 bill no  vi  of 2007 the jharkhand atomic authority  bill, 2007 a billto provide for the establishment of an atomic authority for the purposes of setting up an atomic power plant for generating electricity in the state of jharkhand and for matters connected therewithbe  it enacted by parliament in the fifty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the jharkhand atomic authority act, 2007(2) it shall come into force with immediate effectshort title and commencement 2 the central government shall establish an authority to be called the jharkhand atomic authority in the state of jharkhandestablishment of jharkhand atomic authority3 (1) the authority shall consist of the following members, namely:—composition of the authority(a) the prime minister of india, who shall be the ex-officio chairman of the authority;(b) the chief minister of the state of jharkhand or in his absence the governor of the state of jharkhand, who shall be the ex-officio vice chairman of the authority;(c) eighteen scientists, nine to be nominated by the central government and nine by the government of jharkhand state in accordance with such procedure as may be prescribed by rules framed under this act; and(d) one member, to be appointed by the central government in consultation with the government of the state of jharkhand, who shall be the director of the authority (2) the terms and conditions of the service of the members referred to in clause (c) and(d) of sub-section (1) shall be such as may be prescribed by rules made under this act(3) subject to such rules as may be made by the central government in this behalf, the authority may, for the purposes of enabling it to perform its functions or exercise its powers efficiently under this act, appoint such officers and other employees, as it may think fit, and determine their functions and conditions of services4 the funds of the authority shall consist of,—funds of the authority(a) contributions, subscriptions and donations made to it by any person; and (b) annual grants made to it by the central government after due appropriation made by parliament in this behalf5 the functions of the authority shall be to,—(a) set up an atomic power plant at an appropriate place in the state of jharkhand;functions of the authority(b) set up atomic power plant for generating electricity to meet the energy needs of the state as well as those states in its neighbourhood whosoever shall intent to obtain supply of surplus electricity energy from the authority;(c) perform such other functions as may be incidental, or conducive to the discharge of its main functions;power to make rules6 the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthere is acute shortage of electricity in the state of jharkhand and several other states in the region resulting in backwardness of the state and the entire region the lowest per capita consumption of electricity registered in the region has been largely attributable to perennial scarcity of electric power at affordable cost supply of quality electricity produced by atomic power plant will not only facilitate development of the region but will also result in lowering of input cost for industries strengthening their competitiveness especially in the international marketselectricity can be produced by harnessing atomic energy and one of the richest areas in the world containing vital raw-material is located in the state of jharkhand which has the richest uranium deposits in spite of that no atomic power plant for producing electricity has been set up in jharkhand so farthis bill seeks to establish an atomic authority in jharkhand to take appropriate steps for setting up of an atomic power plant in jharkhand so that adequate electricity can be made available to meet the growing industrial and domestic consumption in jharkhand it will boost the economy of the state and generate employment opportunitieshence this bills s ahluwalia financial  memorandumclause 2 of the bill seeks to establish the jharkhand atomic authority clause 4 provides for grants to be made by the central government for its functioning it is estimated that a sum of rupees one hundred crore will be required from the consolidated fund of india initially to set up the authority a sum of rupees two crores per year will also be required to meet the recurring expenditure memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 6 of the bill empowers the central government to frame rules for carrying out the purposes of this act the delegation of legislative power is, therefore, of normal character rajya  sabha———— abillto provide for the establishment of an atomic authority for the purposes of setting up anatomic power plant for generating electricity in the state of jharkhand and for mattersconnected therewith————(shri ss ahluwalia,  mp)mgipmrnd—1217rs(s-5)—16032007