 bill no 303 of  2015 the special financial assistance to santhal pargana region of the state of jharkhand bill, 2015 byshri nishikant dubey, mp a billto provide for special financial assistance to the santhal pargana region of the state of jharkhand for the purpose of promoting the welfare of the scheduled castes, the scheduled tribes and the other backward classes of the persons and for the development, exploitation and proper utilization of its resourcesbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and commencement1 (1) this act may be called the special financial assistance to the santhal pargana region of the state of jharkhand act, 2015special financial assistance to the santhal pargana of jharkhand52 there shall be paid such sums of moneys out of the consolidated fund of india, every year, as parliament may by due appropriation provide, as special financial assistance to the santhal pargana region of the state of jharkhand to meet the costs of such schemes of development, as may be undertaken by the state with the approval of the union government for the purpose of promoting the welfare of the scheduled castes, the scheduled tribes and other backward classes of persons or for the development, proper utilization and exploitation of the resources in the state3 the provision of this act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other law to be made by parliament or for the time being in forceact not in derogation of other law statement of objects and reasonsthe santhal pargana region of the state of jharkhand is socially and economically backward the problems of poverty, unemployment, illiteracy as well as measures for proper utilization of resources, welfare of weaker sections in the region are required to be addressed urgently by initiating new development schemes in a time-bound manner being a border area, santhal pargana of jharkhand is strategically located and it is in the nation's interest that its development needs are addressed it is, therefore, necessary that the central government should provide special financial assistance to the region of santhal pargana of jharkhand for its all-round development including the welfare of weaker sections and for the development and exploitation of its vast resources such a step of providing financial assistance to this region would go a long way in building this nation more and more stronghence this billnew delhi;nishikant  dubeynovember 13, 2015 financial memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides that there shall be paid such sums of moneys out of the consolidated fund of india, every year, as parliament may, by due appropriation, provide as special financial assistance to the region of santhal pargana of jharkhand to meet the costs of such schemes of development, as may be undertaken by the state with the approval of the central governmentthe bill, therefore, on enactment will involve expenditure out of the consolidated fund of india for providing special financial assistance to the region of santhal pargana of the state of jharkhand as the sums of moneys which will be given to the region of santhal pargana of jharkhand as special financial assistance by appropriation by law made by parliament will be known only after the welfare schemes to be implemented by the state government with the approval of the government of india are identified it is not possible to give the estimates of recurring expenditure, which would be involved out of the consolidated fund of india at this stageno non-recurring expenditure is likely to be incurred from the consolidated fund of india———— a billto provide for special financial assistance to the santhal pargana region of the state ofjharkhand for the purpose of promoting the welfare of the scheduled castes, thescheduled tribes and the other backward classes of the persons and for thedevelopment, exploitation and proper utilization of its resources————(shri nishikant dubey, mp)gmgipmrnd—2857ls(s3)—08122015