 bill no 27 of  2010 the orissa (alteration of name) bill, 2010 a billto alter the name of the state of orissabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-first year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the orissa (alteration of name) act, 2010short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, bynotification in the official gazette, appoint2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—definitions(a) "appointed day" means the date appointed under sub-section  (2) of section 1 for the coming into force of this act;(b) "appropriate government" means, as respects a law relating to a matter enumerated in list i in the seventh schedule to the constitution, the central government, and as respects any other law, the state government;(c) "law" includes any enactment, ordinance, regulation, order, bye-law, rule, scheme, notification or other instrument having the force of law in the whole or any part of the state of orissa3  as from the appointed day, the state of orissa shall be known as the state of odishaalteration of name of state of orissaamendment of article 1644 in article 164 of the constitution, in clause (1), in the proviso, for the word ''orissa'',the word ''odisha'' shall be substitutedamendment of article 2735 in article 273, in clause (1), for the word ''orissa'', the word ''odisha'' shall besubstituted6 in the first schedule to the constitution, under the heading "i the states", in entry 10, under the column "name", for the word "orissa", the word "odisha" shall be substitutedamendment of first schedule to the constitution7 in the fourth schedule to the constitution, under heading "table", in entry 14, in the second column, for the word "orissa", the word "odisha" shall be substitutedamendment of fourth schedule to the constitution power to adapt laws8 (1) for the purpose of giving effect to the alteration of the name of the state of orissa by section 3, the appropriate government may, before the expiration of one year from the appointed day, by order, make such adaptations and modifications of any law made before the appointed day, whether by way of repeal or amendment, as may be necessary or expedient, and thereupon every such law shall have effect subject to the adaptations and modifications so made(2) nothing in sub-section (1) shall be deemed to prevent a competent legislature or other competent authority from repealing or amending any law adapted or modified by the appropriate government under the said sub-sectionpower to construe laws9 notwithstanding that no provision or insufficient provision has been made under section 8 for the adaptation of a law made before the appointed day, any court, tribunal or authority, required or empowered to enforce such law, may construe the law in such manner, without affecting the substance, as may be necessary or proper in regard to the matter before the court, tribunal or authoritylegal proceedings10 where immediately before the appointed day any legal proceedings are pending to which the state of orissa is a party, the state of odisha shall be deemed to have been substituted for the state of orissa in those proceedings statement of objects and reasonsthe government of orissa forwarded to the central government in december2008, the resolution passed by the legislative assembly of orissa on 28th august, 2008 that, inter alia, the name of the state specified as "orissa" in the first schedule of the constitution be changed as "odisha" and translation of the word "odisha" in hindi language should be revised as ^^vksfm+'kk accordingly and authorised the government of orissa to place the matter before government of india for change of name of the state and change of language of the state and change of their hindi translations2 as required by the proviso to article 3 of the constitution, the president referred the bill to the legislature of the state of orissa for expressing its views thereon the legislative assembly of orissa considered the orissa (alteration of name) bill, 2009 and adopted a unanimous resolution agreeing with the bill3 the orissa (alteration of name) bill, 2010 provides for such alteration of name of the state of orissa and contains necessary amendments to the provisions of the constitution and also consequential provisionsnew delhi;p chidambaramthe 14th february, 2010 ———— president's  recommendation  under  article  3  of the  constitution  of  india[copy of letter no 19012/3/2007-sr dated the 3rd march, 2010 from shri p chidambaram, minister of  home affairs to the secretary-general, lok sabha]the president, having been informed of the subject matter of the bill to alter the name of  the state of  orissa, recommends the introduction of the bill in the lok sabha under article 3 of the constitution memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 8 of the bill empowers the state government to adapt and modify existing laws for the purpose of giving effect to the alteration of name of the state of orissa to odisha by clause 3 this power will be available only for a period of one year from the appointed day the adaptations and modifications cannot affect the substance of the laws adapted2 the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character annexure extracts from the constitution of india|     |     |     |     |    ||------|------|------|------|-----|other provisions as to ministers164 (1) the chief minister shall be appointed by the governor and the other ministers shall be appointed by the governor on the advice of the chief minister, and the ministers shall hold office during the pleasure of the governor:provided that in the states of chhattisgarh, jharkhand, madhya pradesh and orissa, there shall be a minister in charge of tribal welfare who may in addition be in charge of the welfare of the scheduled castes and backward classes or any other work|     |     |     |     |    ||------|------|------|------|-----|grants in lieu of export duty on jute and jute products273 (1) there shall be charged on the consolidated fund of india in each year as grantsin-aid of the revenues of the states of assam, bihar, orissa and west bengal, in lieu of assignment of any share of the net proceeds in each year of export duty on jute and jute products to those states, such sums as may be prescribed|     |     |     |     |    ||------|------|------|------|-----| first  schedule [articles 1 and 4] 1 the  states|                                                                      |                                                                   |    | name   | territories   ||----------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|----|--------|---------------||                                                                     |                                                                  |   |       |              || 10  orissa                                                          | the territories which immediately before the commencement of this |    |        |               || constitution were either comprised in the province of orissa or were |                                                                   |    |        |               || being administered as if they formed part of that province          |                                                                   |    |        |               ||                                                                     |                                                                  |   |       |              | fourth  schedule [articles 4(1) and 80(2)] allocation of seats in the council of statesto each state or union territory specified in the first column of the following table, there shall be allotted the number of seats specified in the second column thereof opposite to that state or that union territory, as the case may be:table|             |     |     |     |    ||--------------|------|------|------|-----|| 14orissa 10 |      |      |      |     ||             |     |     |     |    |————abillto alter the name of the state of orissa————gmgipmrnd—1058ls(s5)—09-03-2010