 financial memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides that the railway administration shall construct and maintain three hundred metres of such national highway on either side of the railway line or track which crosses a national highway and shall also construct and maintain overbridges or under-bridges at such railway crossings the bill, therefore, if enacted will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is likely to involve a recurring expenditure of about rupees two crore per annum , it is also likely to involve a non-recurring expenditure of about rupees fifty lakh  annexure extract from the national highways act, 1956[48 of 1956]        5 it shall be the responsibility of the central government to develop and maintain in proper repair all national highways; but the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, direct that any function in relation to the development or maintenance of any national highway shall, subject to such conditions, if any, as may be specified in the notification, also be exercisable by the government of the state within which the national highway is situated or by any officer or authority subordinate to the central government or to the state government       