 bill no 286 of  2016 the slums and jhuggi-jhopri areas (basic amenities and clearance) bill, 2016 byshri gajanan chandrakant kirtikar, mp a billto provide for the basic amenities and clearance of jhuggi-jhopri areas and slum areas and for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—(3) it shall come into force on such date, as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—definitions5(a) "building" includes any structure or erection or any part of a building butdoes not include a plant or machinery comprised in a building(b) "competent authority" means such officer or authority as the centralgovernment may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint as the competent authority for the purpose of this act;(c) "jhuggi-jhopri" means a small roughly built house or shelter usually madeof mud, wood or metal having thatched or tin sheet roof covering;10(d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act;(e) "slum" means an area consisting of jhuggi-jhopri areas, badly built andovercrowded houses and buildings; and15(f) "slum clearance" means the clearance of any slum area by demolition andremoval of buildings therefrom3 the competent authority may, from time to time by notification in the official gazette, declare any area to be a slum area within the meaning of this actcompetent authority to declare slum areas4 for the purpose of effective implementation of this act, the  central government shall, through the competent authority,—20(i) carry out the works of improvement in slums and jhuggi-jhopri areas fromtime to time in such manner as may be prescribed;(ii) provide all basic amenities in slums and jhuggi-jhopri areas in suchmanner as may be prescribed;central government  to provide basic amenities to inhabitants of slums and construct new dwelling unit through competent authority25(iii) extend financial assistance or vocational training to the inhabitants ofslums and jhuggi-jhopri areas for their self-employment; and(iv) construct and allot dwelling units to the inhabitants of slums andjhuggi-jhopri areas where such areas have been declared as slum clearance areas30competent authority to declare any slum area to be a clearance area5 (1) where the competent authority is satisfied that most satisfactory method of dealing with conditions in a slum area is the demolition of all the buildings in the area, the authority shall by an order notified in the official gazette declare the area to be a slum clearance area, that is to say, an area to be cleared of all buildings in accordance with provisions of this act and the rules made thereunder(2) the competent authority shall give adequate notice to the inhabitants of slums and jhuggi-jhopri areas before demolition of houses, shelters or buildings35(3) the competent authority shall not remove or demolish any jhuggi-jhopri areas till all residents of the area have been evacuated and allotted alternative dwelling units with all basic amenities at convenient locations6 on and from the date of commencement of the act, no person shall be allowed to set up any jhuggi-jhopri in any areaban on setting up of jhuggijhopri areas40 7 the central government shall, after due appropriation made by parliament by law in this behalf, provide adequate funds every year for carrying out the purposes of this actcentral government to make provision of  fundsact to have overriding effect8 the provisions of this act and rules made thereunder shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law for time being in force9 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 laws power to make rules10 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act510(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 reasonsunder inhuman conditions there are no basic facilities of potable water, electricity, sanitation and health services in these areas however, people have no other option but to live in such slums and jhuggi-jhopri area under inhuman conditions the problem is more appaling in metropolitan cities and other big cities where people migrate in large numbers in search of employment poverty forces them to find shelter in slums and jhuggi-jhopri areas however, there is no policy to deal with the problems of slums and jhuggi-jhopri areasbeing a welfare state, it is the duty of the government to provide alternate houses with basic facilities to persons who are living in slum areas the government should also see that slum areas do not come up and those which are already there should be cleared the bill seeks to achieve the above objectivehence, this billnew delhi;gajanan chandrakant kirtikaroctober 28, 2016 financial memorandumclause 4 of the bill provides that the central government shall provide basic facilities to those who are living in slum areas clause 7 provides that central government shall provide adequate funds for carrying out the purpose of the bill the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that an annual recurring expenditure of rupees one thousand five hundred crore will be involved from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees five hundred crore is also likely be involved memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 10 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of this bill as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character———— a billto provide for the basic amenities and clearance of jhuggi-jhopri areas and slum areas and for matters connected therewith————(shri gajanan chandrakant kirtikar, mp)gmgipmrnd—2955ls(s3)—21-11-2016