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ACT II OF 1998 ACT II OF 1998 BALOCHISTAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH BOARD ACT, 1998 CHAPTER IV MANAGEMENT 10. Management Support Unit.‑‑(1) There shall be a Management Support Unit headed by the Chief Scientific Officer and would consist of the following five full‑time members: (i) Director Coordination.. (ii) Director Planning. (iii) Member Natural Resources; (iv) Member Livestock Research; (v) Assistant Director Livestock. (vi) Ex Officio Member, Research Officer, Planning and Development Department. (2) The Government shall appoint an eminent scientist in BPS‑20, connected with Agriculture to be the Chief Executive of the Management Support Unit, and his appointment would be made through open competition from all eligible senior research scientists. (3) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the regulations and Management Support Unit shall be the principal administrative body of the Board responsible for executing all policies and discharging all functions of the Board under this Act. (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (3) the Management Support Unit shall; (i) Monitor, evaluate and coordinate implementation of the research and review the progress of research; (ii) Prepare disbursement applications for all foreign aided projects/programmes; (iii) Prepare Annual progress report for submission to the Provincial Government and Aid/Loan giving agencies as per their requirements; (iv) Recommend to the Board Provincial research priorities relating to Provincial Research Master Plan; (v) Recommend to the Board resource allocation according to research priorities; (vi) Oversee and assist the preparation of the revisions of the Provincial Research Master Plan; (vii) Establish and maintain registers of all provincial research staff. (viii) Prepare a summary of accounts six monthly or yearly as required (ix) Prepare summary of reports for all Sub‑Committees; (x) Prepare a copy of the Minutes of all Management Support Unit meetings with an executive summary cover page; (xi) Prepare copies of any interim report of interest to the Board;