 bill no  97 of  2016 the heritage cities and sites development bill, 2016 by shri shrirang appa barne, mp a billto provide for the development of heritage cities and sites in the country 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 a state government or a union territory administration, as the case may be;5(b) "heritage city or heritage site" means a city or site which has been, or may be, from time to time, declared by the united nations organisation or any other international organisation or the central government as the city or site having special cultural or physical significance;(c) "fund" means the heritage cities and sites development fund constituted under section 3; and(d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act10 3 the central government shall constitute a fund to be known as the heritage cities and sites development fund for the development of heritage cities and sites in the countryheritage cities and sites development fund4 the fund shall be utilised for—utilization of fund(i) development of heritage cities and sites;15(ii) creating necessary infrastructure for promotion and development of tourism in heritage cities and sites; and(iii) providing necessary transport facilities to reach the heritage cities and sites205 (1) the central government shall constitute a committee to be known as heritage cities and sites development committee, to be headed by a chairperson and consisting of such number of members, as may be prescribed, to administer the fundconstitution of heritage cities and sites development committee(2) the salary and allowances payable to and other terms and conditions of service of chairperson and members shall be such as may be prescribedpower to make rules257 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act30(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 any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity if anything previously done under that rule statement  of  objects  and  reasonsour country is a very ancient country and is a conservation of innumerable historical cities and sites of heritage value a majority of these cities and sites are in a dilapidated condition and requires urgent refurbishment many of these cities have been declared as heritage cities by united nations organisation but they do not have any development worth naming in fact, from time to time central government also declares many cities and sites as heritage cities and sites but their declaration are only in paper and no real development has been noticed as such if these cities are developed it would not only bring considerable revenue by way of tourism but also can inculcate the importance of these sites in the minds of our youth needless to say it would create ample employment opportunities for our youth therefore, it is proposed to set up a fund for development of heritage cities and sites in the countryhence this billnew delhi;shrirang appa barnemarch  9, 2016 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill seeks to provide for the constitution of a fund for the development of heritage cities and sites clause 6 provides for the constitution of the heritage cities and sites development committee the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a recurring expenditure of about rupees ten thousand crore would involve from consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees five thousand crore is also likely to be involved memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 7 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 of a normal character lok  sabha———— a billto provide for the development of heritage cities and sites in the country and for matters connected therewith————(shri shrirang appa barne, mp)gmgipmrnd—5352ls(s3)—25042016