 bill no 173 of 2018 the heritage cities and sites (conservation and development) bill, 2018 byshri bhairon prasad mishra, mpa billto provide for the conservation and development of heritage cities and sites by way of retaining their historical identification and promoting international and domestic tourism and publishing their historical importance through booklets, pamphlets and such other material and for declaring heritage cities as smart cities for overall development and for matters connected therewith or incidental theretobe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-ninth year of the republic of  india as follows:—short title and extent1 (1) this act may be called the heritage cities and sites (conservation and development) act, 2018(2) it extends to the whole of  india5definitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "appropriate government" means in the case of a state the government of that state and in all other cases the central government;5(b) "fund" means the national heritage cities and sites development fund established under section 4;(c) "heritage city or heritage site" means a city or site, as the case may be, having historical importance which has been declared as such either by united nations organisation or any other international organization or as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, declare to be heritage;(d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act103 (1) the central government shall, after inviting suggestions from the governments of the states and administrations of the union territories, by notification in the official gazette, declare new heritage cities and sites in the countrycentral government to declare new heritage cities and sites(2) every city declared as heritage city under sub-section (1) shall also be declared as a smart city under the policy of the central government154 (1) the central government shall, within a period of six months from the date of commencement of this act, constitute a fund to be known as the national heritage cities and sites development fund with initial corpus of rupees fifty thousand crore to be provided by the central governmentconstitution of national heritage cities and sites development fund20(2) the fund shall be utilised in such manner as may be prescribed for,—(a) development of heritage cities and sites;25(b) creating infrastructure such as hospitality establishments and services, public utilities, water facility, and such other facilities as the appropriate government may deem necessary for the promotion and development of tourism including publicity through booklets, pamphlets, print and electronic media and through the indian embassies and high commissions abroad to attract foreign and domestic tourists in large numbers to such heritage cities and sites; and30(c) providing necessary transport facilities including air services, rail connectivity, metro rail projects, public transport system, and such other means to reach and see the heritage cities and sites 5 notwithstanding anything contained in any other law or policy of the central government for the time being in force every heritage city covered under this act shall be developed as smart city by the central governmentheritage cities to be developed as smart cities356 the central government shall, after due appropriation made by parliament by law in this behalf, provide requisite funds from time to time, for carrying out the purposes of this actcentral government to provide requsite funds7 the provisions of this act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other law for the time being in force dealing with the subject matter of this actact to supplement other laws power to make rules8 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act4045(2) every rule made under this section 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; however, that only such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity if anything previously done under that rule statement  of  objects  and  reasonsour nation, one of the oldest civilizations, is an ancient country with rich cultural traditions in which many cities and sites were tastefully created and developed by the then rulers which today have great heritage value one such heritage city is aurangabad in the state of maharashtra which is the gateway to world heritage site of ajanta and ellora caves this ancient city named after mogul emperor aurangzeb has witnessed the proud history of moghul dynasty apart from ajanta and ellora caves this city is famous for duplicate taj mahal known as biwi ka makbara, grihaneshwar temple, daulatabad fort, salim ali lake and bird sanctuary and 52 gates where every gate has its own history and named after someone important in history being a moghul era city there are many dargahs and mosques in this ancient citythere are many other historical cities and sites of heritage value many of them have been declared as historical sites and remains under an act of parliament some sites have also been declared as world heritage sites by unesco but, unfortunately, most of them are in dilapidated condition, completely neglected and are in need of refurbishmentin fact these heritage cities and sites having historical value can be converted into hubs of tourism and in turn will create employment opportunities and generate revenue for the exchequer apart from preserving our historyhence this billnew delhi;bhairon prasad mishranovember 22, 2018 financial  memorandumclause 4 of the bill provides for the constitution of national heritage cities and sites development fund with an initial corpus of rupees fifty thousand crore to be provided by the central government clause 6 makes it obligatory for the central government to provide requisite funds for carrying out the purposes of the bill the bill, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india apart from initial corpus of rupees fifty thousand crore,  it is estimated that a sum of rupees sixty thousand crore may involve as recurring expenditure per annuma non-recurring expenditure to the tune of rupees ten thousand crore may also involve memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 8 empowers 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 conservation and development of heritage cities and sites by way ofretaining their historical identification and promoting international and domestictourism and publishing their historical importance through booklets, pamphletsand such other material and for declaring heritage cities as smart cities for overall development and for matters connected therewith orincidental thereto————(shri  bhairon prasad mishra,  mp)