 bm no 50 of 1984 the electricity (supply)· amendment bill, 1984 a bill ·further to amend the electricity (supply) act, 1948 be it enacted by parliament in the ·thirty-fifth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 (1) this act may be called the electricity (supply) amendment act, 1984 - 5 (2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government short title and com - mencement - may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint - | 54          ||-------------|| '948·       || amend-      || mentof      || section 28 |2 in section 28 of the e]~tricity (supply) act, 1948 (hereinafter referred to as the principal act), after sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:- 10 "(2a) the board or, as the case may be, the generating company shall, as soon as may be after it has sanctioned any scheme which is not of the nature referred to in section 29, forward the scheme tel the authority and, if required by the authority so to do, supply to the authority any information inciaental or supplementary to the scheme within such period as may be specified by the authority" amend ment of aection 29 3 in section 29 of the principal act, in sub-section (1), for the words "oue crore of rupees" the words "five crores of rupees" shall be substituted  statement of objects and reasonssection 2& of the electricity (supply) act, 19(8 deals with the preparation and sanctiojung dy state electricity boards and generating companies of schemes relating to the establishment or acquisition of generating stations, tie-lines, sub-stations or transmission lines under this  section, read with section 29 of the act, prior concurrence of the central electricity authority is necessary for sanctioning any scheme involving a capital expenditure exceeding one crore of rupees in view of the escalation in costs since this limit of one crore of rupees was laid down, it is proposed to enhance this limit so that relatively small schemes costing up to :five crores of rupees can be sandioned by a board or a generating company without having to go through the detailed procedure of obtaining prior concurrence of the authority however, as the authority is closely involved in the planning process, it would be essential for it to have information in :j;"espect of such small schemes also it is proposed to make suitable provisions for this purpose  2 the bill seeks to amend sections 28 and 29 of the electricity (supply) act, 1948 to achieve the above objects  - nsw dahi; - the 2ndmlif" 19h   annexure- extract from 'l'he electricity (supl'ly) acr, 1948 (54 of 1948) - - - - 29 (1) every scheme estimated to 'involve a capital expenditure exc~ng one crore of rupees shall, as soon as may be after its preparation, be submitted to the authority for its concurrence - - - - - submis sionof schemes for concurrence of authority, etc -   a billfurther to amend the electricity (supply) act, 1948 (shri arif mohd kh4n, minister of state in the ministry of energy) 