 bill no 178 of  2016 the rainwater (compulsory harvesting) bill, 2016 byshri sukhbir singh jaunapuria, mpa billto provide for compulsory harvesting of rainwater by every household, business establishment and government building, in order to ensure availability of water and for matters connected therewith or incidental theretobe  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the rainwater (compulsory harvesting) act, 2016short title and extent(2) it extends to the union territories onlydeclaration definitions3 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "business establishment" includes any building which is used as an officeor a factory in connection with any trade or business;(b) "government" means the central government or the union territory administration, as the case may be;5(c) "government building" includes the offices of the ministries, departments, public sector enterprises, statutory bodies or bodies owned or administered by the government and autonomous bodies, local self government bodies and residential areas of government employees provided by the government;(d) "household" means a dwelling unit of any description; and (e) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act104 notwithstanding anything contain in any other law for the time being in force, thegovernment shall construct and provide necessary infrastructure for rainwater harvesting in the buildings owned by it in such manner and within such time as may be prescribedcompulsory rainwater harvesting in government buildings5 (1) notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being inforce, every household and business establishment shall compulsorily adopt measures for rooftop rainwater harvesting in such manner and within such time as may be prescribed15compulsory rainwater harvesting by households and business establishments(2) it shall be duty of the head or karta of that household, to implement the provisionsof sub-section (1)6 it shall be the duty of the government to construct or repair conventional waterbodies such as wells, tanks, ponds, creeks and watersheds and other water bodies to preserve the rainwater so as to recharge the levels of ground waterduty of government to protect water bodies207 the government shall, as soon as possible, prepare an action plan to educate themasses about the technology and the benefits of rooftop rainwater harvesting and also associate non-governmental organisations and such other agencies or institutions, as it may deem fit for the purpose, in such manner as may be prescribedaction plan to educate the masses about rainwater harvesting punishment258 any person violating the provisions of this act shall be punished with simpleimprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with a fine which may extend to rupees one lakh or with both9 the provisions of this act shall have effect, notwithstanding anything inconsistenttherewith contained in any other law for the time being in forceact to have overriding effect10 the provisions of this act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of anyother law for the time being in force30act not in derogation of other lawspower to make rules11 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rulesfor carrying out the purposes of this act35(2) every rule made under this section 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 rule40 statement  of  objects  and  reasonsit is estimated that our country receives rainfall of about four thousand billion cubic metres every year and major part of this rainwater goes waste as it falls into the sea through the rivers of our country this huge wastage of rainwater is taking place inspite of the fact that there is severe shortage of drinking water throughout the country water is a scarce resource and its availability for drinking and other household purposes in the country as a whole is hardly as per requirement-more so in the desert and drought prone areas the only way to overcome this problem is to prevent the wastage of rainwater by conserving it through harvesting and recharging the ground water levelsidentification of the areas not receiving normal rainfall with the help of reconnaissance of each and every hamlet of the country, for success of this programme is the need of the hour the private sector as well as the non-governmental organisations have to play a major role in physical and financial terms, in order to achieve the goal of rainwater harvesting to save the planet earth, we have to make rooftop rainwater harvesting a movement of the masses, in which, the government, corporates and every household would participate and preserve the rainwater which is the purest form of water this will increase the level of ground water which can be used for drinking and other purposes hence, it has become necessary to make rooftop rainwater harvesting mandatory throughout the country to overcome the water scarcity which otherwise will worsen further in near future if we do not act nowhence this billnew delhi;sukhbir singh jaunapuriajuly 4, 2016 financial  memorandumclause 4 of the bill provides for creating infrastructure for compulsory rainwater harvesting in government buildings clause 6 provides that the central government shall construct and repair of water bodies clause 7 provides that the central government shall give publicity to benefits of rainwater harvesting and provide assistance to non-governmental organisations and private sector for the purpose of creation of rainwater harvesting infrastructure the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a sum of rupees one thousand crore is likely to be involved as a recurring expenditure per annuma non-recurring expenditure to the tune of rupees five thousand crore is also likely to be incurred from the consolidated fund of india memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 11 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill as the rules will relate to matters of details only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character———— a billto provide for compulsory harvesting of rainwater by every household, business establishment and government building, in order to ensure availability of water and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto————(shri sukhbir singh jaunapuria, mp)