 bill no  vii of  2002 the maintenance of uninterrupted power supply to industries of backward states bill, 2002 a billto provide for the uninterrupted power supply to the industrial units operating in theindustrially backward states of the country by the central government to ensure the overall industrial development of such states and for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the fifty-third year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the maintenance of uninterrupted power supply toindustries of backward states act, 2002short title, extent and commencement(2) it extends to the whole of india5(3) it shall come into force at oncedefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires;(a) "appropriate government" means in the case of backward state thegovernment of that state and in all other cases the central government;10(b) "backward state" means a state which does not have the requisite industriesaccording to the size of the state and its population;14 of 1947(c) "industry" means an industry as defined in the industrial disputes act,1947;(d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act;9 of 1910 54 of 19485(e) words and expressions used but not defined in this act and defined in the indian electricity act, 1910 and the electricity (supply) act, 1948, shall have the meaning respectively assigned to them in those acts3 (1) the central government shall maintain uninterrupted power supply to the industrial units operating within the territorial jurisdiction of a backward state in such manner as may be prescribed10central government tomaintain uninterrupted power supply of industries(2) for the purpose of sub-section (1) the central government may, if it deems necessary so to do invite and promote private sector in establishing power generating units exclusively for the industrial sector in the backward states154 the appropriate government shall establish such number of new electricity generating stations as it may deem necessary, from time to time, exclusively for providing uninterrupted power to the industrial units operating within its territorial jurisdictionappropriate government to establish new generating stations exclusively for the industires205 the central government shall, from time to time carry out investigations and collect and record the data concerning the generation, distribution and utilisation of power throughout the country meant for the industrial sector and submit an annual report, in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed, to the president of india who shall cause the report to be laid before both the houses of parrliament, as soon as may be, after it is received by himcentral government tocarry out investigation andcollect dateabout the power availability to industries in the country6 the central government shall provide, from time to time, after due appropriation made by parliament by law, adequate funds for the purposes of this actcentral government to provide funds savings257 the provisions of this act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of anyother law for the time being in forcepower to make rules8 the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rulesfor carrying out the purposes of this act statement of objects and reasonsindustries are the backbone of every economy and the development of a country depends upon the development of its industries a strong economy requires good industrial base a developing country like ours needs a very solid industrial base in the modern globalisation period to face the stiff competition in the world market apart from the national level, industries are very vital at the state level also in a federal polity like ours to have a balance at the state and national level but at present in our country some states are industrially backward take for instance the states of bihar and jharkhand and which having 40 per cent of the country's wealth but industrially it is the most backward state of the union such backward states need rapid industrialisation but for a good industrial base one requires infrastructure like electricity, raw material, latest technology, trained technicians, cheap labour etc apart from all round dedication for growth but in our country unfortunately the basic requirement like power is not available in abundance which is hampering industrial growth for instance the overall power generation during1990-91 was short of the target by 26 per cent due to poor performance of all the regions of the country during the period the situation is more alarming in industrially backward states like bihar, jharkhend and north-eastern states apart from poor performance and less utilisation of installed capacity by state electricity boards whatever energy is generated, major share of it is consumed by domestic and agriculture sectors the industrial sector is always left to end itself so in the absence of uninterrupted electricity supply a number of industrial units have to close down in the recent past for example hundreds of electric arc furnaces which require uninterrupted electricity supply have been closed down in various parts of the country it has left thousands of workers jobless and affected the production targets similar was the fate of other industries alsoaccording to reserve bank of india report as at the end of march 1991 there were223809 sick/weak industries, both ssi and non ssi with outstanding bank credit of rs 1076782 crores and majority of them were in backward states shortage of power was one of the reasons for the sickness/weakness of these industries as such we have to give top-most priority to electricity generation for the survival and development of our industries particularly in the industrially backward state like bihar etc hence it is proposed that it should be made obligatory for the central government to maintain uninterrupted power supply to the industrial units of the country in general and of backward states in particular for this purpose the government may involve the private sector and also establish power stations exclusively for the industrial sector in such states the central government should make adequate funds available for this purposehence this bills s ahluwalia financial memorandumclause 6 of the bill provides that the central government will provide adequate funds for the purposes of this bill which includes establishment of new power houses exclusively for industries the bill, if enacted and brought into operation will involve expenditure from the consolidate fund of india it is estimates that a sum of rupees two thousand crores will be involved as recurring expenditure per annuma sum of rupees one thousand crores is also likely to be involved as non recurring expenditure for establishment of new power houses and other infrastructure memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 8 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of this bill the rules will relate to matters of details onlythe delegation of legislative power is of normal character rajya  sabha a billto provide for the uninterrupted power supply to the industrial units operating in theindustrially backward states of the country by the central government to ensure the overall industrial development of such states and for matters connected therewith(shri s s ahluwalia, mp)