 bill no  79 of  2010 the displaced farmers (rehabilitation and other facilities) bill, 2010 byshri hansraj gangaram ahir, mpa billto provide for rehabilitation of farmers who are displaced as a result of acquisition of their land for setting up of industrial units, sharing by such farmers in the profits made by industrial units and for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the sixy-first year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this  act may be called the displaced farmers (rehabilitation and other facilities)act, 20105(2) it extends to the whole of indiashort title, extent  and commencement(3) it shall come into force on such date as the central government  may, by notification in the official gazette, appointdefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "appropriate government" means in the case of a state, the government of that state and in all other cases, the central government;5(b) "farmer" means a person whose agricultural land is acquired by the appropriate government for establishing any industrial unit, by whatever name called; and(c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act103 (1) the appropriate government shall prepare a comprehensive plan for the rehabilitation of farmers displaced as a result of acquisition of their agriculture land for setting up of any industrial unitcomprehensive rehabilitation plan for farmers(2) the rehabilitation plan under sub-section (1) shall include provisions of housing, adequate compensation, employment to one member of the family of a farmer in the industrial unit, agricultural land at a new site and such other facilities to the farmers, as the appropriate government may deem necessary154 (1) there shall be paid to every farmer, such share of profits of the quarterly net profits of the industrial unit, as may be prescribed(2) for the purpose of sub-section (1), the management of industrial unit shall—(a) maintain true accounts and publish them quarterly; and payment of share of profits to farmers out of the profits of industrial unit(b) deposit the share of every farmer in the profits of the industrial unit in the bank accounts of farmers before the tenth day of the month following each quarter20(3) it shall be the responsibility of the appropriate government to ensure implementation and monitoring of delivery by the management of the industrial units to the farmers of the share of their profits from the profits of the industrial units5 (1) any farmer aggrieved by the violation of any of the provisions of this act may file a complaint in writing with such authority, as the appropriate government may designate25procedure regarding filing of complaint, etc(2) the designated authority, either on his own or on a complaint filed under subsection (1), shall cause an enquiry to be made in such manner, as may be prescribed(3) where the inquiry under sub-section (2) is made on a complaint filed under subsection (1), the inquiry shall be completed within one month of the making of the complaint30(4) on completion of inquiry, the designated authority may order such action as may be appropriate and necessary to fulfil the objectives of this act:provided that where the management of an industrial unit fails to comply with theorders of the designated authority, the designated authority may impose such fine, not less than rupees ten lakh, on the management, as it may deem fit35overriding effect of the act6 the provisions of this act and the rules made thereunder shall have effectnotwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law for the time being in forcepower to make rules7 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rulesfor carrying out the purposes of the act40 45(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 reasonsagriculture is a prominent sector of indian economy about two-thirds population of the country is dependent on agriculture for their livelihood usually, land is the only resource for a farmer the loss of this asset adversely affects the livelihood of a farmer due to poor compensation and lack of proper rehabilitation, the living conditions of farmers deteriorate and ultimately they fall in debt trap in many cases, after displacement, they have to move to cities and live in miserable conditions at the same time, the industrial units and projects, which are established on the land acquired from farmers at cheap rates, earn a huge profit due to favourable economic policies of the government thus, it is necessary that proper provisions are enacted for compensation, rehabilitation, employment and sharing by farmers in the profits made by such industrial projects so that livelihood of farmers is not jeopardized and their conditions do not become pitiable it must also be ensured that the interests of farmers are protected while moving ahead on the path of economic development of the country they should become a partner in the economic growth and the growth should also reach themhence this billnew delhi;hansraj gangaram ahirjuly 10, 2010 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for comprehensive plan for rehabilitation of farmers displaced as a result of acquisition of their agricultural land as regards the expenditure involved in giving effect to the provisions of the bill in the states, it shall be borne out of the consolidated funds of the respective states however, in case of union territories, the expenditure shall be met out of 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 rupees fifty crore is also likely to be involved memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 7 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of  the bill the rules will relate to matters of detail onlythe delegation of legislative power is, therefore, of a normal character———— a billto provide for rehabilitation of farmers who are displaced as a result of acquisition of theirland for setting up of industrial units, sharing by such farmers in the profits made byindustrial units and for matters connected therewith————(shri hansraj gangaram ahir, mp)gmgipmrnd—3100ls(s3)—03-08-2010