 bill no  82 of 2011 the national commission for horticulture development bill, 2011 by shri jagdambika pal, mp a billto provide for the setting up of a national commission for horticulture development and for matters connected therewith or incidental theretobe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-second year of the republic of india asfollows:—1   (1) this act may be called the national commission for horticulture developmentact, 20115short title, extent and commencement(2) it extends to the whole of india(3) it shall come into force at oncedefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(i) "commission" means the national commission for horticulture development set up under section 3;10(ii) "horticulture" includes vegetables, fruits and flowers and their products;and(iii) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act3 (1) the central government shall set up a commission to be known as the national commission for horticulture development(2) the commission shall consist of:—national commission for horticulture development(i) a chairperson to be appointed by the central government;5(ii) three members to be appointed by the central government; and(iii) one representative of the growers of horticulture(3) the salaries and allowances and other conditions of service payable to the chairperson and other members of the commission shall be such as may be prescribed104 the central government shall make available necessary officers and staff including technical experts to the commission for efficient functioning of the commissioncentral government to provide officers and staff for efficient functioning of the commission5 every state government shall send detailed information to the commission regarding:—(i) the total area under horticulture cultivation; (ii) the product-wise output in horticulture sector;state government to send detailed information t o commission15(iii) the estimated annual demand for horticultural products; (iv) the potential of growth of horticultural products; (v) the export potential of horticultural products; and (vi) the potential for setting up of industries based on horticultural products206 (1) the national commission shall, on receipt of information from a state government, depute a team of experts to the state to study the situation of horticulture in the statefunctions of the commission(2) the team of experts shall submit a report to the national commission at the earliest but not later than three months from the date of study tour conducted in that state25(3) the commission shall, on the basis of the report submitted by the team of experts, release funds to a state for the development of horticulture including for setting up of industries based on horticultural products7 the central government shall set up a fund to be known as the horticulture development fund to implement the provisions of this acthorticulture development fundpower to make rules8 (1) the  central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of the act30 35(2) every rule made under this act 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 statement of objects and reasonsthe importance of horticulture in improving the productivity of the land, generating employment, improving economic conditions of the farmers and entrepreneurs, enhancing exports and most importantly, providing nutritional security to the people is well known though india ranks first in the world in the production of vegetables and second in the production of fruits, the situation of industries based on the processing of horticultural products is not encouraging there is a great potential for growth of horticulture and industries based on processing of horticulture products including their export but this important sector has not been properly harnessed so farit is, therefore, proposed to set up a national commission for horticulture for the promotion of cultivation/production of horticultural products and industries based on processing of horticultural productsthe bill seeks to achieve the above objectivesjagdambika palnew delhi;september 5, 2011 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for the setting up of a national commission for horticulture development clause 4 provides that the central government shall make available necessary officers and staff for the efficient functioning of the commission clause 6 provides that the commission shall release funds to states for the development of horticulture clause 7 provides for creation of a horticulture development fund the bill, therefore, if enacted, is likely to involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that an annual recurring expenditure of about rupees one thousand crore will be involveda non-recurring expenditure of about rupees twenty thousand crore is also likely to be involved memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 8 of the bill expowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character————a billto provide for the setting up of a national commission for horticulture development and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto————(shri jagdambika pal, mp)