitable public land from the Government for planting or leasing to growers, carrying out market surveys and setting quality grades, and informing exporters about international demand.बोर्डका कामहरूमा चिया तथा कफी खेतीको विस्तार, मूल्यबारे सरकारलाई परामर्श, साना किसानलाई कर्जा, बीउ–बेर्ना, मल, कीटनाशक, औजार र प्राविधिक सेवाको व्यवस्था, उपयुक्त सरकारी ऐलानी जग्गा सरकारबाट लिई खेती गर्न वा लिज/किस्ताबन्दीमा दिन, बजार सर्वेक्षण गरी गुणस्तर र ग्रेड निर्धारण, र निर्यातकर्तालाई अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय मागबारे जानकारी दिनु पर्छन्। Nepal Law Commission Section 7, pp. 3–5
  • An executive committee chaired by the Minister or Minister of State for Agriculture and Livestock Development, with a Government-nominated vice-chair, representatives of private producers, smallholder farmers and the Nepal Tea Producers' Association, joint secretaries of the agriculture, finance and industry ministries, the NARC executive director and others, runs the Board; an executive director heads administration. The Board's fund includes Government grants, foreign aid, consultancy fees and a service charge (cess) on tea and coffee; its accounts are audited, it reports to the Government, and the Government may dissolve it.कृषि तथा पशुपन्छी विकास मन्त्री वा राज्यमन्त्रीको अध्यक्षतामा सरकारबाट मनोनीत उपाध्यक्ष, निजी उत्पादक, साना किसान र नेपाल चिया उत्पादक संघका प्रतिनिधि, कृषि, अर्थ र उद्योग मन्त्रालयका सहसचिव, नार्कका कार्यकारी निर्देशक लगायत रहने कार्यकारी समितिले बोर्ड चलाउँछ; कार्यकारी निर्देशक प्रशासकीय प्रमुख हुन्छन्। बोर्डको कोषमा सरकारी अनुदान, विदेशी सहायता, परामर्श सेवा शुल्क र चिया तथा कफीमा लगाइने सेवा शुल्क (सेस) रहन्छ; यसको लेखापरीक्षण हुन्छ, यसले सरकारलाई प्रतिवेदन दिन्छ, र सरकारले यसलाई विघटन गर्न सक्छ। Nepal Law Commission Sections 8–18, pp. 5–8

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