bill no  vi  of 2010 the flood and drought control  bill, 2010 a billto provide for the setting up of a national flood and drought control board to control flood and drought and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto whereas  entry 56 of list i-union list of the seventh schedule to the constitution provides for regulation and development of inter-state rivers and river valleys to the extent to which such regulation and development under the control of the union is declared by parliament by law to be expedient in the public interest;and whereas a lot of havoc is caused by floods and drought every year in almost all parts of the country;and whereas  it is expedient in the public interest to take effective measures for flood control and checking drought;be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-first year of the republic of india as follows:—1  (1) this act may be called the flood and drought control act, 2010short titles, extent and commencement(2) it shall come into force at oncedefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires:—(a) "board" means the national flood and drought control board established under section 3 of this act; and(b) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act53 (1) the central government shall establish, by notification in the official gazette, a board to be known as the national flood and drought control board for performing functions assigned under this act(2) the head office of the board shall be at new delhiestablishment of the national flood and drought control board(3) the board shall consist of,—10(a) a chairman, who shall be an expert dealing with flood and drought control, to be appointed by the central government; and(b) a representative each from every state government and union territory, who shall be expert on flood control measure and drought management, to be nominated by the central government in such manner as may be prescribed15(4) the salary and allowances payable to and other terms and conditions of service of the chairman and other members of the board shall be such as may be prescribed(5) the central government shall make available to the board such officers and staff as may be required for efficient functioning of the board4 the functions of the board shall be,—functions of board(a) to identify areas which are prone to floods and droughts;20(b) to suggest measures for flood and drought control; (c) to make a time bound plan for inter-linking of rivers which are prone to floodswith the ones  which are not so;(d) to suggest measures for the development of land in areas which are prone tofloods and drought;25(e) to install flood forecasting system in such areas which are prone to floodsand warn the inhabitants in those areas to move out to safer places in case floods and droughts are forecast in the area; (f) advise the state governments on the preventive measures and rehabilitationduring floods, and30(g) advise the state government for proper storage of rain water and constructionof dams5 the expenditure involved in the flood and drought control measures as suggested by the board shall be borne by the central government and the state governments in such ratio, as may be determined by the board35ratio of expenditure to be borne by the control and state government6 (1) the board shall from time to time make recommendations to the central government on the flood and droughts control measuresrecommendations of the board(2) it shall be the duty of the central government to implement the recommendations of the board:40provided that where it is felt  that any recommendation cannot be implemented due to any reason, the central government may, for the reasons to be recorded in writing inform the board, accordinglyannual report7 the board shall prepare once in every calender year, in such form and at such time as may be prescribed, an annual report giving a true and full account of its activities during the previous year and copies thereof shall be forwarded to the central government and the government shall cause the same to be laid before each house of parliamentpower to make rules58 the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules forcarrying out the purposes of this act statement  of  objects  and  reasonsindia is the land of many great rivers floods occur in almost all river basins of the country and many parts of the country are visited by droughts the water resources of the country are not being fully utilized every year there are floods which cause immense loss of life and property and the same can be said about droughts whereas in some parts of the country there are floods, there is drought in other parts the national resources are damaged by floods the problem, therefore, needs to be addressed urgently to mitigate the effects of floods and droughtstherefore, it is expedient in public interest to evolve an integrated and scientific approach to the flood control and dealing with droughts and to draw out a national plan fixing priorities for implementation of strategies in the futurethe bill seeks to provide for the setting up of a national flood control and droughts board to suggest measures to prevent and control floods and droughts in the countryhence this billt subbarami reddy financial  memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for setting up of a national flood and drought control board clause 5 provides that the expenditure on flood control measures suggested by the board shall be borne by the central government and state governments the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is likely to involve a recurring expenditure of about rupees one hundred crore per annuma non-recurring expenditure of about rupees one hundred crore is also likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 8 of the bill gives power to the central government to frame rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill the rules will relate to matters of detail only and as such the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character rajya  sabha———— a billto provide for the setting up of a national flood and drought control board to control flood and drought and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto————(drt subbarami reddy, mp)gmgipmrnd—2334rs(s5)—03-05-2010