 bill no 83 of  2011 the backward areas development board bill, 2011 byshri jagdambika pal, mp a billto provide for the establishment of an autonomous board for the overall development of economically backward areas of the countrybe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-second year of the republic of india as follows:— 1 this act may be called the backward areas development board  act, 2011short title identification of backward areas52 (1) the central government shall, by notification in the official gazette, declare the areas of the country which in the opinion of the central government are economically backward(2) till such time the central government by notification declares, the following areas shall be treated as backward areas:—(i) vidarbha region of the state of maharashtra; (ii) telangana region of the state of andhra pradesh; (iii) southern districts of the state of tamil nadu; (iv) northern areas of the state of bihar;(v) tribal areas of the states of orissa, madhya pradesh and chhattisgarh;(vi) hilly regions of the state of uttar pradesh; (vii) state of himachal pradesh; (viii) hilly areas of the state of uttarakhand; (ix) north-eastern states; and5(x) eastern part of the state of uttar pradesh3 (1) there shall be established by the central government, by notification in the official gazette, a board to be called the backward areas development boardbackward areas development board10(2) the board shall be a body corporate by the name aforesaid, having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property, both movable and immovable, and to contract, and shall by the said name sue and be sued(3) the head office of the board shall be at new delhi and board may, with the previous approval of the central government, establish offices at other places in the country4 the board shall consist of the following members, namely:—composition of board15(a) a chairman, who shall be the vice-chairman of the planning commission, ex-officio;(b) a vice-chairman to be appointed by the central government; (c) six members of parliament of whom four shall be from lok sabha and two from rajya sabha to be elected by the members of the respective houses, who belong to the backward areas, from amongst themselves;20(d) nine members to be appointed by the central government to represent respectively:—(i) the planning commission (other than the chairman of the board); (ii) the ministry of the central government dealing with agriculture;25(iii) the ministry of the central government dealing with industrial development;(iv) the ministry of the central government dealing with finance; (v) the ministry of the central government dealing with railways; (vi) the ministry of central government dealing with communications and information technology;30(vii) the ministry of the central government dealing with education; (viii) the ministry of the central government dealing with health and family welfare; and(ix) the ministry of the central government dealing with irrigation35(e) not more than five members to be appointed by the central government, by rotation in alphabetical order, to represent the government of the states having the backward areas; and( f ) four members to be appointed by the central government, who, in the opinion of that government, are experts in various fields of economic development40development of backward areas5 (1) it shall be the duty of the board to promote, by such measures as it thinks fit, theall-round development, under the control of the central government, of the backward areas of the country5(2) without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of sub-section (1), the board shall take measures for the development, particularly, of railways, roads, posts and telegraphs and other means of communications, agriculture and irrigation, industries, banking, drinking water and water power, forests, live-stock, health and family welfare, education, vocational training and tourism in the backward areas of the country(3) the central government shall set up such industries in the backward areas as it may determineappropriation of fund 6 the central government shall provide from time to time, after due appropriation made by parliament by law, adequate funds for— (a) development works undertaken by the board; and10(b) administrative expenses of the boarddevelopment fund157 the board shall have a fund to be called the development fund to which shall be credited all receipts from the central government for the purposes of development of the backward areas and all payments by the board towards development expenditure shall be made therefromadministration fund8 the board shall also have a fund to be called the administration fund to which shall be credited all receipts from the central government for the purposes of administration of the board and all administrative expenses shall be met therefrom9 the vice-chairman of the board shall be entitled to such salary and allowances as may be prescribed by the central government20salary of vice- chairman secretary to the board10 the central government shall appoint a secretary to the board to exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be delegated to him by the chairman and the vice-chairman2511 the board may appoint such officers and employees as may be necessary for the efficient performance of its functionsappointment of officers and staff annual report12 (1) the board shall submit every year a report, in such form as may be prescribed, of its development activities in the backward areas to the prime minister(2) the prime minister shall cause the report to be laid before each house of parliament as soon as may be after receipt of the report30powers to make rules13 (1) the central government may make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act35(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 thirty days as 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 made without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under the rule statement of objects and reasonsthe need for reducing and removing economic disparties between different regions of the country was recognised as soon as the nation launched the programme of planned economic development accelerated development of backward areas, with a view to reducing regional disparities, was one of the important national objectives but, even after sixty-four years of independence, the economic disparities among regions have not only persisted but have also increased required attention has not been paid to develop the backward areasfor the development of the backward areas of the country and to bring them up in a short time to the level of the rest of the country, the strategy should be to evolve a fully integrated development programme for identified backward areas to ensure their all round progress for drought-prone areas which have a predominance of small and marginal farmers, area based programmes which envisage a flow of the necessary inputs in the form of a package to enable accelerated economic development should be implemented in addition, a programme of giving incentives to enable accelerated industrialization of identified backward areas should be implemented it should be ensured that infrastructural facilities like power, water supply and transport are steadily developed and made available to areas which are at present lagging behind industrially or where there is a greater need for providing opportunities for employment in order to achieve these objectives, an autonomous body, though under the overall control of the central government, should be established which would be responsible for planning and implementation of area based package programmes in coordination with the planning commission and the state governmentsthe bill seeks to achieve the above objectivenew delhi;jagdambika palseptember 5, 2011 ———— president's  recommendation  under  article  117(3)  of the  constitution  of  india[copy of do no h-11016/25/2011-mlp dated 20 october, 2011 from dr ashwani kumar, minister of state in the ministry of planning and minister of state in the ministry of science and technology and minister of state in the ministry of earth sciences to the secretary-general, lok sabha]the president, having been informed of the subject matter of the backward areas development board bill, 2011 by shri jagdambika pal, member of parliament, has recommended the consideration of the bill by lok sabha under article 117(3) of the constitution financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for the establishment of the backward areas development board clause 4 provides for appointment of vice-chairman and four members who are experts in various fields of economic development, among others clause 9 provides for payment of salary to vice-chairman clauses 10 and 11 provides for appointment of a secretary to the board and other necessary staff for performance of the functions of the board the bill, therefore, if enacted, is likely to involve a recurring expenditure of about rupees fifteen lakh from the consolidated fund of india on account of administrative expenses so far as the development expenditure (clause 6) is concerned, that will form part of the annual expenditure on development plans of the country as a whole, and the development funds shall be made available to the board after due appropriation by parliament an estimate of such expenditure is not possible at this stage however, a recurring expenditure of about rupees ten thousand crore is likely to be incurreda non-recurring expenditure of about rupees fifty crore is also likely to be incurred memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 13 of the bill empowers the central government to frame rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill as the rules will provide for matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character———— a billto provide for the establishment of an autonomous board for the overall development of economically backward areas of the country————(shri jagdambika pal, mp)