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Rules and RCgtfl8tions

Indian A..soociation· of Hill Farming

Artlole r :..' Introduction : Indian < dsociation of Hill Farming

Nameof tho socioty :

(i) The name of the society shall be Indian Association ofHill Farming 'Jf

(U)The Headquarters of the society shall be at the rCAR .Rese.Grch Complex for NEH RfJgibn,Cedar Lodge Shillong-7-Q3003 . ,

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Se-etion 2 : Aims art! objoctives:

To ndvance the cause of R6S!-.arch and C€velopnent in allthe. fields d~ Hill farming.

To promotB research,teaching and extension activities intho. field of Hill farming.

To fBcili.tate closer association among all those who areworking in the diverse fields of Hill farming ..

To PJblish a journal entitled tJtlrrn¥.of Hill farminginitially twice in a year.

To organise frequent sympasi.a ~ Annual meetings etc. endifferent aspects of Hill farmi~g.

5Petion 3 1 Entitlement :

1) All 5UCh persons in Lrrli.a and abroad interested in Hill farming. .

R8search am Cbvelopment shall be eligible for membership efth·e society. The society shall he,vc regular members, studGnt

members, lifo members, patron members, donal' members ard

fellolJsj honorary fellows etc. Tho D.C., lCAR Lall be theChief Patron and Director,ICAR Research Complex fhs Prosidentof the ~~sbciation, ex-offici~.

1.1) Regular members shall have to pay Rs. 40/':'" per cal.sndar year

and admission fee of Rs.•10/ ..... For life membership, the membershall have to pay Rs.400/- oi ther in lump sum or: in instalmentsin one calender year, alongwith admission fee ~f Rs.10/~.Rogular membershi p fee for sci errt.Lsf.s working in foreigncountr-Ies shall be us $ 20.00 per calender year and life m8fT'ro'oobership fee shall be US, 200.00. A student member shall have..

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.,.j. ~1'<' CIne tnousana nzne nunarea ana EIGRIY ...s~.~~REGISTRATION FEE OF Rs.100j- PAID.

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. to pely ~IS<,ZJ./- per c81 :dcr year and admi.~sion fee of Rs.10/,.;;.1'

If 8 regular- er student member does not pay the feos he

will c8Fse to be a member of the society and will bo deprived, of all ::the priVilegos of the society uhat.sover , However, hemay be: readmi ttod if he pays tho prescribed fee alongwi thadmission foe a' ain. LibraI'ias, Institutions and Researchdrganisat~ohS may also become member of'the society with thepayment of! Rs. 200/";;' per annum as ffi8IIlbership fee within Indianan~ for Institution abr-oad thE] membership fee will be U.S. $

100 • lh; person, InstitutionJ private agency or cormercf.atfirm may become Doner 1T!E}l1!bersby paying Rs.2500j;;;.in one

instalmeont .. They shall be entitled to all tj-..e privileges cf

a regular member but eha ll, not havo any right either to votoor contest elections.

"iii) tFcllow of Indian .: @£kob~6tion of Hill F~rming: Such persons

~ have rornainod member of the society continueously fora period of fiVe years or more and have made significantcontribution in the field !Jf Hill farming Research andDevelopnEnt shall to eligible for consideration of the Ex8cu-+Lvo Council. The, !"ipmeshould be proposed by follow of the

society and secor-ceo by another folow ..:.r a per son of good

standing.

Iv) 1Homrary Fallow of Indian iA...."'8ociationof Hill Farming:

Any living worker in India and abroad who has made outstanding

cont.ributions in the fiold of' Hili ' Farming Rcs8arch and

Cbvclo pment uou.Ld be eligihlo for' consideration of the

. Executive Council to be elected 'as t-bOOlrary FOllow of the

~ciety. "I,he t.otal number of such fellows at any time shallmt exceed Ton",.

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'4~I~t'<·Une thousand nine hundred and" "EIGHTY ..S__ "_-...:'·~:l:':·'<·.~t~·REGISTRATIONFEE OF Rs.100/- PAID. ..0., , , _..

Executi ve CounclH

J it siloll bohsLst of

a) Office bearers to the Posts ofl) Chief pat:tqn. :D~E.t, lCiQ1 . _

ii} Patrone ~:b6G~(A~mcrI fci~nc~~) -and DDG(SAE)

iii)' Presiden~_ Dfre~t~I,'i IC~ R~search Complex,Shillongiv) \i~co Presidents ... 2

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i~) Joint .:ecretary.:.. 2

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TreasurerBusiness ManagEr be 2 editors am 10 Associate edi tors

Editor ~hel1be elected by Eciecuti\1o Councih

b) Coghcillors..,; Three from !\brth Eastern Hills, and one eachfrom Central, f\Iorth-hbstern, South eastern and ~uth LJes-tern hills.

Article.;;.o 3 Elections:v:

.~"..,!) All the office bearers am councillors of the Executive

Cguncil excepting Editors am !Associate Editors shill be', :,'

elected by ths,gene II body'...

"i1) IAll the elections shall be ccnduct.ed by Secret ballot and,):,' ,"

rcsul.t.s deoLared on the baei s of majority vow.

iii} TenurE{Of_,the "Executive Council shall be 3;:yeaTs.

";-i~) 'None of the e18ptod office becrcrs shall be eligible for

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rmrc than two successive terms for the same of'f'Lco,-. , ~." ; ..... .:..' ,

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Elections .to tGe Exocuti ve Council shall be conducted, during" i._ .,'

~pI'ilJ1ay after 3 YE)8rsby the Secretary who will act as:: -"

Roturning Officer,\?c'

\~), At Lcaet six weeks before elect.ions the Secretary shall'qgt:iJ'y each member, aloogJith nomination .papar and a validlist': of the m~mlw~;s'~f the society for nomination.

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!v i1) NJminatiPtl duly proccsed and seconded alongJi th the consent. '. .

'qf the candidates shall be scrutinized"; ...~ .,';... -,'

consisting of tho secr-at.ary ," Troasurer

•memberof the sbci~t.y nb~nated by theeligible candidates shall be '~iV9h:-ton

by 8 committoe~nd any otherPresident .. Thedays for witlldrawal *

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lV11i) Br'11ot' paper-s b~"''t;).. ",'Gq~'~gnames of tho candidAtos shall bo

distribut..- .' ," ...c\.Rod to, tho members0

" ,.1x) Tho final counting' of th.8' ballot "pap~rs shall bo dono by

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a cormri ttce of fi VEl member-s of tho Society nominated by tho

,President .'

xl In case the contestants "secure equal number of vows f til" aoffice, the results shall be declared by drawing lots.

Xi) Rosult,s 13hall be orouroed at the annual general body

meeting.

iArticl~ ['betings:

Section 1: Annual G,,'ooral Body JV8oting: ,

1) Gc}neralBody Meoting shall be held atleast once in 8 year.

One month rot.Lee for rolding tho meeting shall be ,given bytho Secretary in consul.tatdcn with tho President.

iJ.,) The va,illloof annual meeting will pref'cr eb.Iy be Shillong~

unless docided ot1-1orwiso.

ill) B"',ddes the DinnlJal G::-l)OralBOdyt [xGcutivo Council and

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Eciito'r.i.al, Board ineotin~s will be hold to review focietiesaffairs. Thoro shall bo sossions for presentation of'orir;;inal unpublished research papers. ThE}' abstracts of the

papers presented shall bo p.Jblished in the ensuing numberof Journal of Hill Farming.

tv) There shall, be a Presidential address to the Gcneralt Body

which will also be printed in tho ensuing numbor of theactivitie s 0f society to the ~'rho,;ral Body.. The TI'E8SUrOrshall present 8 shrtemont of financial, }nsi tion of thesociety and duly eudi. ted account of the previous year to

tho Gcnf.)ral Body.

" ')'v The ExocutivE Council may also decid,-,I ,~ boId a special

sympasi.im, seminar e'x. which fnay be of national or'..

itl'ern8tiona.;i. nature.

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-o 'i'tU. the moetings sh311 be presided OVer by tern Presidentor in his abson::;..:: b:; oho.13f\)the MlcE3l,.';,'esidehts'irc· .." ,~,

.: ·\Vll)·c'Oh~'·'·tl1i~d'{6f·:th~t~b8i '~8mbcfs':~hall' ftfhn'the auorum for

General Body meetings to take po lf.cy decisions.

:~iiU Proceedings of the Gor~eral Body :fVbG£i'~gshall b~ presented

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Se6tion 2 :.. ;

fieetings of th~' Execut~v8':Councii.:;":.

i) ExBCutive council meeting shall be arranged as and when-,:. reqLi~red qY;: tho Secretary ill. cbnsultatio'r+ wi't.H the' President.

The: mb.etin~: shall be hold at 'lb,q.S:\: once in a year prior to, . the Annuel G'.;hC't~{'B;dy ·m8~~iB9. The EXdcutiVe Council meeting

may be called by the Prosident at any time ot: at the? requestof one thi.rd members of tho Executive Council.

i u) O::ito and time'of t.he meohngs shall be notified loget.her withthe agenda by the Secretary to ElBehmember of the E~cutive

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C:ouncl1 at. least one .week in advarx::8~ The members not likely" ..- . .,," .'! •.::, ~•. :. : . •

to. 'bG prosent in 'cno meoting m::ry'C(J;ll!lunicafflr,thcir viow inw;itirig, 6n the agr'nda it&'rls'~ Lt .

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One third of the "total merncer-sof t,he'; Exoc\]ti\lE;3Council shall:,- --' >. _: .•• ~ .~ •• ~

fCI~:'tho quorum· for'. t,he..mr:;oting of ~ecutllJe ,C!funcil,

'On any'::iimergerlt :i!i~u8;.t~,e President Ln consul.t.stdon with theSocretClry shall" be .emp:;w~rod to take d~cision subject to

.ap¢¢V81 by the EX6cutive Counci·]:,.Proceediflg of every:meeting of thO f:kdc0ti've Council: $hall be circulated to themembers' it, tho"r1ext:'moeting fOI"··confirmatiori ....--:"""_"

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~tion 1.'the ~c'iety ;shaTI,..!'1Jblish a joumal contaj:ning research

pape;rs 13m '. reviews contributed. by the members.'.'_'. . ','

.f1)· ft. ~ll be. provi~ed fH~O of ~h8rgD to tile' mombers• .. . ' .. _'i

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5Gction ~2 a

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~rticle .•6." functioh of Office beC3reI's:'

Soction ~,:3 'to - Editors", r~: .- . .: •

.i) The re shall be two Editor~ and ten Associate editors drawnfrom different disciplihesf besides a panel of experts onthe editorial Board.,

ii} 1\11 the membersof the Editorial Board shall! be elected bythe f)!pcutive Council for a p~riod "of 3 years. f\b member

'-will be eligible for' the offiQ~ of Eciitor for more than 2

successive terms.

Section 1. t President.

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He.shall be the ccnst.Ltutdonal, head of tho soci-ety ..H e shall preside over Exocl:ltivoCouncii and Guneral Bodymed.ing.

f13 shall roprceont the society on all cererronial occassdcna,bb shall have privilaw of exercising the:pasting vote ifrequired in case of equ~l division at the EXI3cutivGCouhcil

, 'am, Geoorai Body r1,etings"

:vill He may delegato his pouers to the, Vice.iJlresidont for a .madirrun pori.od.of six months durLnq his tonure of 3 trears ..

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, ..~V He shall have tho privilage dtrepresenting' the Society. at

the NatiOhal or Int.ernational Congress, ConferGncetSym~sium etc., of. intGrk:lst to Hill farming research. In case

.....of tlt6 Sp:;CiaUzi3dCongr8s~. Con~crence, Symposiumetc,., the. rePE'esentativ8 of the SJciety shall be decidod by theExecutive Council~

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'~) He can sUmmonmeoting of Executive Council.at any time.

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He shall havo the p:JWGrto romi.nace pending to the nexto.Icct.Lon in -the evef,+ of any {Dsition in the ExecutiveCouncil falling vacant 'on accou'nt of the death or - resignation

of the office ~08r8t and also transfer in casa of Secretaryand Tn,[l9Urer from the ~a~uarter of the €ociety,. Thenomination to tho p.Jst of the S::cI'etary and Troasurer shallbe eseentially from amongst the membeI'Sat the He~aI'torof the Society~

IX} iPny. person .shall C3utomatical1y 08ase to be the officobearer of the oxecutive Council of the Society in the event

of his leaving the country for F period of siX months or morein continuatj,.0"l.· rbw8ver, his membership shall ::ontinue. TheDxocuti\l~ coumf l. sha1-1'b'e:'ompoweredto fill in suchvacanby by nomination for the into~im period only.

Section ~2. Vice President·. .....i) Tho Sr.nior Vite-President shail carryout all the function of the

Pre~dent as and wehn desired by tho later.

11) 1tJ shall act as preelielent in his absence ..

S8ctio~ 3. Secrotary.

1.) He shall h~ e18cted only from amongst the members at the

Head.;..Q.rartets of tho '~ciety_

i1) He shall' be Tesp:msible for day to day functioning of the

Society and for proper maintenance of tho records.

iii) .He shall prepare tho agonda for the m~8tings of the Executive

Coumil/ Gemral to'dy i~ :consultation with the President.

tv) He shBll re~ord ~oceedings of the Exe cutive C.uncil/~roral.Body meetings which he sh811 circu18te amongst the membersat th8 next Executive Council/GeneTal body f'betings for

confirmation.

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He sh$11. operate ..UJx,h the Bank It\;courits of the Eaciet", ' ,! :.' _. '; '.,.)~,"",. " '.' ....., ' .

joint~y with the S:;3t;retaxyit'~ "

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.\'i i1) He shall maintain th~j accounts .of the Society in the required

form. sutmit them for annual au::liting by a chartered ecoouo-tant a'nd placo,them before the Executive Council Etld the

~nnral Body for approvah,;Clhe financial ~88r for the purpose

of accounts shall be january to Oacember•. : .1

Section 6: Business Manaoer. . ... ,.,;.':

i } He shal~,'b8 elected from amongst the membersand in the.eyent. q.f his absence, tt:~-,)\'8sident shal.L nominat@.arnt.herperso!1 in, his place. tiil, ~nother ~usiness ManagJI'is elected •

Ii) 'Pe 'shall taKe necassary staps' to encourage P3rsons/1nsti tuti,;...-ens to bocame IT18mbersof the p.sso.c,i9tion~

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