 bill no 48 of  2016 the andhra pradesh reorganisation (amendment) bill, 2016 byshri yv subba reddy, mp a billfurther to amend the andhra pradesh reorganisation act, 2014be  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:— 6 of 2014amendment of section 462  in section 46 of the andhra pradesh reorganisation act, 2014, (hereinafter referred as the principal act), in sub-section (2), after the words "backward areas", the words "including prakasam district" shall be submitted3 in section 94 of the principle act, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:—5amendment of section 94"(2) the central government shall support the programmes for the development of backward areas, particularly the areas comprising the district of prakasam, in the successor states, including expansion of physical and social infrastructure for a period of 20 years" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsprakasam district was formed by merging the most backward areas from kurnool, guntur and nellore districts of the state of andhra pradesh with the sole objective to develop these backward areas by taking prakasam district as a unit but, unfortunately, nothing has been done since its formation in 1972even after nearly four and a half decades of its existence, prakasam is still one of the districts in the country facing acute drinking water problem forty-eight out of fifty-six mandals are affected with fluorosis this district is a part of red corridor there is no perennial river it is irony that there is no iit or iim or central university or even government engineering college or university to say the least the district has only one four lane road which is nh-5 and two lane roads are rare in the districtprakasam being the drought-prone, only tobacco can be grown as no other crop is suitable to the soil of the region there is no basic infrastructure, not even a port inspite of having huge coastline and no airport also there are no major industries which otherwise would have provided employment to the people of this areadue to this, there have been persistent demands to declare prakasam as backward district but, even when number of backward districts increased to 250, shockingly, prakasam has not been consideredin view of this, it is proposed to amend the andhra pradesh reorganisation act,2014 to include prakasam as a backward district under section 46 to give statutory backing to this district for development package on the lines of kbk districts in odisha and bundelkhand in madhya pradesh and uttar pradesh which will help in improving the living conditions of the people of prakasam the bill also seeks to amend section 94 of the act so as to include prakasam district along with other identified districts in the successor states of andhra pradesh for its development through fiscal incentives and other programmes of the central governmenthence this billnew delhi;yv subba reddyfebruary 8, 2016 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill seeks to include prakasam district along with other identified districts in the successor state of andhra pradesh for its development through fiscal incentives and other programmes of the centre the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from consolidated fund of india an annual recurring expenditure of rupees fifty crore would be involveda non-recurring expenditure of rupees ten crore is also likely to be involved annexure extract from the andhra pradesh reorganisation act, 2014 (6 of 2014)     distribution of revenues46 (2) notwithstanding anything in sub-section (1), the central government may, having regard to the resources available to the successor state of andhra pradesh, make appropriate grants and also ensure that adequate benefits and incentives in the form of special development package are given to the backward areas of that state   94 (2) the central government shall support the programmes for the development of backward areas in the successor states, including expansion of physical and social infrastructurefiscal measures including tax incentives  ———— a billfurther to amend the andhra pradesh reorganisation act, 2014————(shri yv subba reddy, mp)gmgipmrnd—4254l(s3)—1032016