 bill no  126 of  2009 the  special financial assistance to the state of uttarakhand bill,  2009 by shri kc singh 'baba', mp a billto provide for special financial assistance to the state of uttarakhand for the purpose of promoting the welfare of scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other backward sections of people and for the development, exploitation and proper utilization of its resourcesbe it enacted by parliament in the sixtieth year of republic of india as follows:—special financial assistance to the state of uttarakhand52 there shall be paid such sums of moneys out of the consolidated fund of india, every year, as parliament may by due appropriation provide, as special financial assistance to the state of uttarakhand to meet the costs of such schemes of development, as may be undertaken by the state with the approval of the government of india for the purpose of promoting the welfare of scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other backward sections of people or for the development, proper utilization and exploitation of the resources in the state3 the provisions of this act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other law to be made by parliament or for the time being in forceact not in derogation of other law statement of objects and reasonshaving been part of the erstwhile state of uttar pradesh, the region known as uttarakhand remained socially and economically backward mainly because it was found impracticable to administer this region from the far away capital at lucknow the low pace of development in the region resulted in the agitation by the people of the region for a  separate state ultimately, the government of india respected the wishes of the people of the region and a new state of uttarakhand was created the state was also subsequently granted the special category statusthe state of uttarakhand is socially and economically backward problems of poverty, unemployment, illiteracy as well as measures for proper utilization of resources, welfare of weaker sections in the region and for initiating new development schemes are required to be addressed urgently and in a time bound manner it is, therefore, necessary that the central government should provide some special financial assistance to the state of uttarakhand for its all-round development including the welfare of weaker sections and for the development and exploitation of its vast resources such a step of providing financial assistance to this new born state would go a long way in building this nation more and more stronghence this billnew delhi;kc singh 'baba'november 5, 2009 financial memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides that there shall be paid such sums of moneys out of the consolidated fund of india, every year, as parliament  may by due appropriation provide, as special financial assistance to the state of uttarakhand to meet the costs of such schemes of development, as may be undertaken by the state with the approval of the government of indiathe bill, therefore, on enactment, will involve expenditure out of the consolidated fund of india for providing special financial assistance to the state of uttarakhand as the sums of moneys which will be given to the state of uttarakhand as special financial assistance by appropriation by law made by parliament will be known only after the welfare schemes to be implemented by the state government with the approval of government of india are identified, it is not possible to give the estimates of recurring expenditure, which would be involved out of the consolidated fund of india at this stageno non-recurring expenditure is likely to be incurred from the consolidated fund of india———— a billto provide for special financial assistance to the state of uttarakhand for thepurpose of promoting the welfare of scheduled castes, scheduled tribesand other backward sections of people and for the development,exploitation and proper utilization of its resources————