 bill no 149 of  2016 the backward areas in metropolitan cities (basic amenities and other provisions) bill, 2016 byshri  gopal chinayya shetty, mp a billto provide for basic amenities such as drinking water, electricity, roads, healthcare services and sanitation facilities in backward areas in metropolitan cities and for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—definitions2 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) "backward area", in relation to a metropolitan city, means an area having no basic amenities;(c) "basic amenities" include provision of drinking water, electricity, street lighting, sewerage, toilet, drainage system, garbage disposal, sanitation, healthcare facilities, educational facilities, recreational facilities, marketing facilities, transportation facilities and access to public distribution system;10(d) "metropolitan city" means a city having population of ten lakhs or more, comprised in one or more districts and consisting of two or more municipalities or panchayats or other contiguous areas, specified by the appropriate government by public notification to be a metropolitan city; and(e) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act153 (1) the central government shall, within six months of the coming into force of this act, cause to be identified the backward areas in every metropolitan city in such manner, as it may deem appropriateidentification and development of backward areas20(2) for each backward area identified under sub-section (1), the appropriate government shall, by notification in the official gazette, designate an officer of the local body having jurisdiction over the backward area, as competent authority to undertake such development and other works in that backward area, as the central government may, in consultation with the concerned state government, from time to time, specify(3) without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provision, every competent authority shall ensure the provision of the following facilities to the inhabitants of the backward area under its jurisdiction —25(a) basic amenities in such manner as may be prescribed; (b) financial assistance or vocational training for self-employment; and (c) pucca housing304 the central government shall, after due appropriation made by parliament by law in this behalf, provide adequate funds to the state governments for carrying out the purposes of this actcentral government to provide funds power to remove difficulty5 (1) if any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this act, the central government may, by order published in the official gazette, make such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this act as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removing, of the difficulty:35provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of a period of two years from the date of commencement of this act(2) every order made under this section shall, as soon as may be after it is made, be laid before each house of parliament406 the provisions of this act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law for the time being in forceact to have overriding effect7 the provisions of this act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other law for the time being in force regulating, any of the matter dealt with in this actact not to be in derogation of other lawspower to make rules8 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act,510(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 reasonsso far as the development is concerned, some areas in the country are very backward including areas in the metropolitan cities like delhi, mumbai, kolkata and chennai some areas of these cities are developed whereas some are immensely backward backward areas in metro cities are not getting full advantage of the central schemes at present, crores of people in several metropolitan cities including mumbai are living in backward areas in inhuman conditions even basic facilities like drinking water, electricity, road, cleanliness and health services are not available in these areas people have no option but to live in such backward areastoday, the need of the hour is all round development on priority basis of the backward areas of metro cities so that people living in these areas can be connected to the mainstream of the country this is possible only when the central government monitors the development schemes in backward areas of metro cities and bears all the expenses to be incurred on such development schemes, which shall ensure completion of development works in a time bound manner and without any hindrancehence this billnew delhi;gopal  chinayya  shettymay 5, 2016 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for certain amenities like drinking water, electricity, street lighting, sewerage, toilet, drainage system, garbage disposal, sanitation, healthcare facilities, educational facilities, financial assistance for self-employment and pucca housing to the backward persons living in metropolitan cities clause 4 provides that the central government shall, after due appropriation made by parliament by law, provide adequate funds to the state governments for carrying out the purposes of the act the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a sum of rupees one thousand crore is likely to be incurred as recurring expenditure from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of rupees four hundred crore is also likely to be involved memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 8 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character———— a billto provide for basic amenities such as drinking water, electricity, roads, healthcare services and sanitation facilities in backward areas in metropolitan cities and for matters connected therewith————(shri gopal chinayya shetty, mp)gmgipmrnd—1365l(s3)—02072016