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The Damodar Valley Corporation Act

An Act to provide for the establishment and regulation of a Corporation for the development of the Damodar Valley in the Provinces of Bihar and West Bengal.
1948
List of Chapters & Sections

  1. INTRODUCTORY

  2. 1
     Short title, extent and commencement
  3. 2
     Interpretation

  • ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CORPORATION

  • 3
     Incorporation
  • 4
     Constitution of the Corporation
  • 5
     Conditions of service of members
  • 6
     Appointment of officers and servants
  • 7
     Conditions of service of officers and servants
  • 8
     Functions and duties of members
  • 9
     General disqualification of all officers and servants
  • 10
     Appointment of Advisory Committee

  • General

  • 11
     Limits of Damodar Valley and area of operations
  • 12
     Functions of the Corporation

  • Irrigation and water-supply

  • 13
     Provision for irrigation and water-supply
  • 14
     Rates for supply of water for irrigation
  • 15
     Rates for supply of water for industrial and domestic purposes
  • 16
     Supply of water to those whose supply has been stopped or reduced
  • 17
     Construction of dam, etc., prohibited except with the approval of the Corporation

  • Supply and generation of electrical energy

  • 18
     Supply and generation of electrical energy
  • 19
     Effect on existing licences
  • 20
     Charges for supply of electrical energy

  • Other activities

  • 21
     Other activities of the Corporation

  • Powers

  • 22
     General powers of the Corporation
  • 23
     Power to close roads and open spaces
  • 24
     Powers under certain other enactments

  • Co-operation and avoidance of submersion

  • 25
     Co-operation with other authorities to minimise inconvenience caused by submersion
  • 26
     Submersion of coal mines to be avoided by the Corporation

  • FINANCE, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT

  • 27
     Expenditure till the Corporation is established
  • 28
     Vesting of property in the Corporation
  • 29
     Fund of the Corporation
  • 30
     Liabilities of participating Governments to provide capital to the Corporation
  • 31
     Payment by participating Government on specified date
  • 32
     Expenditure on objects other than irrigation, power and flood control
  • 33
     Allocation of expenditure chargeable to project on main objects
  • 34
     Capital allocated to irrigatio
  • 35
     Capital allocated to power
  • 36
     Capital allocated to flood control
  • 37
     Disposal of profits and deficits
  • 38
     Payment of interes
  • 39
     Interest charge and other expenses to be added to and receipts taken for reduction of capital cost
  • 40
     Provision for depreciation and reserve and other funds
  • 41
     Corporation's share in betterment levy by State Governments
  • 42
     . Borrowing of mone
  • 43
     Liability to pay Central taxes
  • 44
     Budget
  • 45
     Annual report
  • 46
     Other annual financial statements
  • 47
     Accounts and audit

  • MISCELLANEOUS

  • 48
     Directions by the Central Governmen
  • 49
     Disputes between the Corporation and Governments
  • 50
     . Compulsory acquisition of land for the Corporation
  • 51
     . Control of Central Government
  • 52
     Application of certain provisions of the Indian Forest Act, 1927, to the forests of the Corporation
  • 53
     Penalty
  • 54
     Procedure for prosecution
  • 55
     Power of entry
  • 56
     Members, officers and servants of the Corporation to be public servants
  • 57
     Protection of action of action taken under the Act
  • 58
     . Effect of other laws
  • 59
     . Power to make rules
  • 60
     Power to make regulations