6. The Institute shall perform and discharge all or any of the following duties and functions as may reasonably be considered necessary to carry out its objects :-
| (a) the study and evaluation of irrigation systems and all phases of their operation and management including design, construction, operation, regulation of water flow and distribution, water pricing and policies, and affects on the soil, the environment, and the health and general welfare of the people concerned; |
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| (b) the development of improved methods of study, analysis and evaluation of the management and performance of irrigation systems, including their efficiency, dependability and equity of distribution; |
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| (c) the diagnosis and correction of the deficiencies in irrigation system and in the effectiveness of water use, including the relieving of constraints to the optimization of water use and the provision of incentives for improved management and operation; |
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| (d) devising interventions in irrigation systems for the purpose of remedying deficiencies therein of relieving constraints to the optimization of water use, and the monitoring and evaluation of the effects of such intervention; |
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| (e) the study, analysis and evaluation of the effects of such intervention on the soil, the environment and the health and general welfare of the people concerned ; |
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| (f) the collection, analysis, publication and dissemination of the results of such studies and activities; |
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| (g) the maintenance of a data bank relating to the studies and activities of the Institute, and the establishment and operation of an information centre, library and data bank providing information regarding irrigation systems generally and all other matters relevant to the objectives and activities of the Institute; |
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| (h) the training of persons who are or will be engaged in any aspect of the study, evaluation, analysis, design, construction, development or operation of irrigation systems or in any research, education, ,information or action programme relating thereto ; |
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| (i) the organization and conduct of conferences, seminars, for a, consultations, workshops and meetings for persons engaged in work connected with or relevant to the objectives and activities of the Institute, for the planning and evaluation of the activities of the Institute and for the exchange of information relevant to the work of the Institute; |
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| (j) the strengthening, modification or improvement of institutional or other arrangements for the optimum utilization and application of the work of the Institute by countries, organizations, co-operating centres, and other institutions and bodies, and the provision of information and advice by the Institute to countries, Organizations, co-operating centres, and other institutions and bodies; and |
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| (k) such other activities as the Institute may consider necessary or useful for or conducive to the attainment of its objectives. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts