 bill no 13 of  2007 the national information technology commission bill, 2007 by shri adhalrao shivaji patil, mp a billto provide for the setting up of a national information technology commission and for matters connected therewith or incidental theretobe  it enacted by parliament in the fifty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and extent1  (1) this act may be called the national information technology commission act, 2007(2) it extends to the whole of indiadefinitions52  in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(i) ''appropriate  government''  means  the  state  government  or  thecentral government, as the case may be;(ii) ''commission'' means the national information technology commissionset up under section 3 of this act; and(iii) ''prescribed'' means prescribed by rules made under this act3  the central government shall set up a commission to be known as the national information technology commission to regulate and expedite growth of information technology in the countrynational information technology commission54  (1) the commission shall consist of a chairman and four other members to beappointed by the central government having such qualifications as may be prescribedcomposition of the commission(2) the conditions of service, salaries and allowances of chairman and other members of the commission shall be such as may be prescribed(3) the commission shall have such number of officers and staff as may be required for the efficient functioning of the commission105 the commission shall perform the following functions:—functions of thecommission(i) take appropriate steps to set up information technology parks in cities withpopulation of more than one million and in cities having potential for development of information technology;15(ii) recommend to the central government regarding concessions/incentives tobe given for the promotion of export of hardware and software; and(iii) such other functions as may be assigned to it by the central government6 for the purpose of clause (i) of section 5, the appropriate government shall afford to the commission all assistance in making available land free of cost and infrastructural facilities such as electricity, water and roadsappropriate government to extend all help to the commission207 (1) the central government shall, as soon as possible, but in no case later than sixmonths from the commencement of this act, through notification in the official gazette, formulate a national policy on information technologynational policy on information technology(2) the policy formulated under sub-section (1) shall be reviewed at least once in every three years, or earlier, if such review is deemed necessary by the central government| 25                                                                                  ||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| make rules                                                                         || 8                                                                                  || the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for || carrying out the purposes of the act                                               | statement  of  objects  and  reasonsinformation technology industry is one of the fastest growing industries of the countrybut  even now there is tremendous potential for further growth what is needed is the formulation of a proper policy and assistance from the government if these are put in place, there is no doubt that our country will rank number one in terms of export of software and hardwareat present, there is no clear cut policy for the development of information technology in the country the government does not give any assistance to the companies working in this field several foreign companies are willing to set up their offices in our country but due to lack of required infrastructure they prefer to stay away as a result these companies go to other countries which offer better infrastructure this industry can prove to be a major source of revenue for the government and also provide immense employment opportunities to our people but so far the government has not done much to tap the huge growth potential of information technology industrytherefore, it is proposed that a national commission on information technology be set up to regulate and promote the development of information technology industry in the country it is also proposed that a national policy on information technology be formulatedthe bill seeks to achieve the above objectivenew delhi;adhalrao  shivaji  patilnovember  8, 2006 financial  memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for the setting up of a national commission on information technology clause 4 provides for the composition of the commission and salaries and allowances of the chairman and members of the commission clause 5 provides that the commission shall set up information technology parks in cities with population of one million or more clause 6 provides that the appropriate government shall provide all assistance to the commission in setting up of information technology parks the expenditure relating to states shall be borne out of the consolidated funds of the respective states however, the expenditure in respect of union territories shall be borne out of the consolidated fund of india the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that an annual recurring expenditure of about rupees ten thousand crores will be involveda non-recurring expenditure of about rupees five thousand crores  is also likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 8 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character———— a billto provide for the setting up of a national information technology commission and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto————(shri adhalrao shivaji patil, mp)mgipmrnd—195ls(s-5)—08-02-2007