 bill no  xl of  2006 the underdeveloped and backward areas and regions (special provision for accelerated development) bill, 2006 a billto provide for the establishment of an autonomous central authority to ensure rapid,   accelerated and overall development of poor, underdeveloped and backward          areas and regions of the country which lag behind in matters of             development of economic, social, educational, technical,                infrastructural and industrial fields and assure their                 speedy development in a planned manner and for                     matters connected therewith and incidental                                      theretobe it enacted by parliament in the fifty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—(2) it extends to the whole of india (3) it shall come into force at oncedefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires:—(a) "appropriate government" means in the case of a state, the government ofthat state and in other cases the central government;5(b) "authority" means the underdeveloped and backward areas and regionsdevelopment authority established under section 4;(c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act;10(d) "underdeveloped and backward areas and regions" means the areas andregions which are economically, socially, educationally and industrially lagging behind from the rest of the country and so declared by central government under section 315notification of underdeveloped and backward areas and regions3 the central government shall, as soon as may be, but not  later than one year fromthe commencement of this act, by notification in the official gazette, declare such areas and regions of the country as poor, underdeveloped and backward areas and regions, which in its opinion require priority attention to bring them at par with the rest of areas and regions of the country4 (1) the central government shall, by notification in the official gazette, establish an authority to be known as the underdeveloped and backward areas and regions development authority20establishment of underdeveloped and backward areas and regions development authority(2) the authority shall be a body corporate, by the name aforesaid, having perpetual succession and a 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 sued25(3) the headquarter of the authority shall be at bhubaneswar in the state of orissa and the authority may, with the consent of the appropriate government establish offices at other places in the country5 the authority shall consist of the following members:—composition of the authority(a) the prime minister who shall be the ex-officio chairman of the authority (b) the deputy chairman of the union planning commission who shall be thevice chairperson of the authority;30(c) five members of parliament representing underdeveloped and backwardregions of whom three shall be from the lok sabha and two from the rajya sabha to be nominated by the presiding officers of the respective houses;35(d) ten members to be appointed by the central government representing theplanning commission and ministries/departments of agriculture, rural development, industry, finance, railways, road transport, human resource development, power and water resources of the union government;(e) not more than five members to be appointed by the central government by rotation in the alphabetical order to represent the governments of the states having the underdeveloped and backward areas and regions406 (1) the authority shall follow such procedure for holding its meetings and the quorum for such meetings shall be such as may be prescribedprocedure to be followed by the authority(2) no act or proceeding taken by the authority under this act shall be questioned on the ground merely of;—45(a) the existence of any vacancy in, or defect in the constitution of the authority, or(b) any omission, defect or irregularity not affecting the merits of the casesecretariat of the authority7 (1) the authority shall have a secretariat consisting of such officers, employees and establishment as may be prescribed5(2) the conditions of service, emoluments and other perks of the officers and employees shall be such as may be determined from time to time for the efficient functioning of the secretariat of the authorityfunds of the authority 8 the central government shall provide, from time to time, after due appropriation made by parliament by law in this behalf, adequate funds for the developmental works to be undertaken by the authority and for its administrative expenses109 (1) it shall be the duty of the authority to undertake such special steps in order toensure rapid and accelerated development of underdeveloped and backward areas and regions of the country, as it may deem necessary and expedient to do so for the overall development of such areas and regions15authority to ensure rapidgrowth anddevelopment of underdeveloped and backard areas and regions20(2) without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions, the authorityshall initiate measures for the accelerated development particularly of industrial growth with immunity of investments, infrastructure pertaining to railways, roads, communication network, agriculture, irrigation facilities by implementing watershed projects in a big way and constructing wells, bore wells, canals, ponds, etc, potable water facilities, power projects pertaining to thermal, hydel, solar and wind energies, forests, agro based industries and livestock, poultry, piggery, orchards, cooperatives of milk and other things, cottage and village industries, health services, family welfare, education, network of pds, public distribution system, vocational avenues, tourism and such other activities as the authority may deem necessary for the overall development of the underdeveloped and backward areas and regions of the country2510 the appropriate government shall, for the purposes of this act, provide the requisitenecessary assistance to the authority in undertakings its developmental work in the areas and regions within the territorial jurisdiction of such governmentappropriate government to provide requisite assistance to the authority power to remove difficulties3011 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 forremoving the difficultyannual report of the authority12 the authority shall submit an annual report, in such form and in such manner, asmay be prescribed, of its activities of development undertaken under this act to the president of india who shall cause the report to be laid before both the houses of parliament along with action taken by government thereon as soon as it is received35supplementing provision13 the provisions of this act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of anyother law for the time being in force regulating any of the matters dealt with in this actpower to make rules14 the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules forcarrying out the purposes of this act statement of objects and reasonsit is very awesome that even after more than five decades of independence and implementation of as many as nine five year plans and the tenth five year plan being midway of implementation there are many states, areas and regions which are still underdeveloped, backward and inflicted with extreme poverty, hunger and sufferings in the country the eastern parts of the country particularly orissa, bihar, jharkhand, eastern uttar pradesh, entire north-eastern region, chhattisgarh and tribal areas of madhya pradesh in the central india, vidarbha, marathwada, saurashtra, kutchh desert and famine prove areas of rajasthan in the western parts, telengana, mehboob nagar, rayalseema in andhra pradesh and other areas in southern parts of the country are still most backward kalahandi-bolangir- koraput (kbk) in orissa are synonymous with backwardness and hunger non development of many areas and regions has given rise to demand for creation of new states some new states have already been created whereas the demand for other states like vidarbha, gorkhaland, telengana, harit pradesh, bodoland, etc is being raised frequently though reducing regional imbalance is one of the primary goals of our five year plans but, unfortunately, this imbalance still persists which clearly shows that we have not paid the required attention to the development of such states, areas and region in the right earnestso in the larger interest of the country as a whole, it has become necessary to develop such underdeveloped states, areas and regions on priority basis for which special efforts have to be made and necessary steps need to be taken at the national and state levels to secure rapid and accelerated development of such states, areas and regions for this purpose an autonomous authority should be established for implementing state, area and region based package programmes for their overall development in coordination with central and state governments so as to ensure accelerated development of underdeveloped and backward states, areas and regions in the countryhence this billbj panda financial  memorandumclause 4 of the bill provides for the establishment of underdeveloped and backward areas and regions development authority clause 8 provides for the funds of the authority the bill if enacted will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is not possible to assess the actual requirement of funds at this stage but it is estimated that a recurring expenditure to the tune of two thousand crore rupees per annum is likely to be involvednon-recurring expenditure of about one hundred crore rupees is also likely to be incurred memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 14 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill, which will relate to matters of details onlythe delegation of legislative power is of normal character———— a billto provide for the establishment of an autonomous central authority to ensure rapid,accelerated and overall development of poor, underdeveloped and backwardareas and regions of the country which lag behind in matters ofdevelopment of economic, social, educational, technical,infrastructural  and industrial fields and assure theirspeedy development in a planned manner and formatters connected therewith or incidentalthereto————(shri bj panda, mp)mgipmrnd—514rs—(s5)—12-05-2006jkt; lhkk esa 12 ebz] 2006 dks iqj%lfkkfir :i esa7- leqfpr ljdkj ,slh ckfydk] ftls nsg&o;kikj vfkok os';ko`fùk ls cpk;k x;k gks vfkok tks bl vf/kfu;e ds izorzu ds i'pkr~ /ka/ks ls ckgj gks xbz gks] ds fy,] ;fkklahko 'kh?kz] iquokzl vksj dy;kkdkjh mik; rs;kj djsxh vksj bu mik;ksa esa fu%'kqyd fpfdrlh; ns[kjs[k] vkj;] hkkstu] dim+s vksj nsuafnu thou;kiu dh vu; vko';drk,a] o;kolkf;d f'k{kk lfgr fu%'kqyd f'k{kk] ykhkdj jkstxkj] fookg vksj bl rjg ds vu; ;fkkfofgr mik; 'kkfey gksaxsa8- dsuæh; ljdkj bl fufeùk laln dh fof/k }kjk fofu;ksx ds i'pkr~] bl vf/kfu;e ds iz;kstuksa dks dk;kzfuor djus ds fy, le;≤ ij i;kzir vko';d fuf/k;ka iznku djsxhabu ckfydkvksa dks cpkus ds fy;s ckfydkvksa dks nsg&o;kikj vfkok os';ko`fùk esa /kdsyus ;k blds fy, mgipmrnd—499rs—(crc)—12-05-2006