Act Number: 9

Act Name: The Science and Engineering Research Board Act, 2008

Year: 2009

Enactment Date: 2009-01-17

Long Title: An Act to provide for the constitution of a Board for promoting basic research in Science and Engineering and to provide financial assistance to persons engaged in such research, academic institutions, research and development laboratories, industrial concerns and other agencies for such research and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Science and Technology

Department: Department of Science and Technology

Section 10: Fund for Science and Engineering Research.
    (1) There shall be constituted a Fund to be called the Fund for Science and Engineering Research and there shall be credited to the Fund--
         (a) any grants and loans made to the Board by the Central Government under section 9;
         (b) all sums received by the Board including donations from any other source;
         (c) recoveries made of the amounts granted from the Fund; and
         (d) any income from investment of the amount of the Fund.
     (2) The Fund shall be applied for meeting--
         (a) expenses on the object and for the purposes authorised by this Act;
         (b) salaries, allowances and other expenses of the members, officers and other employees of the Board;
         (c) remunerations of the consultants and visiting scientists; and
         (d) expenses of the Board in the discharge of its functions under this Act.
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