Act Number: 17

Act Name: The National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development Act, 2021

Year: 2021

Enactment Date: 2021-03-28

Long Title: An Act to establish the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development to support the development of longterm non-recourse infrastructure financing in India including development of the bonds and derivatives markets necessary for infrastructure financing and to carry on the business of financing infrastructure and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Finance

Department: Department of Financial Services

Section 13: Meetings of Board.
    (1) The Board shall meet at such times and places and shall observe such rules of procedure in regard to the transaction of business at its meetings, as may be specified by regulations.
     (2) A meeting of the Board shall be held at least once in every calendar quarter and at least four such meetings shall be held every year.
     (3) The Chairperson of the Board, or, if for any reason he is unable to attend any meeting, the Managing Director, or, in the event of both the Chairperson and the Managing Director being unable to attend a meeting, any other director nominated by the Chairperson in this behalf and in the absence of such nomination, any director elected by the directors present from among themselves at the meeting, shall preside at the meeting of the Board.
     (4) All questions which come up before any meeting of the Board shall be decided by a majority of votes of the directors present and voting, and in the event of an equality of votes, the Chairperson, or, in his absence, the person presiding, shall have a second or casting vote.
     (5) Save as provided in sub-section (4), every director shall have one vote.
    
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