 bill no 292 of  2015 the cleaning of rivers (provision of financial assistance) bill, 2015 by shri mk raghavan, mp a billto provide for financial assistance to the states for cleaning and dredging of rivers in the country and for matters connected therewith or incidental theretobe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the cleaning of rivers (provision of financial assistance)act, 2015short title, extent and commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appoint102 (1) the central government shall provide such financial assistance, as may benecessary, to the state governments for the purpose of cleaning and dredging such rivers and construction of such bath ghats, as may be recommended by the state governments in their detailed report under sub-section (2)central government to provide financial assistance for cleaning and dredging of rivers(2) every state government shall prepare and forward a detailed report to the central government about the rivers within the state which require cleaning or dredging or construction of bath ghats in such manner and containing such details, as may be prescribed by rules made under this act(3) the central government shall, on receipt of a detailed report from a state government, select one or more rivers in that state after taking into consideration the following factors, namely:—(a) length and breadth of the river;(b) utility of the river, especially in farming;5(c) geographical location like hills or terrain of the river; and (d) whether it is a holy river and frequented by public in large number10central government to release requisite money 3 the central government shall release the requisite money for cleaning and dredging of selected river and construction of selected bath ghats to a state government within a period of six months from the receipt of detailed report under sub-section (2) of section 2power to make rules4 (1) the central government may make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act15 20(2) every rule made under this section 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 has a very vast water source but not utilized properly rivers are unclean, dirty and polluted dredging is also required to control floods for some holy rivers, lakhs of people visit every year and take bath but no facilities are available therestate governments do not have enough funds to clean the rivers therefore, it is proposed that the central government should extend financial assistance for cleaning riversnew delhi;mk raghavannovember 18, 2015 financial  memorandumclause 2 of the bill seeks to provide financial assistance to state governments for cleaning and dredging of the rivers and construction of bath ghats clause 3 provides that central government shall release requisite money to state governments for cleaning and dredging of rivers the bill therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that recurring expenditure of about rupees two thousand crore per annum would be involved from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees five thousand crore is also likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 4 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 financial assistance to the states for cleaning and dredging of rivers in the country and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto————(shri mk raghavan, mp)