 statement of objects and paesthe need for levelling down economic disparities between different regions of the country was accepted as soon as the nation launched upon planned economic development accelerated development of backward areas, with a view to reducing regional disparities, was one of the important national objectives but, even after 52 years of independence, the economic disparities among regions have not only persisted but have also increased required attention has not been paid to develop the backward areas for the development of the backward areas of the country and to bring them up ina short time to the level of the rest of the country, the strategy should be to evolve a fully integrated development programme for identified backward areas to ensure their all round progress for drought-prone areas which have a predominance of small and marginal farmers, area based programmes which envisage a flow of the necessary inputs in the form of a package to enable accelerated economic development should be implemented in addition, a programme of giving incentives to enable accelerated industrialisation of identified backward areas should also be implemented it should be ensured that infrastructural facilities like power, water supply and transport are steadily devieoped and made available to areas which are at present lagging behind industrially or where there is a greater need for providing opportunities for employment in order to achieve these objectives, an autonomous body, though under the overali control of the central government, should be established which would be responsible for planning and implementation of area based package programmes in coordination with the planning commission and the state governments the bill seeks to achieve the above objective new delhi; february 3, 2000 subodh mohite financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for the establishment of the backward areas development board clause 9 provides for payment of salary to vice-chairman clauses 10 and 11 provide for appointment of a secretary to the board and other necessary staff for performance of the functions of the board, the bill, therefore, if enacted, is likely to involve a recurring expenditure of about rupees fifteen lakhs from the consolidated fund of india on account of administrative expenses so far as the development expenditure (clause 6) is concerned, that will form part of the annual expenditure on development plans of the country as a whole, and the development funds shall be made available to the board after due appropriation by parliament an estimate of such expenditure is not possible: at this stage nevertheless a sum of rupees ten thousand crore may be recurred per annum a non-recurring expenditure of about tupees fifty crore is also likely to be incurred, memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 13 of the bill empowers the central government to frame rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill as the rules will provide for matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character