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Related Section(s)(1) This Act may be called the Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises Development Act, 2006.
(2) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.
1 2nd October, 2006, vide notification No. S.O. 1154(E) dated 18th July, 2006, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary Part II
sec.3(ii).
(1) With effect from such date as the Central Government may, by
notification, appoint, there shall be established, for the purposes of this Act, a Board to be known as the
National Board for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
(2) The head office of the Board shall be at Delhi. (3) The Board shall consist of the following members, namely:-- (a) the Minister in charge of the Ministry or Department of the Central Government having administrative control of the micro, small and medium enterprises who shall be the ex officio Chairperson of the Board; (b) the Minister of State or a Deputy Minister, if any, in the Ministry or Department of the Central Government having administrative control of the micro, small and medium enterprises who shall be ex officio Vice-Chairperson of the Board, and where there is no such Minister of State or Deputy Minister, such person as may be appointed by the Central Government to be the Vice-Chairperson of the Board; (c) six Ministers of the State Governments having administrative control of the departments of small scale industries or, as the case may be, micro, small and medium enterprises, to be appointed by the Central Government to represent such regions of the country as may be notified by the Central Government in this behalf, ex officio; (d) three Members of Parliament of whom two shall be elected by the House of the People and one by the Council of States; (e) the Administrator of a Union territory to be appointed by the Central Government, ex officio; (f) the Secretary to the Government of India in charge of the Ministry or Department of the Central Government having administrative control of the micro, small and medium enterprises, ex officio; (g) four Secretaries to the Government of India, to represent the Ministries of the Central Government dealing with commerce and industry, finance, food processing industries, labour and planning to be appointed by the Central Government, ex officio; (h) the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Bank, ex officio; (i) the chairman and managing director of the Board of Directors of the Small Industries Bank, ex officio; (j) the chairman, Indian Banks Association, ex officio; (k) one officer of the Reserve Bank, not below the rank of an Executive Director,to be appointed by the Central Government to represent the Reserve Bank; (l) twenty persons to represent the associations of micro, small and midium enterprises, including not less than three persons representing associations of women's enterprises and not less than three persons representing associations of micro enterprises, to be appointed by the Central Government; (m) three persons of eminence, one each from the fileds of economics, industry and science and technology, not less than one of whom shall be a woman, to be appointed by the Central Government; (n) two representatives of Central Trade Union Organisations, to be appointed by the Central Government; and (o) one officer not below the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry or Department of the Central Government having administrative control of the micro, small and medium enterprises to be appointed by the Central Government, who shall be the Member-Secretary of the Board, ex officio. (4) The term of office of the members of the Board, other than ex officio members of the Board, the manner of filling vacancies, and the procedure to be followed in the discharge of their functions by the members of the Board, shall be such as may be prescribed: Provided that the term of office of an ex officio member of the Board shall continue so long as he holds the office by virtue of which he is such a member. (5) No act or proceedings of the Board shall be invalid merely by reason of-- (a) any vacancy in, or any defect in the constitution of, the Board; or (b) any defect in the appointment of a person acting as a member of the Board; or (c) any irregularity in the procedure of the Board not affecting the merits of the case. (6) The Board shall meet at least once in every three months in a year. (7) The Board may associate with itself, in such manner and for such purposes as it may deem necessary, any person or persons whose assistance or advice it may desire in complying with any of the provisions of this Act and a person so associated shall have the right to take part in the discussions of the Board relevant to the purposes for which he has been associated but shall not have the right to vote. (8) Without prejudice to sub-section (7)the Chairperson of the Board shall, for not less than two of the meetings of the Board in a year, invite such Ministers of the State Governments having administrative control of the departments of small scale industries or, as the case may be, the micro, small and medium enterprises, or the Administrators of Union territories and representatives of such other associations of micro, small and medium enterprises, as he may deem necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act. (9) It is hereby delcared that the office of member of the Board shall not disqualify its holder for being chosen as, or for being, a member of either House of Parliament. |
