 bill no 174 of  2017 the  renewable energy resources commission bill, 2017 byshri sunil kumar singh, mp a billto provide for the setting up of a commission to exploit renewable energy resources in the country and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto        be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the renewable energy resources commission  act,2017short title, extent and commencement(2) it extends to the whole of india5(3) it shall come into force at oncedefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(i) "appropriate government" means in the case of a state, the government of that state and in all other cases, the central government(ii) "commission" means the renewable energy resources commission set up under section 3;(iii) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act; and5(iv) "renewable energy" means energy obtained from non-conventional sources such as sunlight, wind, ethanol, jatropha, urban waste, geothermal sources, tides, waves or any other such source 3 (1) the central government shall, by notification in the official gazette, set up a commission to be known as the renewable energy resources commission for carrying out the purposes of this actrenewable energy resources commission10(2) the commission shall consist of:—(i) a chairperson to be appointed by the central government having such qualification as may be prescribed;15(ii) one representative each from every state/union territory to be nominated by the state government/union territory administration concerned; and(iii) one representative each from the niti ayog, union ministries of power, water resources, river development and ganga rejuvenation, rural development, urban development, finance and environment, forest and climate change20(3) the secretary, union ministry of new and renewable energy shall be ex-officio secretary to the commission(4) the salary and allowances payable to and other terms and conditions of the service of the chairperson and members of the commission shall be such as may be prescribed254 (1) every state government/union territory administration shall, by notification in the official gazette, constitute a renewable energy resources commission for carrying out the purposes of this act(2) the state/union territory commission shall consist of a chairperson and such number of other members as the state government/union territory administration may deem necessary for carrying out the purposes of this actevery state government/ union territory administration to constitute renewable energy resources commission305 every state/union territory commission shall, as soon as possible, but not later than one year from the date of commencement of this act, identify the exploitable sources of renewable energy in their respective jurisdictions and send a report thereon to the commissionstate government to send detailed report to the commissioner356 (1) the commission shall, on receipt of report from the state/union territory commission, depute a team of experts to the state/union territory to verify and assess the possibility of exploiting renewable energy resourcescommission to depute a team of experts to the state/union territory(2) the team of experts shall submit a report to the commission at the earliest in such form and manner as may be prescribed40(3) the commission shall, on the basis of the report submitted by the team of experts, work out the estimated expenditure on the projects relating to exploitation of renewable energy and sent a report thereon to the central government7 the central government and the state governments shall contribute towards the expenditure incurred on the projects relating to exploitation of renewable energy in such ratio as may be prescribed:45provided that the central government shall contribute not less than fifty per cent of the total expenditurecentral government and state government to contribute towards the expenditure8 (1) the projects relating to exploitation of renewable energy shall be completed in a time bound mannerprojects to be completed in a time bound manner(2) the central government shall release funds for the implementation of projects relating to exploitation of renewable energy after making such enquiry about the progress of projects, as it may deem fit5power to make rules9 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of the act10 15(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 has vast reserves of natural resources—both renewable and non-renewable in the last few decades, the over dependence on fossil fuels for meeting our energy needs have resulted in many ecological and climatological issues including globle warming all over the world there is a shift towards greater use of renewable energy sources as they are not only available in abundance but also considered to be non-polluting in comparison to fossil fuels all over world, more than twenty per cent of energy requirements are being met through renewable energy sources in our country, the dependence on fossil fuels is not at all good for our economy as we have to import more than fifty per cent of our petroleum requirements in the coming years, with the acceleration of industrialization and rising demand of energy from our people, demand for power is going to increase manifold and the situation may worsen if immediate steps are not taken to promote exploitation of renewable energy resources it is proposed to constitute a renewable energy resources commission with a view to give fillup to the exploitation of renewable energy resourcesthe bill seeks to achieve the above objectivesjuly 10, 2017 financial  memorandumclause  3 of the bill provides for the setting up of a renewable energy resources commission clause 4 provides that similar commissions shall be constituted in every state and the union territory clause 6 provides that the commission shall send a team of experts to the states and the union territories with a view to verify the report sent by them and assess the possibility of exploitation of renewable energy resources while the expenditure relating to states shall be borne out of the consolidated funds of the respective states, the expenditure in respect of union territories shall be borne out of the consolidated fund of india clause 7 provides that the central government shall contribute to the expenditure incurred on the projects relating to exploitation of renewable energy in such ratio as may be prescribed the bill, therefore, if enacted, is likely to involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that an annual recurring expenditure of about rupees ten thousand crore will be involveda non-recurring expenditure of about rupees five thousand 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 of a normal character———— a billto provide for the setting up of a commission to exploit renewable energy resources in the country and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto————(shri sunil kumar singh, mp)gmgipmrnd—2198ls(s3)—13-10-2017