 bill no 285 of  2015 the jharkhand atomic authority bill, 2015 byshri sunil kumar singh, mp a billto provide for the establishment of an atomic authority for the purposes of setting up an atomic power plant for generating electricity in the state of jharkhand and for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 this act may be called the jharkhand atomic authority act, 2015 2 the central government shall establish an authority to be called the jharkhandatomic authority in the state of jharkhandestablishment of jharkhand atomic authority3 (1) the authority shall consist of the following members, namely:—composition of the authority(a) the prime minister of india, who shall be the ex-officio chairperson of theauthority;(b) the chief minister of the state of jharkhand or in his absence the governor ofthe state of jharkhand, who shall be the ex-officio vice chairperson of the authority;5(c) eighteen scientists, nine to be nominated by the central government andnine by the state government of jharkhand in accordance with such procedure as may be prescribed by rules framed under this act; and10(d) one member, to be appointed by the central government in consultation withthe government of the state of jharkhand, who shall be the director of the authority (2) the terms and conditions of the service of the members referred to in clauses (c)and (d) of sub-section (1) shall be such as may be prescribed15(3) subject to such rules as may be made by the central government in this behalf, the authority may, for the purposes of enabling it to perform its functions or exercise its powers efficiently under this act, appoint such officers and other employees, as it may think fit, and determine their functions and conditions of services 4 the fund of the authority shall consist of—fund of the authority(a) contributions, subscriptions and donations made to it by any person; and20(b) annual grants made to it by the central government after due appropriationmade by parliament, by law in this behalf5 the functions of the authority shall be to,—functions of the authority(a) set up an atomic power plant at an appropriate place in the state of jharkhand;25(b) set up atomic power plant for generating electricity to meet the energy needsof the state as well as those states in its neighbourhood whosoever shall intent to obtain supply of surplus electricity energy from the authority; and(c) perform such other functions as may be incidental, or conducive to thedischarge of its main functionspower to make rules6 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rulesfor carrying out the purposes of this act30 35(2) every rule made under this act by the central government 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 reasonsthere is acute shortage of electricity in the state of jharkhand and several other states in the region resulting in backwardness of the state and the entire region the lowest per capita consumption of electricity registered in the region has been largely attributable to perennial scarcity of electric power at affordable cost supply of quality electricity produced by atomic power plant will not only facilitate development of the region but will also result in lowering of input cost for industries strengthening their competitiveness especially in the international marketselectricity can be produced by harnessing atomic energy and one of the richest areas in the world containing vital raw-material is located in the state of jharkhand which has the richest uranium deposits in spite of that no atomic power plant for producing electricity has been set up in jharkhand so farthis bill seeks to establish an atomic authority in jhakhand to take appropriate steps for setting up of an atomic power plant in jharkhand so that adequate electricity can be made available to meet the growing industrial and domestic consumption in jharkhand it will boost the economy of the state and generate employment opportunitieshence this billnew delhi;november 17, 2015sunil kumar singh financial  memorandumclause 2 of the bill seeks to establish the jharkhand atomic authority clause 4 provides for grants to be made by the central government for its functioning the bill, therefore, if enacted would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a recurring expenditure of about rupees four crore per annum would be involved from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees two hundred crore is also likely to be involved memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 6 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act 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 establishment of an atomic authority for the purposes of setting up anatomic power plant for generating electricity in the state of jharkhand and for mattersconnected therewith————(shri sunil kumar singh, mp)gmgipmrnd—2832ls(s3)—03-12-2015