Section 38. Other duties of the Board

(1) It shall be the duty of the Board to take necessary measures to maintain, allot, lease and otherwise use the Board premises and to collect rents, compensation and damages in respect thereof. (2) The Board may,- (i) provide technical advice to the State Government and scrutinize projects under housing schemes in the area to which this Act extends when required by the State Government to do so: (ii) undertake research on various problems connected with housing in general and find out in particular the economical methods of constructing houses suited to local conditions: (iii) undertake comprehensive surveys of problem of housing: and (iv) do all things for- (a) unification, simplification and standardisation of building materials; (b) encouraging pre-fabrication and mass production of house components: (c) organizing or undertaking the production of building materials for residential or non-residential houses; and (d) securing a steady and sufficient, supply of workmen trained in the work of construction of buildings.