 bill no  190 of  2017 the special financial assistance to mumbai bill, 2017 by shri rahul shewale, mp a billto provide for special financial assistance to mumbai in the state of maharashtra for the    purposes of implementation of development and welfare schemes for the women,      children, senior citizens and poor people living in mumbai and for matters                           connected therewith or incidental                                        thereto   be  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-eighth year of the republic of india asfollows:—short title andcommencement     1 (1) this act may be called the special financial assistance tomumbai  act, 20175(2) it shall come into force with immediate effectspecial financial assistance to mumbai102 (1) notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, there shall be paid in five years such sums of money out of the consolidated fund of india, being not less than rupees fourteen thousand and six lakh crore, as the parliament may by due appropriation made by law in this behalf provide, as special financial assistance to mumbai(2) the special financial assistance under sub-section (1) shall be provided to the municipal corporation of greater mumbai to meet the cost of development work and welfare schemes as may be undertaken by the state government of maharashtra for carrying out the purposes of this act5(3) without prejudice to the generality of the provision contained in sub-section (2), the development works and welfare schemes of mumbai may include,—(a) creation and maintenance of water conservation bodies, digging of open wells, ponds and desiltation of such bodies, from time to time;(b) promotion of rain water harvesting as a movement; (c) afforestation particularly on vacant or barren and waste land;10(d) setting up fodder banks at conspicuous places; (e) creation of foodgrains banks at conspicuous places to help the farmers andother villagers;(f) initiating welfare measures for improving the conditions of agriculturalworkers, senior citizens, women, children, and poor people living in mumbai;15(g) improving the health and education standards of the children particularlythe girl child;(h) creation of employment opportunities in mumbai for employment throughoutthe year and particularly for the period of natural calamities;20(i) providing potable water for the people and livestock; (j) providing skill development training to the youth particularly the unemployedones;(k) creation of good quality infrastructure of roads, electricity, schools, collegesand transport;25(l) establishing community centres; (m) establishing cold storages and warehouses for the farmers; and(n) such other provisions as the state government of maharashtra may deem necessary for carrying out the purposes of this act30power to remove difficulty3 (1) if any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this act, the central government may, by order, published in the official gazette, make such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this act as may appear to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty:provided that no order shall be made under this section after the expiry of two years from the date of commencement of this act35(2) every order made under this section shall, as soon as may be after it is made, be laid before each house of parliament4 the provisions of this act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other law for the time being in force dealing with the subject matter of this actact not in derogation of other laws statement of objects and reasonsmumbai, known for its valour, rich traditions and culture, prosperity and development both in urban areas and rural areas, is presently suffering the worst this trend has to be stopped in mumbai through massive water conservation with check dams and other structures to arrest rain water run off the traditional methods of water conservation through digging of open wells, ponds, lakes and such other bodies and time to time desiltation of such water bodies needs to be undertaken rain water harvesting has to be promoted as a mass movement in mumbai afforestation on a large scale particularly on barren and wastelands has to be promoted in mumbaiunfortunately regions of mumbai are not developed in comparison to other regions of the state in terms of infrastructure facilities like that of potable water, roads, electricity, sanitation and other development indicators such as employment, per capita income and education particularly of the girl child welfare measures for the senior citizens, widows, physically handicapped or infirm do not exist in mumbai the government has to provide all these facilities and work towards containing the desertification and give the requisite push to the much desired development in mumbaihowever, all this require massive financial resources which are beyond the capability of the state government of maharashtra appropriate central financial assistance is required in mumbai to overcome the financial crunch in mumbaihence this billnew delhi;rahul shewalejuly  7, 2017 financial memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides for special financial assistance to the municipal corporation of greater mumbai to be paid out of the consolidated fund of india by the central government every year which shall not be less than fourteen thousand and six lakh crore rupees to be spent by the state government of maharashtra for development works and welfare schemes the bill, therefore, if enacted will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of indiano non-recurring expenditure is likely to be involved———— a billto provide for special financial assistance to mumbai in the state of maharashtra for thepurposes of implementation of development and welfare schemes for the women,children, senior citizens and poor people living in mumbai and for mattersconnected therewith or incidentalthereto————(shri rahul shewale, mp)