 bill no 118 of  2014 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2014 by shri kirti azad, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fifth  year of the republic of india as follows:—2  after article 371-j of the constitution, the following article shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new article 371k "371k (1) notwithstanding anything in this constitution, the president may, by order made with respect to the state of bihar, provide for any special responsibility of the governor for—special provisions with respect to the state of bihar5(a) establishment of a separate development board for mithilanchal region with the provision that a report on the working of the board will be placed each year before  the state legislature;(b) equitable allocation of funds for developmental expenditure over the said region, subject to the requirements of the state as a whole; and10(c) equitable opportunities and facilities for the people belonging to the said region, in matters of public employment, education and vocational training, subject to the requirements of the state as a whole(2) an order made under sub-clause (c) of clause (1) may provide for—15(a) reservation of a proportion of seats in educational and vocational training institutions in the mithilanchal region for students who belong to that region by birth or by domicile; and20(b) identification of posts or classes of posts under the state government and in any body or organisation under the control of the state government in the mithilanchal region and reservation of a proportion of such posts for persons who belong to that region by birth or by domicile and for appointment thereto by direct recruitment or by promotion or in any other manner as may be specified in the order" statement of objects and reasonsthe mithilanchal region of north bihar has faced economic, legislative and political barriers since the inception of independent india it continues to lag behind on several key developmental parameters due to inefficiency in policy implementation on the one hand and limited framework of development schemes or plans relating to industry, agriculture and education on the other the mithilanchal area of the state of bihar consist's of the districts of vaishali, muzzaffarpur, sitamarhi, shivhar, betiah, motihari, darbhanga, madhubani, smastipur, munger, begusarai, khagaria, jamui, lakhisarai, sheikhpura, saharsa, supaul, madhepura, purnia, katihar, araria, kishanganj, bhagalpur and bankathe need of the hour is to accelerate development of the backward region of the state and to reduce inter-district and inter-regional disparities in the state also an institutional mechanism for equitable allocation of funds to meet the developmental needs of the region, as well as to provide employment and develop the human resources by providing for local cadres in service is required to be establishedit is accordingly proposed to insert a new article 371k in the constitution to provide for —(a) establishment of a separate development board for the mithilanchal region; (b) equitable allocation of funds for development of the region subject to the requirements of the state as a whole;(c) reservation in public employment through the constitution of local cadres for domiciles of the region; and(d) reservation in educational and vocational training institutions for domiciles of the regionhence this billnew  delhi;kirti  azadaugust 6, 2014 financial memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides for constitution of the special development board for the mithilanchal region of the state of bihar the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is likely to involve a recurring expenditure of about rupees ten crore per annum on account of salaries and other administrative expenses of the boarda non-recurring expenditure of about rupees five crore is also likely to be involved———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri kirti azad, mp)gmgipmrnd—2463ls(s-3)—05112014