 bill no 11 of  2007 the provision of communication facilities in every village  bill, 2007 by shri ramdas athawale, mp a billto provide for the facilities of telephone and post and telegraph office in all the villages of the country and for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the fifty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and extent1  (1) this act may be called the provision of communication facilities in every village  act, 20075(2) it extends to the whole of indiadefinitionbut not defined in this act and defined in the indian post office act, 1898 and the indian telegraph act, 1885 shall have the meanings, respectively, assigned to them in these acts3 the central government  shall provide in every village throughout the country, the following facilities, namely:—provision of communication facilities in villages(i) a post and telegraph office; and5(ii) a public telephone connection with std facility under the control of the head of the village panchayatpower to make rules4 the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the provisions of this act statement of objects and reasonsin india, about seventy-five  per cent of the people live in villages there are number of villages in remote areas inhabited by tribals and backward classes even after sixty years of our independence, no development work has been done at such places there are no postal facilities available in these areas there are no telephones and the villages have virtually no communication links with the rest of the country it takes months together for a letter to reach villages most of the villagers come to the cities for work and remain cut-off from their families due to non-availability of modern means of communication in their native villages the postal, telephone and other communication facilities have thus become necessary for every village the villagers can keep their money in saving account of the post offices thereby making available a lot of money to the government for development works the introduction of modern means of communication in every village will be the first step towards taking the boon of modern science to the doorsteps of rural india financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides that every village shall be provided with the facilities of a public telephone connection and a telegraph and post office by the central government the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a sum of about rupees two hundred crore per annum will be involved as a recurring expenditure out of the consolidated fund of indiaa sum of rupees fifty lakh is also likely to be involved as a non-recurring expenditure memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 4 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of  the bill the rules will relate to the matters of detail only the delegation of legislative power is, therefore, of a normal character————abillto provide for the facilities of telephone and post and telegraph office in all the villages of the country and for matters connected therewith————(shri ramdas athawale, mp)mgipmrnd—196ls(s-5)—08022007