 bill no 88 of  2017 the electricity (priority supply to metropolitan areas) bill, 2017 by shri gopal chinayya shetty, mp a billto provide for compulsory supply of electricity to metropolitan areas and for matters connected therewithbe  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and commencement1 (1) this act may be called the electricity (priority supply to metropolitan areas)act, 20175(2) it shall come into force on such date, as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appointdefinitions2 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;(b) "competent authority" means such officer or authority who is, appointed by notification in the official gazette, by the central government as competent authority for the purposes of this act;5(c) "metropolitan areas" means areas or regions which are or have been declared as metropolitan areas by the appropriate government; and(d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act  103 (1) notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the appropriate government shall ensure that eighty per cent of the total electricity generated under its territorial jurisdiction, including the electricity generated by foreign companies, be earmarked for the metropolitan areaspriority supply of electricity to metropolitan areas(2) the quantum of electricity to be supplied to the metropolitan areas within the territorial jurisdiction of appropriate government shall be determined in such manner as may be prescribed:provided that within every metropolitan area, electricity shall be supplied—15(a) to the backward areas at least five hours every day at half the rate; (b) to katras and densely populated areas at least two hours every day at half the rate; and(c) free of cost to the weaker sections of the society and to the people living below the poverty line at least for three hours during morning and evening every day20power to make rules4 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this  act25 30(2) every rule made under this act by the central  government 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 reasonsthere is a great scarcity of electricity in metropolitans particularly in katras and mohallas of mumbai with a high density of population the citizens living in these places have to face a lot of problems due to scarcity of electricity the situation becomes worse during the summer season the people living in these katras and higly dense places feel suffocated due to absence of electricity as there are no open places and parks etc around these placeselectricity is the basic necessity of the man, without which modern life cannot be imagined as a matter of fact, our dependency on electricity has been so much that even a cut for just one hour in the supply of electricity becomes a problem as such, a lot of cut on the supply of electricity occurs as soon as the temperature rises which naturally puzzles the people the worsening state of power supply during summer can be known from the fact that the power supply remains interrupted for several hours due to non-availability of adequate electricity on account of technical faults in the power grids the life of citizens become pitiable due to shortage of power in metropolitanstherefore, it is proposed to provide adequate power in the metropolitan areas of the countryhence this billnew delhi;gopal  chinayya  shettymarch 14, 2017 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides that the central government shall provide electricity to the backward areas of metropolitan cities for at least five hours daily at half rate and also provide free of cost electricity to the weaker sections of the society and persons living below poverty line for at least three hours daily in the morning and evening the expenditure relating to states shall be borne out of the consolidated funds of the respective states however, the expenditure in respect of union territories shall be borne out of the consolidated fund of india the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a recurring expenditure of about rupees thirty crore will be involved annually from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees five crore  is also likely to be involved memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 4 of the bill 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, therefore, of a normal character———— a billto provide for the compulsory supply of electricity to metropolitan areas and for matters connected therewith————(shri gopal chinayya shetty, mp)gmgipmrnd—579ls(s3)—23-06-2017