 bill no  8  of  2016 the special financial assistance to the state of maharashtra bill, 2016 by shri gopal chinayya shetty, mp a billto provide for special financial assistance to the state of maharashtra for the purposes of promoting the welfare of the scheduled castes, the scheduled tribes, other backward sections of the people and agricultural labourers, development of  infrastructure and backward districts, exploitation and proper utilisation  of its resources and for matters connected therewithbe  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—(2) it shall come into force on such date as  the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint52  there shall be paid such sums of money out of the consolidated fund of india, every year, as parliament may by due appropriation by law provide, as special financial assistance to the  state of maharashtra to meet the costs of such schemes of development, as may be undertaken by the state with the approval of union government for the purposes of—special financial assistance to the state of maharashtra(i) promoting the welfare of the scheduled castes, the scheduled tribes and other backward sections of the people;10(ii) implementing welfare measures with a view to improve the conditions of agricultural labourers;(iii) allocating adequate funds for special development projects; (iv) developing necessary infrastructure; and(v) development, exploitation and proper utilisation of resources in the state153 the provisions of this act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other law for the time being in forceact not in derogation of other laws statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthe state of maharashtra is socially and economically backward problems of poverty, unemployment and illiteracy are required to be addressed urgently besides, the measures for proper utilisation of resources in order to address the issue of backwardness in the state, measures for the welfare of weaker sections in the region and new development schemes in a time-bound manner are required to be initiatedit is, therefore, necessary that central government should provide special financial assistance to the state of maharashtra for its all round development including the welfare of weaker sections and for the development and exploitation of its vast natural resources such a step of providing financial assistance to the state of maharashtra would go a long way in building a more powerful nationhence this billnew delhi;gopal chinayya shettydecember 22, 2015 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 maharashtra to meet the cost 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 maharashtra as the sums of moneys which will be given to the state of  maharashtra 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 maharashtra for the purposes ofpromoting the welfare of the scheduled castes, the scheduled tribes, otherbackward sections of the people and agricultural labourers, developmentof  infrastructure and backward districts, exploitation and proper utilisation  of  its resources and for matters connected therewith————(shri gopal chinayya shetty, mp)gmgipmrnd—4102l(s3)—12022016