 bill no 41 of  2012 the scheduled castes hamlets (provision of basic facilities) bill, 2012 by shri kodikunnil suresh, mp a billto provide for certain basic facilities to the persons belonging to the scheduled castes and living in hamlets and for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-third year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and commencementfacilities) act, 2012definition2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires, "hamlet" means a small village ora cluster of houses inhabited by the persons belonging to the scheduled castes53 (1) the central government shall, within a period of one year from the date of coming into force of the scheduled castes hamlets (provision of basic facilities) act, 2012, identify the hamlets inhabited by the persons belonging to the scheduled castes(2) for the purpose of identifying hamlets under sub-section (1), the central government shall use such methods as it may deem fitidentification of hamlets inhabited by persons belonging to scheduled castes104 the central government shall provide adequate funds to the state governments for the purposes of providing the following basic facilities free of cost to the persons belonging to the scheduled castes and living in hamlets identified under section 3, namely:—(i) potable water;funds to the state governments for providing certain basic facilities(ii) electricity;(iii) sewage facilities;(iv) toilet facilities;(v) road connectivity;15(vi) primary health centres;(vii) parks;(viii) crematorium; and(ix) pucca dwelling units205 the provisions of this act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other law for the time beingact not to be in derogation of any other law power to make rules6 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act25 30(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 reasonsthe persons belonging to the scheduled castes have been, for centuries, the most neglected, marginalized and exploited after independence, the polity of our nation has realized the importance of development of weaker sections specially the scheduled castes consequently, planned efforts have been made for their upliftment by the successive governments however, the benefits of affirmative action by the successive governments for the welfare of persons belonging to the scheduled castes have reached only to a small section of these persons in the last sixty-four years majority of persons of these castes are facing a lot of problems due to poor living conditions in the hamlets where they live in they do not have access to the basic necessities of life like potable water, sanitation, pucca houses, electricity etc, and are, therefore, unable to live a dignified lifetherefore, it is proposed that all hamlets inhabited by the persons belonging to the scheduled castes should be provided with all basic facilities to improve their standard of livinghence this billnew delhi;kodikunnil sureshmarch 26, 2012 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for identification of hamlets inhabited by the persons belonging to the scheduled castes clause 4 provides that the central government shall provide adequate funds to the state governments for providing certain basic facilities to the persons belonging to the scheduled castes and living in hamlets the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a sum of rupees five thousand crore would be involved as recurring expenditure per annuma sum of rupees ten thousand crore would be involved as a non-recurring expenditure memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 6 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 detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character———— a billto provide for certain basic facilities to the persons belonging to the scheduled castes and living in hamlets and for matters connected therewith————(shri kodikunnil suresh, mp)gmgipmrnd—43ls(s3)—17042012