 bill no   l  of  2009 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2009 a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe  it enacted by parliament in the sixtieth year of the republic of india as follows:—1  (1) this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 20091  (2) it shall come into force with immediate effectshort title and commencement2  in article 275 of the constitution, in clause (1) before the existing first proviso, the following provisos shall be inserted, namely:—amendment of article 275"provided that there shall be paid out of the consolidated fund of india as grants-in-aid of the revenues of a state such capital and recurring sums as may be necessary to enable that state to meet the expenditure on the implementation of various developmental works, welfare schemes and poverty alleviation programmes undertaken by that state in the larger public interest and is unable to implement such works, schemes or programmes, as the case may be, due to severe financial crisis being experienced by that state:provided further that a sum of rupees ninety thousand crore shall be allocated as grants-in-aid of the revenues of the state of uttar pradesh as one time grant for undertaking development works, poverty alleviation programmes and welfare schemes in the backward, poverty stricken and drought prone areas of bundelkhand and other parts of the state and a sum of rupees thirty thousand crore per annum shall be allocated as recurring expenditure for such purposes and such amount shall be charged on and paid out of the consolidated fund of india to the state of uttar pradesh" statement of objects and reasonsrecently, bundelkhand region of country's most populous state uttar pradesh was at the centre stage of both the print and electronic media for various tenable and untenable reasons unfortunately, mother nature has not been kind to the region and it has turned out to be one of the worst drought-hit regions of the country this has resulted in severe poverty, hunger, illness and backwardness of the region resulting in mass exodus, suicides and deaths due to various reasons these problems can only be overcome with the joint efforts of the state government, central government and the people of bundelkhand similar is the plight of some other parts of the state like eastern uttar pradesh which are economically, educationally, industrially and socially backward and underdeveloped areas in the state and are faced with numerous problems such as consistent failure of crops, severe unemployment, lack of industrial development due to very poor infrastructure, lack of educational and healthcare facilities lack of healthcare facility has resulted in steep increase of various diseases particularly vector borne diseases like malaria, japanese encephilitis, dengue, etc, water-borne diseases, tb, cancer and other diseases there is lack of educational facilities too as a result, poverty looms large in this region and areas frequent droughts and crop failures in these areas hit the economy of these areas and of the state very hardpresent state government is doing its level best to bring progress and prosperity in bundelkhand, eastern and other parts of the state through various poverty alleviation programmes and welfare measures but all this will require huge central assistance accordingly, the state government had demanded a special package of rupee ninety thousand crores for implementation of relief and rehabilitation programmes in bundelkhand and such other areas and for the implementation of various development projects and welfare schemes for the povery-stricken, dalit, backward people of uttar pradesh thereafter, special funds to the tune of thirty thousand crore rupees will be required every year for these very purposesarticle 275 of the constitution provides for payment of grants-in-aid of the revenues of various states who are in need of financial assistance for various developmental purposes to enable the central government to release the requisite funds to uttar pradesh amendment of this very article has become absolutely necessaryhence  this billakhilesh das gupta financial memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides that a sum of rupees ninety thousand crore will be allocated to uttar pradesh as one time grant and rupees thirty thousand crore every year as recurring expenditure to the state for implementation of various developmental works and welfare programmes therefore, if the bill is enacted it will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india as referred to aboveno non-recurring expenditure is likely to be incurred annexure extract from the constitution of india     275 grants from the union to certain states— (1) such sums as parliament may by law provide shall be charged on the consolidated fund of india in each year as grants-in-aid of the revenues of such states as parliament may determine to be in need of assistance, and different sums may be fixed for different states      ———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(dr akhilesh das gupta, mp)gmgipmrnd—2318rs(s5)—03052010