 bill no 10 of  2007 the renewable energy resources commission bill, 2007 byshri ks rao, 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 theretobe it enacted by parliament in the fifty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the renewable energy resources commission act, 2007short 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 a state government or the central government, as the case may be;(ii) "commission" means the renewable energy resources commission set up under section 3 of this act;(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 or waves or any other source from which renewable energy can be obtained 3 (1) the central government shall set up a commission to be known as the renewable energy resources commissionrenewable energy resources commission(2) the commission shall consist of:—10(i) a chairman to be appointed by the central government having such qualification as may be prescribed;(ii) one representative each from every state/union territory to be nominated by the state government/union territory administration concerned;15(iii) one representative each from the planning commission, union ministries of power, water resources, rural development, urban development, finance and environment and forests; and(iv) the secretary, union ministry of new and renewable energy, who shall be, ex-officio, secretary to the commission (3) the conditions of service, salaries and allowances of chairman and other members of the commission shall be such as may be prescribed20 4 (1) every state government/union territory administration shall constitute a renewable energy resources commission25(2) the state/union territory commission shall consist of a chairman and such number of other members as the state government/union territory administration may deem necessary to nominateevery state government/ union territory administration to constitute renewable energy resources commission5 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 commission30 6 (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 resources(2) the team of experts shall submit a report to the commission at the earliestcommission to depute a team of experts to the state/union territory35(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 send a report thereon to the central government7 (1) 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:40provided 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 such scrutiny of its progress as it may deem fit9 the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of the actpower to make rules5 statement  of  objects  and  reasonsindia has a vast resource 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 global 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 percent 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 percent 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 fillip to the exploitation of renewable energy resourcesthe bill seeks to achieve the above objectives 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/ union territory clause 6 provides that the commission shall send a team of experts to the state/union territory with a view to verify the report sent by the state/union territory 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 frame 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 lok  sabha————— 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 ks rao, mp)mgipmrnd—95ls(s3)—08022007