 bill no 147 of 2015 the commission for the formation of the state of bundelkhand bill, 2015 by shri bhairon prasad mishra, mp a billto provide for the constitution of a commission for the formation of a separate state of bundelkhand by reorganization of the existing states of uttar pradesh and madhya pradesh and for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—commencementdefinitions2 it this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) bundelkhand includes the districts of hamirpur, mahoba, jhansi, lalitpur, jalaun, banda and chitrakoot districts of the state of uttar pradesh; and chattarpur, tikamgarh, panna, damoh, sagar and datia districts of the state of madhya pradesh; and5(b) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act3 the central government shall, by notification in the official gazette, constitute a commission to study and report on the formation of a separate state of bundelkhand by reorganization of the existing states of uttar pradesh and madhya pradeshcommission for the formation of a separate state of bundelkhand4 (1) the commission shall consist of:—10(i) a chairperson, who shall be a retired judge of the supreme court; and composition of the commission(ii) four members having at least ten years of experience in the field of social service in the bundelkhand region or having special knowledge in the field of regional development, to be appointed by the central government, in such manner, as may be prescribed15(2) the salary and allowances payable to, and other terms and conditions of service of, the chairperson and members of the commission shall be such as may be prescribed(3) the commission shall have its office at banda in the state of uttar pradesh (4) the central government shall provide such number of officers and staff to the commission as may be required for its efficient functioning205 (1) the commission shall perform such functions with regard to formation of a separate state of bundelkhand as may be assigned to it by the central governmentfunctions of the commission(2) without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provision, the commission shall make recommendation on,—(i) allocation of assets to the proposed state of bundelkhand;25(ii) allocation of government employees and officers to the proposed state of bundelkhand;30(iii) in consultation with the election commission of india, delimitation of constituencies for elections to the house of the people and legislative assemblies of the states of uttar pradesh and madhya pradesh and the proposed state of bundelkhand; and(iv) allocation of water and natural resources to the proposed state of bundelkhand356 the central government shall, after due appropriation made by parliament by law in this behalf, provide to the commission such sums of money as the central government may think fit for the purposes of this actcentral government to provide adequate funds7 the commission shall have the power to secure the assistance of any office or agency under the administrative control of the existing states of uttar pradesh or madhya pradesh for carrying out the functions assigned to it under this actpower of the commission to call upon to secure assistance40term of the commission8 (1) the commission shall submit its report on the formation of a separate state of bundelkhand to the central government within a period of one year from the date of its first sitting:provided that the central government may, on a request made by the commission extend the time for submission of the report for such period, being not more than six months as it may deem appropriate9 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of the actpower to make rules510(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 reasonsone of the poorest and backward regions in the country, bundelkhand in central india is a drought-prone area with limited natural resources, severe water scarcity, improper land planning and management, poor industrial development, limited livelihood options, gender discrimination and poor economic growth the people of this region have remained politically and economically separated from mainstream and have very low levels of economic and human developmentlack of information and awareness measures to empower communities, gender discrimination, exclusion of girls from education, inadequate skills and limited capacity building opportunities, poor access to development services, very little access to livelihoods and lack of collaborative action from different development agencies are the major issues that need to be addressed and resolvedthe region is economically and industrially one of the most backward region in indialack of resources, poor communications and infertile land are some of the reasons for under-development of the region since the early 1960s, there has been a movement for establishing a bundelkhand state for proper development of the region bundelkhand is geographically the central part of india covering some part of the state of madhya pradesh and some part of  the state of uttar pradesh in spite of being rich in minerals, the people of bundelkhand are very poor and the region is underdeveloped and underrepresented in state and central politics there are several local parties and organisations—some are promoting further development of the region and some seeking separate statehoodbundelkhand region falls in and is being administered by two states the states of uttar pradesh and madhya pradesh possess different strategy and development orientation this is the root cause of all crisis the common region of bundelkhand is being administered by two different approaches now how this condition affects development can be illustrated by drawing one's attention towards ravine formation ravine formation is a natural process which gets accelerated when there is deforestation now both these states are having a separate policy regarding managing ravines so ravine formation is increasing while the authorities in the both states capital blame each otherthere are many other such examples but the root cause of all this is the lack of political organisation thus, the demand for a separate state of bundelkhand is being raised time and againthe people of bundelkhand have the right to claim political entity that will play pivotal role in shaping the destiny of this poorest region in the countryhence this billnew delhi;bhairon prasad mishramarch 26, 2015 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for the constitution of a commission for the formation of a separate state of bundelkhand clause 4 provides for the salary and allowances of the chairperson and members of the commission clause 6 provides for payment of funds to the commission by the central government the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a recurring expenditure of rupees twenty crore per annum would be involved a non-recurring expenditure of about rupees five crore is also likely to be involved memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 9 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the provisions of the billas the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character———— a billto provide for the constitution of a commission for the formation of a separate state of bundelkhand by reorganization of the existing states of uttar pradesh and madhya pradesh and for matters connected therewith————(shri bhairon prasad mishra, mp)gmgipmrnd—373ls(s3)—30-04-2015