 bill no 114 of 2009 the jharkhand contingency fund (amendment) bill, 2009 a billto amend the jharkhand contingency fund act, 2001be it enacted by parliament in the sixtieth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the jharkhand contingency fund (amendment) act,2009short title and commencement(2) it shall be deemed to have come into force on the 20th day of october, 2009amendment of section 4 of jharkhand act 9 of 2001'provided that during the period beginning on the date of commencement of the jharkhand contingency fund (amendment) act, 2009 and ending on the 31st day of march, 2010, this section shall have effect subject to the modification that for the words "one hundred and fifty crore rupees", the words "five hundred crore rupees" shall be substituted'repeal and savingord 7 of 20093 (1) the jharkhand contingency fund (amendment) ordinance, 2009 is hereby repealed5(2) notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the principal act, as amended by the said ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the principal act, as amended by this act statement of objects and reasonsconsequent on the proclamation issued under article 356 of the constitution of india, president's rule was enforced in the state of jharkhand with effect from the 19th january, 2009 the president's rule was extended by six months with effect from the 19th july, 2009 to 18th january, 2010 accordingly, the powers of the legislature of the state of jharkhand are exercisable by or under the authority of parliament2 as per chapter ii, section 4 of the jharkhand contingency fund act, 2001 (jharkhand act  9 of 2001), a sum of rupees one hundred and fifty crore shall be made available in the contingency fund of the state as the state was facing a severe drought, the state government required additional funds for providing relief in the drought affected areas these additional requirements could not be met from the existing budgetary provisions for 2009-10 the total requirements exceeded the corpus of rupees one hundred and  fifty crore available in the contingency fund of the state3 since the parliament was not in session and circumstances existed which rendered it necessary for temporary enhancement of the ceiling of the jharkhand contingency fund from rupees one hundred and fifty crore to rupees five hundred crore for the financial year 2009-10 to carry out drought relief work in the state, the cabinet had recommended to the president to promulgate an ordinance in this regard on the 15th october, 2009 hence, the president promulgated the jharkhand contingency fund (amendment) ordinance, 2009 (ord 7 of  2009) on the 20th october, 20094 the bill seeks to replace the jharkhand contingency fund (amendment)ordinance, 2009new delhi;namo narain  meenathe 19th november, 2009 ———— president's recommendation under article 207 of the constitution of india[copy of letter no 2(22)-b(s)/2009 dated 30112009 from shri namo narain meena, minister of state for finance to the secretary-general, lok sabha]the president, having been informed  of the subject matter of the proposed bill to amend the jharkhand contingency fund act, 2001, recommends the introduction of the bill in lok sabha under clauses (1) and (3) of article 207 read with clause (2) of article 206 thereof and the proclamation dated 19th january, 2009 issued under article 356 of the constitution, the introduction of the jharkhand contingency fund (amendment) bill, 2009 and also the consideration of the bill financial memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides for raising the corpus of the jharkhand contingency fund from rs 150 crore to rs 500 crore by transfer of an amount of  rs 350 crore from the state consolidated fund to the jharkhand contingency fund during the financial year ending on 31st march, 2010 the bill, thus, involves a withdrawal of  rs 350 crore from the state consolidated  fund temporarily the actual expenditure has been incurred from and out of an advance of rs 500 crore from the jharkhand contingency fund sanctioned to various departments of the state of jharkhand for incurring the expenditure on committed items pending authorisation by law under article 115 of the constitution2 no recurring expenditure is involved———— a billto amend the jharkhand contingency fund act, 2001————(shri namo narain meena, minister of  state in the ministry of finance)