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ACT II OF 1998 ACT II OF 1998 BALOCHISTAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH BOARD ACT, 1998 CHAPTER III FUNCTION AND POWERS OF THE BOARD 4. Function and powers of the Board.‑‑The function of the Board shall be------ (a) to provide overall planning, programming and evaluation of all agriculture research; (b) to approve all research programmes for funding by the Provincial Government and foreign aid/loan giving agencies as per priorities determined by the Board; (c) to identify the provincial research priorities and broad thrusts. (d) to establish guidelines for allocation of research funds to identified research priorities; (e) to provide overall coordination and revision of the Provincial Research Master Plan when required; (f) to conduct overall monitoring and external evaluation of the research programmes and their impact on the Provincial Agriculture Sector; (g) to conduct monitoring during implementation of Research projects and overall coordination of externally financed research projects; (h) to institute/promulgate regulations approved by the Board affecting appointments, terms and conditions of service of professional research personnel within the Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry and Fisheries Research Wing; (i) to make recruitment against the vacancies to be filled in through initial recruitment in the Board. (j) to perform any other functions authorised by the Government related to matters aforesaid.