 bill no 47 of  2018 the  solar  energy  promotion  bill,  2018 by shri shrirang appa barne, mp a billto provide for the promotion of solar energy by establishing an authority to protect the environment and control the global warming being caused due to burning of fossil fuels for energy production resulting in noxious emissions therefrom and for matters connected therewith or incidental theretobe  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the solar energy promotion  act, 2018(2) it extends to the whole of  indiashort title, extent and commencement5(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(b) "authority" means the national solar energy authority of india establishedunder section 3;(c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act; (d) "solar energy" means the energy obtained from natural sources of sunlight3 (1) the central government shall, as soon as may be, by notification in the official gazette, establish an authority to be known as the national solar energy authority of india for carrying out the purposes of this actestablishment of national solar energy authority5(2) the headquarters of  the authority shall be at new delhi and it shall have offices at such other places in the country as it may deem necessary for carrying out the purposes of this act(3) the authority shall consist of:—composition of the authority(a) a chairperson, who shall be an expert scientist having adequate knowledgeand professional experience in the field of solar energy, to be appointed by the central government;10(b) one deputy chairperson with such qualifications as may be prescribed, tobe appointed by the central government;(c) five members of parliament of whom three shall be from lok sabha and twofrom rajya sabha to be nominated by the respective presiding officers of the house concerned;15(d) five members to represent the union ministries of environment and forests,science and technology, new and renewable energy, planning and finance, to be nominated by the central government;20(e) four members to represent the non-governmental organisations workingfor the protection of environment and promotion of solar energy in the country, to be nominated by the central government in such manner as may be prescribed; and(f) four members to be nominated by the governments of the states to be rotatedamongst the states in alphabetical order25(4) the authority shall be a body corporate by the name aforesaid having perpetual succession and common seal with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property both movable and immovable and to contract and shall by the said name sue and be sued(5) the term of office of the chairperson, deputy chairperson and members of the authority and the procedure to be followed in the discharge of the functions of the authority shall be such, as may be prescribed30(6) the salary and allowances payable to, and other terms and conditions of the service of members other than  ex-officio members of the authority shall be such as may be prescribed(7) the central government shall provide such number of officers and staff to the authority as is required for its efficient functioning35(8) the salary and allowances payable to, and other terms and conditions of the officers and staff of the authority shall be such as may be prescribed(9) the authority shall meet at least two times in a yearfunctions of the authority404 (1) subject to any guidelines issued by the central government under the provisions of this act, the authority shall perform and undertake such special steps in close co-ordination with concerned ministries, departments and public sector enterprise of the central and state governments for the rapid and accelerated promotion and development of solar energy throughout the country as it may deem necessary and expedient to do so for the promotion of solar energy(2) without prejudice to be generality of the foregoing provisions, the authority shall,(a) formulate solar energy policy, its goals and execution plan; (b) develop indicative standards of solar energy;(c) support and encourage research and development through government and private sector participation involving all major research laboratories;(d) work for greening of industry and create public awareness of climate changeand other environmental issues;5(e) facilitate infrastructure development of solar energy in rural areas;(f) suggest ways for conversion of fossil fuel based on industrial heating to solarthermal heating through new solar concentrator technology or its hybrids;(g) suggest educational and other policy initiatives for solar energy;10(h) create interactive web based resource maps of different solar technologies tofacilitate speedy project development and market expansion;(i) facilitate quick technology transfer and adoption of solar energy; and (j) such other activities as may be assigned from time to time5 (1) notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the  time being in force, the appropriate government shall in consultation with the authority make it compulsory for every establishment including government establishments to,—15(a) use the photovoltaic energy in all public buildings;government and commercial establishments to use solar energy20(b) ensure every company, firm in any business having open area of more than200 square yards on ground or roof install photovoltaic or solar cells to fulfil its fifty per cent of electricity and fuel demand shall impose heavy fine of  rupees one lakh per month;(c) make provision for time-bound solar water heating in all buildings with defined floor area;(d) make it mandatory for electricity utilities for compulsory purchase of electricity from solar energy sources;(e) reserve adequate land for setting up of solar energy projects;25(f) encourage monetarily by providing loan at one per cent interest for purchase,installation and use of solar cells; and(g) take such other steps as the appropriate government may deem necessary30(2) the appropriate government shall, as soon as may be, identify the exploitable sources of solar energy in their respective territorial jurisdictions and send project reports thereon to the authority which shall depute a team of experts to verify and assess the possibility of exploiting solar energy sources35(3) the authority shall on the basis of the report submitted by the team of experts work out the estimated expenditure on the projects submitted to it under sub-section (2) and recommend the central government to implement the projects in a time-bound mannercentral government to provide funds6 the central government shall, after due appropriation made by parliament by law in this behalf, provide to the authority in each financial year such sums as may be considered necessary and adequate for the performance of the functions of the authority under this act40authority to prepare annual reports7 the authority shall prepare once in every calendar year in such form and at suchtime as may be prescribed an annual report giving a true and full account of its activities during the previous year and copies thereof shall be forwarded to the president of india who shall cause the same to be laid before both the houses of parliamentpower to remove difficulties458 (1) if any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this act, the centralgovernment may, by order published in the official gazette, make such provisions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty:provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of the period of two years from the date of the commencement of this act(2) every order made under this section shall as soon as may be after it is made, be laid before both the houses of parliamentpower to make rules59 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rulesfor carry out the purposes of this act10(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 reasonsthe world meteorological organisation has reported that a series of record breaking weather events have caused havoc in the world during the year 2007 temperature records were broken in western and central russia in may and in south eastern europe in june and july in many european countries' april was the warmest ever recorded month china and some parts of india were hit by the worst snowfall followed by avalanches according to research, even though temperatures are showing precarious rise, global warming is forecast to set in with a vengeance only after 2009 with at least half of the five following years expected to be hotter than 1998, the warmest year on record the global warming is being caused by human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels which release greenhouse gases the accelerating rate of carbon dioxide emissions is largely due to rising energy consumption, notably coal and petroleum products resulting from an increasing population and higher per capita gdp the mitigation of global warming is possible only through a transition to a low carbon economy, which means large-scale development of solar energy is the biggest imperative of our times for environmental protectionour country has vast potential of solar energy according to conservative estimate, mega watt wind power potential is 4500 mega watt and with the growth in unit size of turbines, greater land availability and expanded wind resource exploration, this potential should go up significantly up to one lakh mega watt at the same time an urgent assessment of the potential of power generation from solar energy in our country is essential this is more so because of the recent growth of concentrating solar power (csp) the desert area of our country have the solar radiation required for csp production a 60 km x 60 kilometer area can produce one lakh mega watt of power we have a desert area of 208110 square kilometer in rajasthan and gujarat even if we use only 15000 square kilometer of desert we can produce three lakh mega watt of power the solar energy power production potential in our country can easily be scaled up to six lakh mega watt in the future through multifarious sources and new energy technologies we are also capable of producing bio-fuels it is felt that an authority to tap these potentials should be established at the national levelhence this billnew delhi;shrirang  appa  barnejanuary 22, 2018 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for the constitution of national solar energy authority it also provides for the composition of the authority and the salary and allowances for its chairperson, deputy chairperson, members, officers and staff clause 4 provides for infrastructure development of solar energy in rural areas clause 6 provides that the central government shall provide adequate funds to the authority the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that an annual recurring expenditure of rupees five hundred crore will be involved from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees one hundred crore is also likely to be involved memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 9 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, therefore, of a normal character———— a billto provide for the promotion of solar energy by establishing an authority to protect theenvironment and control the global warming being caused due to burning of fossilfuels for energy production resulting in noxious emissions therefrom andfor matters connected therewith or incidental thereto————(shri shrirang appa barne, mp)gmgipmrnd—4057ls(s3)—13-02-2018