 bill no 83 of 2009 the electricity (compulsory supply to katras and densely populated areas) bill, 2009 by shri jp agarwal, mp a billto provide for compulsory supply of electricity to katras and densely populated areas located in the metropolitan and other major cities of the country and for matters connected therewithbe  it enacted by parliament in the sixtieth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the electricity (compulsory supply to katras and denselypopulated areas) act, 2009short title, extent and commencement(2) it extends to the whole of india5(3) it shall come into force on such date, as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appointdefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—10(a) "appropriate government" means in the case of a state, the government ofthat state and in other cases, the central government;(b) "katras and densely populated areas" means such residential areas in the metropolitan and other major cities as are so declared by the appropriate government for the purposes of this act; and(c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act5supply of electricity to katras and densely populated areas3 (1) notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force,the appropriate government shall ensure that ninety per cent of the total electricity generated under its territorial jurisdiction, including the electricity generated by foreign companies, be earmarked for katras and densely populated areas located in the metropolitan and othermajor cities10(2) the quantum of electricity to be supplied to the metropolitan and other major cities within the territorial jurisdiction of appropriate government shall be determined in such manner as may be prescribed:15provided that in katras and densely populated areas, the supply of electricity to the citizens living below poverty line shall be at half of the normal rate for not less than six hours in a daypower to make rules4  (1) the appropriate government may, by notification in the official gazette, makerules for carrying out the purposes of this act20 25(2) every rule made under this act by the central government shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each house of parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both the houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule(3) every rule made by the state government under this act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before the state legislature statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthere is an acute shortage of electricity in katras and densely populated areas located in the metropolitan and other major cities of the country katras are the residential areas located in the old parts of the major cities the citizens living in katras and densely populated areas have to face a lot of difficulties due to shortage of electricity during summer, the situation becomes the worst due to non-availability of open spaces and parks near these katras and densely populated areas, the citizens living there feel suffocated during failure of powerit is very well accepted that electricity is one of the basic needs of human beingstherefore, denying the people of their essential requirement of power cannot be justified on any ground power outage for hours together, particularly during summer months, makes the life of the people living in katras and other densely populated areas quite miserableit is, therefore, proposed to make the supply of electricity compulsory in the katras and densely populated areas located in the metropolitan and other major cities of the countryhence this billnew delhi;jp agarwaljuly 20, 2009 financial  memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides that the appropriate government shall supply electricity to the citizens living below poverty line in the katras and densely populated areas for six hours a day at half of the normal rate the expenditure relating to states shall be borne out of the consolidated funds of the respective states however, the expenditure in respect of union territories shall be borne out of the consolidated fund of indiathe bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that an annual recurring expenditure of about rupees nine crore will be involvedno non-recurring expenditure is likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 4 of the bill empowers the appropriate government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill the rules will relate to matters of detail only the delegation of legislative power is, therefore, of a normal character———— a billto provide for the compulsory supply of electricity to katras and densely populated areas located in the metropolitan and other major cities of the country and for matters connected therewith————(shri jp agarwal, mp)gmgipmrnd—3874ls(s-5)—05112009