7. Functions, duties and powers of Board:
The functions, duties and powers of the Board shall be as follows:
(a) To formulate such policies as may be required for the expansion and development of the tea and coffee farming and the establishment,
improvement, promotion and protection of the tea and coffee industry in Nepal, and implement, or cause to be implemented, such
policies,
(b) To prepare such technological and financial bases as may be required for development and expansion of the tea and coffee
farming and implement, or cause to be implemented, the same accordingly,
(c) To give advice to Government of Nepal on the price of tea and coffee,
(d) To arrange, or cause to be arranged, for the supply of such loans, seeds, plants, chemical fertilizers, pesticides, equipment, fuels,
technical service, among others, as may be required for the farmers who do the tea and coffee farming in a small scale,
(e) To obtain from Government of Nepal such governmental barren lands as are fit for tea and coffee farming and do tea and coffee
farming in such lands or lease or hire out in installments such lands for the tea and coffee farming,
(f) In order to develop the tea and coffee market, to do market survey from time to time and ascertain the grade and type, as well, of the tea
and coffee which the customers like, and set, or cause to be set, the standards of tea and coffee,
(g) To give information to the exporters about the demand of tea and coffee at the international market,
(h) To do, or cause to be done, such study works as may be necessary for the development and expansion of the tea and coffee industry in
the Nepal,
(i) To establish, or cause to be established, a training and research center for providing the persons and organizations engaged in the tea
and coffee industry with technical knowledge, training and technical assistance,
(j) To make necessary provisions for getting the persons involved in the tea and coffee industry to pursue necessary training, seminar and
higher education abroad for the development of skills of such persons,
(k) To coordinate, or cause to be coordinated, the efforts made in the government and private sectors for the development of the tea and
coffee industry,
(l) To do, or cause to be done, such acts as may be required to enhance understanding between the management and workers related with
the tea and coffee industry,
(m) To maintain an inventory of the registration of tea and coffee industries,
(n) To do, or cause to be done, such acts as may be required to improve the management of tea and coffee industries,
(o) With the approval of Government of Nepal, to charge service cess on tea and coffee,
(p) To carry out, or caused to be carried, other necessary functions related with the development of tea and coffee industry.