 statement of objects and reasonsthere is an acute shortage of power in our country which is the primary cause of our backwardness because due to power shortage the industrial sector, the agricultural sector and the household cannot make progress at the desired levels resulting in ultimate backwardness our power stations whether these are thermal, hydel or atomic are producing electricity much below their generating capacity whereas the demand for electricity is increasing day-by-day in all the sectors it has been observed that while distributing the generated electricity, the electricity, boards and undertakings give priority to the urban areas and the industrial sector thereby neglecting the rural areas particularly the agricultural sector very often it has been seen that the electricity meant for rural areas is diverted to the urban areas hue and cry is raised by the people, by the print and the electronic media if there is a load shedding for few hours in the cities but nobody bothers when the electricity is cut off to the rural areas for months together even if the crops of the hapless farmer are withering in the absence of water as he cannot run the tubewell without electricity since more than 80 percent of our population is engaged in agriculture and agriculture-related activities, small and cottage industries, it is our national duty to give uninterrupted electricity supply to the agricultural sector, it is also necessary to provide at least ek batti connection to every dwelling unit in the country to remove their darkness to achieve these objects it is proposed to establish a rural electricity authority to provide electricity exclusively to the rural areas and uninterrupted electricity supply to the agricultural sector and to give at least one bulb connection to every household in the villages the authority will also give special attention towards drought prone areas in the country hence this bill new delhi; ramdas athawale february 28, 2000 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provide for the establishment of a rural electricity authority clause 4 provides for establishment of new power generating stations clause 5 provides for the appointment of a secretary, officers and other staff clause 6 provides for the moneys to be provided by central government to the rural electricity development fund the bill, if enacted and brought into operation will involve recurring expenditure of rupees five hundred crore from the consolidated fund of india every year, a non-recurring expenditure of about one hundred crore tupees is also likely to be involved memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 11 of the bill gives power to the central government to make rules for carrying out the-purposes of the bill the rules will relate to the matters of detail only the delegation of legislative power, therefore, is of a normal character