bill no  80  of  2007 the displaced farmers (rehabilitation and other facilities) bill, 2007 byshri hansraj gangaramji ahir, mpa billto provide for rehabilitation of farmers who are displaced as a result of acquisition of their land  for setting up of industrial units, sharing by such farmers in the profits made by industrial units and  for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament  in the fifty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this  act may  be called the displaced farmers (rehabilitation and other facilities)act, 2007short title, extent and commencement(2) it extends to the whole of india5(3) 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 the central government or a state government, as the case may be;(b) "farmer" means a person whose agricultural  land is acquired by the appropriate government for establishing any industrial unit, by whatever name called; and(c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act53  (1)  the appropriate government shall prepare a comprehensive plan for the rehabilitation of farmers displaced as a result of acquisition of their agriculture land for setting up of any industrial unitcomprehensive rehabilitation plan for farmers10(2) the rehabilitation plan under sub-section (1) shall include provisions of  housing, adequate  compensation, employment  to one member of the family of a farmer in the industrial unit, agricultural land at a new site and such other facilities to the farmers, as the appropriate  government may deem necessary4 (1) there shall be paid to every farmer, such share of profits of the quarterly net profits of the industrial unit, as may be prescribed(2) for the purpose of sub-section (1), the management of industrial unit shall—(a) maintain true accounts and publish them quarterly; andpayment ofshare ofprofits to farmers out of the profits of industrial unit15(b) deposit the share of every farmer in the profits of the industrial unit in thebank accounts of farmers before the tenth day of the month following each quarter(3)  it shall be the responsibility of the appropriate government to ensure implementation and monitoring of delivery by the management of the industrial units to the farmers of the share of their profits from the profits of the industrial units205  (1) any farmer aggrieved by the violation of any of the provisions of this act may file a complaint in writing with such authority, as the appropriate government may designateprocedure regarding filing of complaint, etc(2) the designated authority, either on his own or on a complaint filed under sub-section (1), shall cause an enquiry to be made in such manner, as may be prescribed25(3) where the inquiry under sub-section (2) is made on a complaint filed under sub-section (1), the inquiry shall be completed within one month of the making of the complaint(4) on completion of inquiry, the designated authority may order such action as may be appropriate and necessary to fulfill the objectives of this act:30provided that where the management of an industrial unit fails to comply with the orders of the designated authority, the designated authority may impose such fine, not less than rupees ten lakh, on the management, as  it may deem fitoverriding effect of the act6 the provisions of this act and the rules made thereunder shall have effectnotwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law for the time being in force35power to make rules7  (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rulesfor carrying out the purposes of the act40(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 reasonsagriculture is a prominent sector of indian economy  about two-third population of the country is dependent on agriculture for their livelihood usually, land is the only resource for a farmer the loss of this asset adversely affects the livelihood of a farmer due to poor compensation and lack of proper rehabilitation, the living conditions of farmers deteriorate and ultimately they fall in debt trap in many cases, after displacement, they have to move to cities and live in miserable conditions at the same time, the industrial units and projects, which are established on the land acquired from farmers at cheap rates, earn a huge profit due to a favourable economic policies of the government thus, it is necessary that proper provisions are enacted for compensation, rehabilitation, employment and sharing by farmers in the profits made by  such industrial projects so that livelihood of farmers is not jeopardized and their conditions do not become pitiable it must also be ensured that the interests of farmers are protected while moving ahead on the path of economic development of the country they should become a partner in the economic growth and the growth should also reach themhence this billnew delhi;hansraj gangaramji ahiraugust 10, 2007 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for comprehensive plan for rehabilitation of farmers displaced as a result of acquisition of their agricultural land as regards the expenditure involved in giving effect to the provisions of the bill in the states, it shall be borne out of the consolidated funds of the respective states however, in case of union territories, the expenditure shall be met out of the consolidated fund of india it is likely to involve a recurring expenditure of about rupees five hundred crore per annuma non-recurring expenditure of rupees hundred 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  this bill the rules will  relate to matters of detail onlythe delegation of  legislative power  is, therefore, of a normal character lok    sabha———— a billto provide for rehabilitation of farmers who are displaced as a result of acquisition of  theirland for setting up of industrial units, sharing by such farmers in the profits made byindustrial units and for matters connected therewith————(shri hansraj gangaramji ahir, mp)mgipmrnd—4273ls(s-5)—07112007