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 16: Power of Central Government to issue directions.
    (1) Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this Act, the Board shall, in the discharge of its functions and duties under this Act, be bound by such directions on questions of policy as the Central Government may give in writing to it from time to time:
     Provided that the Board shall, as far as practicable, be given an opportunity to express its views before any direction is given under this sub-section.
     (2) The decision of the Central Government, whether a question is one of the policy or not, shall be final.
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