The National Dairy Development Board Act, 1987

(1) This Act may be called the National Dairy DevelopmentBoard Act, 1987. (2) It shall come into force on such date1as the Central Government may, by notification in theOfficial Gazette, appoint.

Whereas the objects of the National Dairy Development Board at Anand in the State ofGujarat are such as to make the institution one of national importance, it is hereby declared that theNational Dairy Development Board is an institution of national importance.

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 theChairman; (f) "foodstuffs" means such of the foodstuffs as are included in the definition ofessential commodities as contained in clause (a) of section 2 of the Essential CommoditiesAct, 1955 (10 of 1955); (g) "Indian Dairy Corporation" means the Indian Dairy Corporation, a company formed andregistered 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 acidifiedmilk; (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 abovewhich the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf; (i) "National Dairy Development Board" means the National Dairy Development Boardincorporated 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 theNational 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 ordersin 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 orfunctional needs of the National Dairy Development Board; (l) "society" means the National Dairy Development Board, a society formed and registeredunder the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) and functioning as such immediately beforethe appointed day; (m) words and expressions used herein and not defined, but defined in the Companies Act, havethe meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act.

(1) The National Dairy DevelopmentBoard is hereby constituted a body corporate by the same name, and as such body corporate, it shall haveperpetual succession and a common seal with power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to acquire, holdand dispose of property and to contract, and shall, by that name, sue and be sued. (2) The head office of the National Dairy Development Board shall be at Anand in the State ofGujarat. (3) The National Dairy Development Board may establish units, offices, branches or agencies at anysuch place in or outside India as it may consider necessary.

(1) On and from the appointed day, subject to the otherprovisions of this Act, all the undertakings of the Indian Dairy Corporation shall stand transferred to andvest in the National Dairy Development Board. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Companies Act, the Indian Dairy Corporation shall, onand from the appointed day, stand dissolved by virtue of the provisions of this Act.