 bill no  130  of  2014 the flood control  bill, 2014 by shri om prakash yadav, mp a billto provide for the setting up of a national flood control board to suggest measures to control floods and for matters connected therewith 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 every year in almost all parts of the country;and whereas it is expedient in the public interest to take effective measures for flood controlbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fifth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 this act may be called the flood control act, 20142 (1) the central government shall set up a board to be known as the national flood control board (hereinafter referred to as the board)setting up of a national flood control board5(2) the head office of the board shall be at new delhi3 (1) the board shall consist of—composition of the board(a) a chairperson, who shall be an expert dealing with flood control, to be appointed by the central government;5(b) one representative each from every state government and union territory, who shall be expert on flood control measures, to be nominated by the central government in such manner as may be prescribed (2) the salary and allowance payable to and other terms and conditions of service of the chairperson and other members of the board shall be such as may be prescribed104 the central government shall make available to the board such number of officers and staff as may be required for efficient functioning of the boardprovision of officers andstaff for the boardfunctions ofthe board5 the board shall—(a) identify the areas which are prone to floods;(b) suggest measures for flood control; (c) prepare a time bound plan for inter-linking of rivers which are prone tofloods with the ones which are not so;15 20(d) suggest measures for the development of land in areas which are prone tofloods;(e) deploy 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 are forecast in an area;(f) advise the state governments as to preventive and rehabilitation measures during floods; and(g) advise the state governments for proper storage of rain water and construction of dams256 the cost of taking up of the flood control measures as suggested by the boardshall be borne by the central government and the state governments in such ratio, as may be determined by the boardcost to be borne by central and state governments7 (1) the board shall make recommendations to the central government as to floodcontrol measuresrecommendations to the government30(2) it shall be the duty of the central government to implement the recommendationsof the board:provided that where it is felt necessary that any recommendation cannot beimplemented due to any reason, the central government may, to be recorded in writing, inform the board accordingly35annual report8 the board shall prepare every year, in such form as may be prescribed, an annualreport 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 central government shall cause the same to be laid before each house of parliamentpower to make rules409 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rulesfor carrying out the purposes of the act45(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  reasonsindia is the land of many great rivers floods occur in almost all river basins of the country the water resources of the country are not being fully utilized every year there are floods which cause immense loss of life and property whereas in some parts of the country there are floods, there is drought in other parts the national resources are damaged by floods this problem needs to be addressed urgently to mitigate the effects of floodstherefore, it is expedient in the public interest to evolve an integrated and scientific approach to the flood control problems and to draw out a national plan fixing priorities for implementation in the futurethe bill seeks to provide for the setting up of a national flood control board to suggest measures to prevent and control floods in the countryhence this billnew delhi;om prakash yadavnovember 3, 2014 financial  memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides for setting up of a national flood control board clause 3provides for the composition of the board it further provides for salary and allowances of chairperson and members clause 4 provides that the central government shall provide officers and staff to the board clause 6 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 9 of the bill gives power to the central government to frame rules for carrying out the purposes of the billthe rules will relate to matters of detail only and as such the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character lok  sabha———— a billto provide for the setting up of a national flood control board to suggest measures to control floods and for matters connected therewith————(shri om prakash yadav, mp)gmgipmrnd—2663ls(s3)—01-12-2014