 , the -blectriciit (supply) amendment bill, 1965 a biufurther to ,amend the eleciricitv (supp1v) act, 1mb bi: it enacted by parliallient in the sixteenth year of the republic of india as followa:-1 (1) this act may be called the electricity (supply) ameod- sbm1 ment act, 1965 title add com-s (2) sections 20, 21 and 22 shall be deemed to have come into force _niceon the 1at day of april, 1985 and save as otherwile provided bl thja medt act the remaining provisions shall come into force at once     mot 1mb z in section 5 of the electricity (supply) act, una (hereinafter ameadreferred to as the' principal act), in aul:hecuon (6) t the words "or ment of jo within the twelvemontht '-pt preceding wa," ahall be omitted mctiog is 3 in section 7 of the principal act, for clause (b), the following amendmet of clause shan be substituted, namely:--ctioil'1:-' " (b) references in this act to-(i) the state, (ii) the state electricity consultative council, and 5 (iii) the state legislature  ahall, 11dless the context otherwise requires, be construed as references respectivelv +0-- (a) both states, (b) where more than one state electricity consultative 10 councll has been constituted under section 16,· -to all such councila, and ~c) the legislatures of both states;" 4 in section 16 of the principal act,-  amend-jdedtof mdion 18 , ' (i) in sub-aection (2), for the word "seven", the word 15 "!iht" shall be iubsututed; (ii) for sub-section (~), th~ fonowing sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-" (6) the board aball place before the state electricity consultative tcouncll the' 1idilua1 ftnancial statement and 20 supplementary statement, if any, and shall take into conalderation any comments made on such statement in the said coujieil before submittidi the i8jde to the stat govemmen 1 under ~ion 61" 5 in section 19 of the principal act, in sub-section (4~, after the as word ifdetermfned", the words uby arbitration" shall ~ inserted amendmentof iiiction 19 ainenf-6 for section 29 of the prillclpal act, the followin~ section shall ment of "'be; tu ~dtuted" da!'lleiy:-~~ , pubuca-"29' (1) a scheme prepared for any area uncfer section 28 tlonand may, subject to the provisions of this section, be aancuoned by 30 iuic-the b0ard' either generady or in respeet of arrr, part of the area tlonld8' of icbe;' , aad: where a scheme hag been sanctioned, tn, reapeet of part of mel ' ~ area, it may' subsequently b~ "sanctioned' in respect of other parts of that arel·'  (2) every scheme sanctioned under this section ahall be published  in the ofbclal gazette and in such local newspapers 81 the board may codtdder necessary: - s provided that it shall not be necessary to 80 publish any scheme which is estimated to result in a capital expenditure not exceeding twenty-8ve lakhs of rupees (3) before sanctioning any scheme which is estimated to result ina capital expenditure exceeding on~ crore of rupees,  the following procedure shan be adopted, namely:-10 15 , (i) the board shau send a copy of the scheme to the state government and to the authority and cause such scheme to be pu1)liahed in the oftlcial gazette and in such local newspapers as the board may consider necebl81"1; and the board shall give public notice of the date, not being 1_ than two months after the date of the notice, by which licensees and other persons interested may make representations thereon and when publiabing such a scheme the board shall show estimates of the capital expenditure involved and of the initial and ultimate revenues anticipated from the sale of energy, meter rentals and other services 20 25  (ii) the board, after-ronsidering any such "representations and after making such inquiries, if any, as it thinb flt, may sanction the scheme either without modiflcation or iubject to such modifications as it thing fit, and either generally or ~ resgect of any part of the area spec:ifted- in the published scheme: 30 provided that no such scheme shall be sanctioned by the board without prior consultation with the authority and until any recommendations which the authority may, in accordance with the provisions of this act, make upon such consultation have received due consideration by the board: 3s  provided further that where the recommendations of the authority in regard to any scheme are not accepted by the board, the board shall not sanction the scheme without the previous consent of the state government (4) in respect of any scheme to which the provisions of sub-aection (3) apply, the board shall within( one month after being requested by the authority so to do, supply the authority with all such information incidental or supplementary to the ich~e ~ may be specifted in the request" ·7 in section 30 of the principal act, for the word, brackets and figure "8ub-s~on (2)", the words, b~ts add ftpres "clause (ii) o~ 8ub-hction  (3)" shall be 8ubstltuted  8 in section 31 of the principal act,-amend-ididtol eedlon81 (i) for the word, brackets and ftgure "sub-section (2) ", the s words brackets and figures "clause (ii) of sub-section (3)" shall be substituted; (ii) in the proviso for the word, brackets and figure "subsection (3) ", the word, brackets and figure '~sub-aect1od (4)" shall be substituted  10 amend-i in- section 32 of the princi~ act, after the words "sanctioned ment of and", the worda "where, 80 required" shall be inserted mctlon32 amend-10 in ~tion 40 of the principal act, after the words "agreement ment of be detennined", the words "by arbitration" ahall be inserted leetion 40 11 for bection 49 of the principal act, the following section shall is be, apd shall be deemed always to have been, substituted namely:-subltitutionof new'hc-tiontor 1ecti0"l 49  "49 (1) subject to the provisions of thja act and of regulations, if any, made in this behah, the board may supply electricity to any person not being a uced8ee upon such terms and conditions as the board thinks ftt and may for the purpose8 of 20 such supply frame uniform tariffs (2) in ftxing the uniform tarifts, the board shall have regard to au or ~y of the following factors, namely:-provision for the liile ofelectricity by the board to perltodsothel' thad· &ed- (4) the nature of the supply and the purposes for which  it is required; (b) the co-ordinatect development of the supply and c:uatribution of electricity within the state in the most efilcient and economical manner, with particular ~erence to such development in areas not for the time being served or adequately served by the ucensee; (c) the aimpllilcation and ~tiod of methods ~d rates of charges for such suppu; (d) t4e· ·extedaion add cheapedijlf of iuppu_ of electricity to sparhly developed areas (3) nothing in the foregoing provisiodl of this section shall derf?p~mjhe _pqwer-olthejloard-ifjl_considen it necel-sary or ~en"t to ftx difterent tarifta ff?r the aupply of e1ectrici~to any penon not being a license, having ~gard to the geographical post tion of any area, the nature of the supply and purpose for which supply is required and any other relevant factors (4) in fixing the tariff and terms and conditions for the iupply of electricity, the board shall not show undue preference to any person" 10 12 after ,section 60 of the principal act, the fonowing section 1diershall be inserted, namely: -tiod at dewift-  ticllla 9 of 1908 20 "60a where the right to recover any amount due to the period of state government for or in connection with the consumption of umitatiol electricity is vested in the board and the period of limitation to == enforce such right has expired before the coilititution of the e  board, or within three years of its constitution, then, notwithstanding anything contained in the indian limitation act, 1908 or any other law for the time being in force relating to limitation of action, the board may institute a suit for the recovery of buch amount,-(i) where it has been constituted before the commencement of the electricity (supply) amendment act, 1985, within three years of such commencement; add 25 (ii) where it has been constituted after such commencement, within three years of its consutution"   u in section 62 of the principal act, in subraection (1), for the ameddwords "twenty-five thousand" and "one lakh", the words "seventy- medt at  ftve thousand" and "three lakhs" shall respectively be subatftuted etiaa a 14 in section 67 of the principal act,-amead-(i) in clause (viii), for ihe word "eight", the word "fifteen" = tn shan be substituted; (ii) for clause (z), the fonowing clause shall be aubatituted, namely:-35  "(z) the balance to be appropriated to a fund to be called the development fund to be utilf8ed for-:-(4) p1l1'poi88 bene:flclal, in the opinion of the board, -  to· electrical developmeat in the state;  :1, - (b) repayment of loans advanced to the board under seotjt>n ~ and required to be repaid: provi4~ tbat·where-llo-auch-lo&n-ia_outatanding,_ oqejl,,,lf of' the balance aforesaid shall be credited to the consolidated flmd of the state"  s 15 for section 68 of the principal act, the following section 'shall be substituted, namely:-subltltution of new lectiori for section 88 depre_ ciation reserve "68 the board snail create a depreciat;~~ reserve- and, as far as compliance with the provisions ot secti~n 67 makes it practicable, shall, at the end of every year, credit to·such reserve 10 from its revenue an amount calculated in accordance with the straight line method of depreciation, that is· to say, such an amount as is arrived at by dividing ninety per cent of the original colt of the assets by the prescribed period in respect of such assets: 1 s rrovided that the contribution in respect of any asset to the qeprecilltion reserve under this section shall cease at the end of the prescribed period as d~6ned in sixth schedule or when the ~sset ceases to be used by the board, whichever is earlier:  froviq~ further that if in any year it is not practicable 20 fully to comply with the provillio~ of this section, the ~ount by whicn ute s\ud8 a~ually crqcuted falla short of the amount required under this section in respect of that year, shall be carried forward and together wth simple interest thereon at the reserve bank rate ruling at the beginning of that year, shal12s  pe credtted t() tbe ~d re~ , oon as it is found possible in accom~ce ~t~ "ecuq~ 67, ~ tq do: provided further that the accumulations in the depreciation reserve may be invested in the business of the board, or utillsed for repayment of princi~l ~ot su __  anteed litlder section 86 or 30 for repayment of sums paid by the state government under guarantees under that section" ~ us, in 8ectio~' 75 of tl\~ principal act-(i) sub-section (1) shall be omitted; amendmentol beetlod 75 (ii) bub-section (1a) shall be re-numbered as sub-eec- 3s tion (1) thefeot and in ub-_tton (1) sa so re-numbered,-(cd 'tb~ words, brackets and figure "without prejudice to the provillqqi of ~ecttotl (1) ,' shall ,be ojllitted, (b) after the words "to the' state government", the words "before amch date_and'~all be inserted 17 in section 76 of the ptideipal act, sub-section (1) shall be amendomitted ment of section 78 s 18 in section 82 of the principal act, for the 'words "any person", amen!tthe words "arry member, offtcer ar ~t of the board" shall be ::m ~bstituted 82 11 in the fourth ~h~ule to the priricipal act, in paragraph ii, amend-il'l the' second proviso, after the word "detennined", the words, "by ;wn~ 10 arbitration" shall be inserted s:edu1e • in the fifth schedule to the principal act, lor paragraph iii, amendthe followil'lg paragraph ~all ~ 8ttbitituted, namely: _ ;~ of sche-11111 for the purposes of c~use (e) of paragraph 1,-dule is 20 (i)' "depreciated, coat of the lines" means original cost thereof as determined m accordauee with the provisions of sub-paragrapb (6) ~f paragraph xvii of-the sixth schedule lea the amount written oft or set aside on account of depreciation on fixed assets and the amount written off in respect of intangible anets thereof in the books of the undertaldng before or after the commencement of this act; \ (ii) the rate of interest shall be,-(4) where the- licmsee ownfilg the lines is a local authority, the 8"o'enge tate imyame on the money raised by that authority for  the· purpose of eonstruc:ting the lines;, 2s (b) in any other case, the reserve bank rate ruling at the' beginning of the year referred to ili paragraph i plua two per centum" %1 in the sixth schedule to the principal act,--(i) in paragrapb 1,-30 amendmentof _ sixth (4) for the ~ord "rates" wherever it occurs, the word =:-"charges" shall be substituted; (b) in· the second proviso, for the \\tord "fifteen", the word "twenty" shall be substituted;' (c) the following proviso shall be added at the end, dame}y:-- "providect also that_nothina in this sebedulp shall be deemed to prevent a ucenaeefrom levying, with the previoui approval of the state goveriunent, minimum s cbarees10r supply of electricity for any purpoae"; (it) after jnil"agraph i, the following paragraph shall be :i~ namej1:-"la the notice referred to in the third proviso to paragraph i ahall be accompanied by luch financial and technical 10 data in support of the proposed enhancement of charges as the state government may, by gen~lai~or special orde;r, -4," ~""j , •• (iii) in paragraph ii, to sub-paragraph (3), the following proviso ahall be added, namely:-is "provided that where the underta1dng is purchased by the board or the state government, the amount of the relenre may be deducted from the price payable to the hcensee";  (it) in paragraph iv, for sub-~agraph (2), the following 30 sub-paragraph shall be substituted, namely:-"(2) the sums appropriated to the contingencies be-j _  serve ahall be invested in securities authorised under the  indian trusts act, 1882 and such investment shall be made 2 ~ 1881 within a period of six montha of the c1018 of, the year of 2s account in which such appropriation is made"; (u) in paragraph v, for sub-paragraph (2), the following  lub-paragraph shall be aubatituted, namely:-" (2) on the purchase of the uddertak1ng, the contingencies bes,"e, after deduction of the amounts drawn under 30 sub-paragraph (1), shall be handed over ~ the purcbuer and maintained 88 such contingencies reserve: provided that where the undertaking is purchased by the board or the state government, the amount of the reserve computed  as above, after allowing for the campen- 3s &ation, if ~y, due to the employees of the outgoing licensee under any law for the t1mebeing in force, may be deducted from the price payable to the licensee";  (vi) in paragraph va, to the lub-paragraph (4), the following pro~ ahalj be added, namely:"";'   40  "provided that· where the· undertaking fa ~hued ' (vii)' in paragraph w, in' bub-paragraph (z) ,- by the board or the state government, the amount of th ----reserve may be deducted from the price paya~le to til , uc8dh8"; , (4) after the worda c'1lxecl uset" the words "1dclucunc expenaea incurred on the di8mantung thereof" 1hi11' be ibierted; \ i'  ,  (b) in the proviso, after the worda  "colt of the uaettt, the worda ccand the dilmantun, ezpedhl" ahall be ibierted; 10 (mii) in paragraph xv, in bub-paragraph (1), after the worda ccwhich exceeds", the worda ccin any year of account," aha1l be inserted; (~) in paragraph xvii-(1) in lub-paragraph (l),~  (4) in c1auae (b), the worda cclncludina exped-on account of new capital issue" shall be ldierted at the ~;  _'eo • (b) in clause (e)-/ (i) in sub-dause (ii),-20 (4) for the words "cash and bank balances", the words and brackets "cash and bank balances (whether credit or debit)" shall be aubatttuted; (b) for the  words, brackets and ftgurea "c1a~s (i), (iu) and (z)", the words, brackets, figures and letter c'sub-cl8utei (i), (it1), (iv-c) and (:r)" shiill be substituted;  ' (ii) after sub-clause (ii) (which provides for deduction of certain amounts), th~ fqllowtng aub-clause hall be inserted, namely: -'    " (ii-4) the amount of any loam borrowed from organisations or ~tutiods approved by the state government:";  (iili) for sub-clauae (iii)  (which provides for deduction of certain amounts), the fouowid, sub-clause man be substituted, namely: -, ~ :  ' , (iii) the amounts depbettetf 'with: the·1icen· • ~ by' colllumers~ by wa7 of~~;"; (tv) in lub-ola\lse (tv) (which provid for •• cluctiod of certain amounts), the wordl "at til ~~~ of ~e f~ o~ accow1$~' ahall be inserted ------- at ~ ~a;---\', ~~f') :tor sub-clause (f') , (which provides for deduction of certabl ~unql, tl;le f;ouowing 8ubclause an be lsubwcuted; 'bamely~ -, "(~) the amount standijig to ~~ credit of the development :rserve at die (close ·'ol the year ~ ""("  of account;"; '" , '(2) in lub-paragraph (2) in clause (b),- \ r "1 (4) i after' sub:~,l';;se" ('f'), ih~ 'followtnl sub-clause 10 iihall ~ merteci, nadiely:-'  ' -"('1'-4) iritetest on'1oana 'borrowtlci 4"ow- organ!-sat10lu or institutions approved by the state government;"; (b) for mb-clause (zii), the following sub-clauses is shall be substituted', namely: -'  "(zit) 'contributions to provident fund std pelulionand gratuity computed in ~~ce with 'schemes approved by the stategovernmentj , (zii-a) expenses on apprentice and other train- 20  ing schemes;"~ ,,' -, ' (3) in sub-paragraph (9) ,-- i (4) after clause (c), the following clause shall be inserted, iuimely: ~ i q (c-l) 'an' amoun~ 8clual to one-half of ode pet 25 centum' on the alndwita boitowed from organisations or llistftutfons ap~~~~~! 'by' -tiu,t~state government;"; (b) i~er ~ue" (d) 'the following claube aball be iniierted' jwriely:-' ~ !-, '    "(e) such ot;h~ ~oudt as may be allowed by 30 the central goy~~ent, having regard to the prevail:fngtax '~ructure : iii' 'the country"; - - ' ": " i , , - (4) for 8ub-paragraph (ld), the, following iub-paragraph shall be substituted" namely:-  ' ;','-\ '  -, -," , ii (18) ·c'sta~~ard rate" iq, respect of any year of 3s aeccnint: means- " , -(4) in nlation to that part of the capital base for that y~' ~f a~t 'which ,fa equivalent to the capital bise is on the slst day of march, 1965, seven per~m'~ am1~;'  , 40 ) ; a""in' relatfod· to the rem·kdnt put 'cd ~th cap{~l  for that year, the rilerve·jsaiik rate ~ at the beglddidg of that y~,_plul'~~ __ entum:, i,' provided that the central government may," by - n~tiflca~~n in,~e oftl~~~tt~, ~ wtth t6et from meh date as ~y be ,~ed tberebl, f~ m dee-10  raue the standard rate spec$ed in clallr (b)"  it,after ~t8~f\o~w~  ~ • authoe1ty that go~l1udent coiufden' n' ~ei:~ so to do to ensure that any rise or tan in -~-  --, ~e ,~e bant~ does not affect the realon~ble irem:m i~ tply ~pent,,ear, of account in relation to ~t ,~n, of ~he oep1te1~8ie wblch fa equivalent to the ca~ta1~u ~on the lut date of the prerioul is year of account  22 in the eighth schedule to the principal act, in paragraph u,- amendmedtot (1) for the words, brackets, letter and figure "for the pur- rllhtb poses of clause (e) of paragraph i of the rate of interest shad schebe-", the following shan be iubstltuted' namely:-dule   'tor the purposes of clause (e) of paragraph i-25 , (i) "depreciated cost of the station" means original cost thereol4s determined in accordance with' the provisions of sub-paragraph (6) of pcagraph xvii of the sixth schedule less the amount written of! or set aside on account of depreciation on fixed assets and the amount written off hi respect of intangible assets thereof in the books of the undertaking before or after the commencement of this aet; ~ (ti) the rate of interest 'shall be,-" 30 23 in the ninth schedule to the principal act, in paragraph m amendfmenta for the letter and words "l - the average load factor of the station;", ninth the letter and words "l = the percentage average load factor of the sche-,~t~atton;" sh~l be substituted  dule  i mol 1848 k (1) notwithstanding any judgement, decree or order of any v~da-35 court, all rates fixed under sec:ti on 49 of the electricity (supply) tion aliti • tnlpn)1 01 act, 1948, for the sale of eleetrlcity to any person other than a llced- and cblsee before the commencement of this act shall be deemed to have lection been val'ldly fbced as if the provisions of the said section, as amend- of charled by this act, had been in force at all material times when such es for 40 rat~ ~ere fixed and accordingly,-::; ':r (4) no iuit or other proceeding shall be' maintained or , eleotricontinued in any lcourt, irjr the refudd of ~1 amount collected clt7 ud-'from &i1y penon on the basta of lueb ratel; cler8ec-'   _tiod 41 _____ (b) do court aball enforce a decree ar order c:itrect1nt the 01 tu refund of any amount collected from such person on the balls ldec:trlcitt at 8uch rates; ~ , (supply) act, (0) any amount due from any peraod on the buia of such 1 rates before the commencement of this act but not recovered befan sucb commencement mtly ~ recoverec:l in the manner m of provided under' the electricity (~ly) ~et, lm8 lhl (z) for the i-emoval of doubts it is hereby declared that nothing 10 contained in iub-sectioil~('" ahall be construed as preventing any person from claiming refund of iuiyamount paid by him in exeell of the amount due from him under the'liidd;aet,··  amended by thl& act, and the rules or regulations made ther«!under· i  statement of objects and luwjonsthe object of this bill is to remove certam lulomalles and dfftlcu1tles which have come to notice in the working of the electricity (supply) act, 1948 certain changes are being made in order 110, facwtate raising of capital required for development 'pew amendments are also proposed to tighten the control over the ftnanc1al' operations of private licensees   2 the changes that are proposed to be made in the sixth schedule to the act in regard to the meaaure8 for regulating the ftnancial operations ot ucensees are as tollows:-,  (i) in the ~eme of the said schedule at pl'e:hnt there 11 - distinction between the loans obtained by the licensees trom electricity boards and from other sources it is proposed to dis-' pense· with thia, di8tiaction by applying the same condittods 'as are applicable to the borrowings from the board, to loans borrowed from organisations approved by the state governments (ii) it ts being clarified that the intangible auets wid include ,expenses on account of new tapital issue -  '\ (iii)  ~t is· provided in the act that a licensee shall not be deemed to have failed to adjust his rates if the clear profit in any year of account has no~ exceeded the amount of reasonable returnjw 16 per cent of the amount of relonable return this cubhion of 15 per cent has been found to be inadequate and is therefore proposed to be raised to 20 per cent without giving the licensee any additional beneftt (iv) it is proposed to provide that the ucensees while ftxing the charges for supply of electricity will be competent to levy minimum charges this is considered necessary, partieul~ly in the case of industrial con:sumera, to ensure that the consumer pays at least such monthly ,charges as would cover the cost on account of arrangements made by the licensee to give the'  supply (0) it is now provided that on the purchase of an undertaking of 'the ucensee by the board or state government, coni~'" pensation due to the employees of the licensee under any act, may be paid out of the contingencies reserve <vi) at presant, clear profit of a ucedleft bas been jlnbd with the reserve bank rate ruling at the beglnnlng of the year of accounttbzougb the mac:hantam of itandani--rate and reaaon- ---able return any increase in the bank rate hu' a direct effeat on the reasonable return which the uceaeea can earn if the _ bank rata 1ncreuea, it  is justifiable to allow the ucensees to earn reasonable return based on increased bank rate on new investmenta~ but it is not desirable to allow them to earn unduly large return due to the rile in the bank rate on piut investments at the coat of the consumers it il therefore pro-poaed to amend the act to ensure that return on any block of ,capl~ w~tjedin any year of account is limited to the rate of 2 per cent above' the bank rate prevailing at the beglnning of that' year ,of account ' (tril) with a view to tightening control over the ftnanetal operations of' the private lkenaees,it is being provided that where an undertaking is purchased by the board or the state gavemment, the amount ltantung to the credtt of the tariffl and  -d1v!detj~ 'cot\trol, !be" conttftge!lcles, lnd the development reserves 'shatt be deducted from the price payable to the hcensee it is also belrlg provided that the annual contributions to the - ·contingencis reserve shall be invested in securities within a period ofjdx mont, of the c1oe of the relevant year ~ are at present permitted to set apart from revenue, contributions to the' pmvtdent ftmd,staff pension, gratuity and apprentice and other 'training' schemes it is proposed to provide that contri-, buttons to the provident fund, staff pension and gratuity wui  --be made in accordance with any scheme approved by tile state , government (viii) it is proposed to empower the central government to allow, in computing the reasonable'return, such amount as  may be considered necessary having regard to the prevalling taxation pouey jt is prop6sed!to' brlnginto force the new provisions relating to the flnancialoperations of the ucensees retrospettlvely with effect rfrom the lst- a:p~ 1985 3 under the existing provisions of the act, members of paruamentor of'the state legialatures add members of local authorities have to walt for a period of 12months aftet they cease to be such members before becoming,eugtble for appointmentumemben of the state electricity boards some of the state governments have, 1u view of tbia proviilod, been complainlng about the difftculty in ftndtn, suitable perlqnnel tor manning the boards od full-time buis with ii view, therefore, to enlarging the field of choice of membenhip for th, boards, itia proposed -to--amendthe -act to--permit appoint;-alent of members of parliament, etc, 88 members of the board immediately after they cease to be such members 4 the bul also makes the following amenc:lmants in cemtailt provisioda of the act which relate to the activities of the electriclty boarda;-(') in accordance with the procedure laid down in the act in respect of sanctioning of its schemes by the state electricity board, all schemes are required to be published in the oft\cial gazette add local newspapers twice; flrst as draft scbmes add  again as sanctioned schemes this procedure bas been, foudd to be wuteful and unnecessary in the case of small schemes - provision has tbel'efore been made in the bill to provide that schemes coating up to rs 25 lakha need not be published at all it is also propoaed to amend the relevant provisions of· the act to provide that the schemes coating between ri 25 laklm and bal-ciwe,aach,ma, be,publilhed·only once after they are sancr tloned; the schemes coating more than rs 1 cjore will continue to be published twice as at present (ii) the electricity boards, as soon as they were establiabed - in the various states, took over the b'wliness of generation,-supply and distribution of electricity from the state electricity departments, along with their assets and liabilities the period of -limitation, under the indian limitation act, 1908, applicable in the- case of the boards is only three years,· whereas it was 60 years· in the case of the state government electricity departments because of the longer period of limitation applicable in thdr case, the government electricity departments:did'not flnd it necessary to initiate legal proceediqp ·for recovery of certain dues from the consumers even though they had not been paid for periods longer than three years such cases stood time-barred ~  8qoq,~ the business was taken over by the· boards, and· re-iulted in substantial financial los& ,to the boards in view of this diftlculty, it is proposed to extend the period of limitation applicable toth~ sta~,e1ectj:u:ity boardaunder the indian limitation act, 1908, ie), that the time-barsred dues as explained above, can ba recqyered by ,them (iii): it ,is proposed- to provide 1hat the revenue of the board after meeting the operating, maintenance and management expenses i and o~ ,liabilities regarding interest, depreciation, etc, qlalddowujn clauses (i) to (~) of section 87, sball beaoedltecl tft afund -to m utntsed,for ~ bebemkal·tb eleetrtea1deve-- iopment in the state and for repayment of load a4wncecl to the i - ~ by tbe state ~v~men~· ~t ~-~ j~eel!p,1"9~~ ~t where 'the lpana ~re riot 'required to be repaid, contrlbu~ods ~ the aforesaid fund will de cut down to one-half, and the remaid-,  idt ,~h~ ,shall, ,as at preient~ be 'c~clited to the po~ildf~ ',; ~ of·the stltt!  " --l',',i "  j , ~ " '-'  t ': ~ ' -,j -  - ,  '   i i  ~ ,  -;::'(cv)'the:zdaximum" accumulation p8rmitted id tl:wtp~ " reserve of ~ boards, is 8 ~r centum of, the cost 0ln~e ,fixed ~  -e1& 'wi~ - view to provi~1 larger internal ce, ' the· ~o1'aia1d cehld' fs·pro~sed tobe raised to 15 ~er cen~,··  (v) contributions, to the,depreclatlon re8erve of 'the board are; at present, required to be made on the bass of ~be compound interelt method which involves corr,plleated calculations and , ~~t1ng~ ~t ii~ro~ed to ,re~lace'~ pf~ed~olcomput1ng depreciation by qle sbnpler straight line· method,  " -, ,  , "(~) it has recently been held by the, bombay iilgh' c::ourt /' that ~t~on ~ ,of ~e act ~~ not permit th~ fr~g of a uni-, _ "!2!!!t~,,~lta yi!v{;,jp~jni$ouijqers 111 ap&rse ateu by substantially over-charging tl)e consumers in compact areas' in the interest of power development in the country, the general policy is towards adoption of uniform rates throughout the state far 'each class of service or purpo~ ~utat ,~e  ~e, ~ there may be need for divergent rates in some· areas, ~use of' certain special circumstances the act is therefore proposed to be amended to meet these requirements these amendments are proposed to be given retrospective effect in order to remove the legal lacunae, if ~yi in the action taken by various boards to adopt uniform tarift in the past "  c; the, bill al80 provides for  some 'consequential and minor amendments and clariftcations haw dj:lbi tha 22mi november, 1965 k l bao  " present's recommendation under article 11'7 of the , - constitution of india[copy of do no f 9/65-pu dated the 23rd november, 1865 from dr k l rao, ~~ of il]iga~io~,' power to the secretary, lok sablial\ i ,the president havin"been informed of the tubjeet ,ma~ of ~e ·eleatricity (supply) ~~dment bill, 1965, recommends introduet1on of ~ bill in the lot sabh under claule (1) of article 11'7 of the cod  ltituucm ' ______  _______ _~_' ___ ';" ___ 0-'  cia""" ,21 of , ~ ~ill which -mends sub-paragraph (9) of para-i1'tph xvii· of the sixth ~~ed~"e ~ the electricity (suppry) ad, '1mb empowers the central government to allow, in computing the nmonabt· return, suth amount 'u may be codiidered neceuary havidc reprd to the prey"l~:tuat;ion policy further, the afore-aid daum which amends sub-parasraph (10) of the aid parall'aph lives power to the central government to increase or decrease after codajltation withthe·cedt_ zlectricity authority the standard rate havial reprd to certain factors l --1 , r" t ,' ',r, ~ l' - up i ' , , - - '''1 , i" i ",,'~~,~:'~ ~t, ~ble to(~~e ~tthis stage 'in what manner the ~ powers will'be exercised the exercise of those powers wul depend upon certain fluctuating circwdljtadcei 'i • i"t ~  (~ 9" ih8) 5 (1) ' " (6) a person shall be disqualified from being appointed or being am~id~~r of ~ b08il"d~ he is, qr'fli~, ,the ~ve ~ol\~ lut contitu tionand composition of slate electricity boards ":,meet alintet-state qreemente ·precedingv(a~, a,m~mber of p~l18dlent orof:ady ~tate ~mre or any local a~thority ~ - - - - - ,  :7~' where an agr8ement sa bilter8ci idto under section 8 the participating state governments shall, by notification in the"ometa! gazettes, declare a date on which the agreement shall come into force, and on and after that date-- - • · , - - (b) references in this act to the state' shall, unless the subject or context otherwise requires, be construed as references to both states, and in particular, the references in aect10n 61 to the state legislature shall be construed as references to i - the legislatures of both states;' - - - - - state electricity council 18  (1) - - - - - (2) the state electricity consultative councll shan consist of the members of the board and such other persons being dot lees than seven and not more than fifteen as the state government or the state governments concerned may appoint after codlmltatiod with such representatives or bodies representative of the following in-- terests as the state government or the state governments concemed thinks or think fit, that is to say, local self-goverdme!jt, electricity supply industry, commerce, industry, transport, agriculture, labour employed in the electricity supply industry and consumers of electricity, 'but so that there shall be at least ode member representfng each such interest in the c~udcn_ (6) the board shall place before the state electricity consulta-;: ~l<¢ou~' the', 8di1ual· ftnanclal statement and supplementary ~~' if,iany, befon iubmitting luch statement to'the state '···govem~  _dwt'tjt!ctiod' 611 topther-witlfeopieif of the report and ~, j " cliapt!r 'iv ,~, - - - ' powj'r8 aim dtmu of state ell:ctricrry boards - - - - -  '  }; ,','-; - - - , , ' , powen :: ';'~~~lhe board (4) if any question arises under sub-section (1) as to the rea- to sup-~~of  t,be terms or conditions or time therein mentioned, it plyelec-, ~ _~  hl'" asrprcmdedin section 'me , : triclt'j;' i i, "r-i , ~,~,               ' ,j : ,                                        '                                                 '                                                                    -                                                                                              -                                                                                                                        -                                                                                     ,                                                                                                    ~ -                                                                                                                                     j                                                                                                                                                                           chapter v (           i                   ~                           ",',   ;' t " i tim bcwmfs woriis and 'l'udinq paocmm " up', • ' •• - - - ~""~~~(1f 'unt 'otherwise -directed' by 'the state govemmelit or publicatll~, a\lfllarity, the board shall send a copy of ,ever, :scheme' pre- tl01,) and p8ied wider section 28 'to the state government and to 'the authority luctionand shall cause every such schej;ne to be published in ' the ofbcial in: bt gazette 'amlin ~sru::n' local newspapers as umay consider necessary, -ie emes md~- sba1lj glv~pubu~ notfce of the date~ not ~ing' le'b8 ,thai1 two dioj:it!li afb!tjtbe 'cjtite of' the notice, by',which ucebs~; and' other pe180da interested plby make representations thereon and when publishing such', a scheme the: ,~: shall, show ,estimates 'of· the ~~rt~: e~~~~~hi~, ~voly'~ and of the initial ~d ult~ate revenues anmrpated from the sale of energy, meter rentals and :other se~ces - ,(2) the board" after considering any su~ representat~ons 8nd d{~rmalddl ,sllch inquirles, if, any" as it thinks, fit, may sanction the scheme ',eitner witholit ··modification or 'subj~t to such modifica-11-u~  :ltiitbtdkl'itt, abd! either generally or in'respect of afty'part oftjtht'ae&, ~ in 1 th~)pubusbe(f! scheme; iidd ihall'l>ubush' the dulne 'u:ancftton8djby: it:;; 1indjwhere' the scheme' hnlbeed sanctiob'-etl 'in; r~of! patt 'of the said' area', it may subsequently be'sanctioned in il'espect of other parts at tbatj an!1': _ j~~vi~~ ~t ~ sanction shall be accorded by the board to any ~ 'q1'  p~ o~ a scheme estimated to result in a capital expen; d1t~~ , exceecurii o~ crore of rupees without prior cod81utation with, ~ •• _ - '" j~ - "  " - - the authority and untn any recommendations whleh the authority may, in accordance with the provillodi of this act, make upoa iuch conaultation bave received due consideration bytbe board: provided further that where the recommendations of the authority iii regll'd to ~y scheme are dot aecepted by the '-board, the board shall not sanction the scheme without the previous codhllt of the, state government ' (3) in respect of any icheme t,o whlcil tile ftrst 'proviso to iubsection (2) applies, the board shall, within one month after beln requested by the authority 10 to do, supply the authority with all auch infol'ldfltl':!" ~')cidental or supplementary to the icheme, u may be ,apeci1led iii the request 30 the authority shall, before makin, any recommendattodi in respect of a lcheme upon which it 'has been consulted' under 'the flrst proviso to sub-section (2) of section 29, have particular i'8prd to whether or not in ita opinion-'tjt) - '~ (4) any river-works proposed by the board wid prej1jc:i1ce , the'proapect - ,tor' the'" tieirt· ult!m~ development: of the river 01" ita tributaries for power-generation, conai8tent with the requirements of ~ptkm, navigation and ftood-control, and for ,this purp:>se the authority shan satisfy itself that an adequate itudy has been mad~ of the optiinum location of dama and otur mer , works; ~ i " (b) the proposed scheme 'will prejudice the ,proper combination of hydro:-efectric and thermo-electric power nec:eiiu'y to secure the greatest possible economic outpllt of electric pow,r; (c) the proposed 'main transmi1lafcm lines will be reasonably suitable for regional' requirements; ,'(d) the scheme provides" reasonable' auowan& for expenditure on capital and reven'1le account; " , (e) the estimates of prospective suppues of eleetrictti and' nvenue ther¢rom contained in the scheme are reasonable r ,  '  '  1_ 31 where the authority has beeo consulted under the flnt provlio recomto sub-section (2) of section 29, in res~ of a lcheme, it shall farmendatiau of ward tts recommendatl~ thereon to the board, 8eildinl ' copy theautho- ther8c)f to the state government, within six months from the date of rity the lf8(:eipt by it of the scheme: -  r' , - provided that if the board faus to supply in due time any information requested ~der sub-section (3) of ection 29, ihe pert~ -w1th1d which the authority shall forward its recommendatforil iball be correspondingly increased 32 the bqard shall carry out and give effect to a scheme u ~ carr7-as reasonably practicable after it has been sanctioned and pubuabed lna out '  ,  of 1che-__ -,,-,-' 'c' -"'~  _' __ - - •  - m  m  where the board has purch8sed a maili; transmission line and provl_ ~1 f!!~ <?f the user thereof by the board any ~te~tion ' or ,relion ft-  p1a~~nt of switch-gear or other apparatus of aily licensee cod- prdlna ,  connecn~~ with the line becomes necessary, the board may in its dfscre- tlodi tion' itself carry out such alteration or replacement at its own with cost or ddray the reuodable expenses in~ by ij1e licensee m maid ~g such alteration or replacement; ind any question whether tradi-~,j ~ation or replacement is necessary or whether·theexpellci:lj:·:=~  ~ )' purincurted in connection therewith are reasonable shall· in default ch'_ b; 'of, ~gremn~t be ~~termined as provided under section '16 the board - - - - - '~"''''i'-~-':i''' ' ~ :j~~ ~bject to the provisions of this act and of any re;watiottl provi-~ in this behalf the board may supply electricity to any  person ::' for dpt 'qeijls a licensee upon such terms and conditions as the board of ~e  "' •• x ~f1j;me totim~ ftxllavldlregard to the nature and geo~a- tric1t7:'"_ pbical position of the supply and the purposes for which it is re-' by the  quired:   i ' , board :',,: provided that in fixing any iuch terms and conditions the board::rsball:nbt show undue preference to any person other  - - - - - tban llced-chapi'er vi  tim· boabj)'s finance, accounts and audit i'),  1 •• : - - - 6z (1) save where id the opinion of the board circumatances of restrtc-:eitreme urgency have arisen, no sum exceeding twenty-five thousand ~;n ripiees on account of recurring expenditure or exceeding one lakh ::u: ;x of rupees on account of non-recurring expenditure shall be' expenpend!-:ded by the ·~d in any year of account unless such ·sum has been ture ldeluded' ina statement submitted under sub-section (1)  or sub-sec-priority of llabl-uti of the ,-board ~on' (5) of section 61 - '    - - - - - "  i~~ ~e revenu~ o~ the boardshail, after meeting 'its operating, mamtenance and management expenses'and after provision 1iu been made for the paym~t of taxes on ita income and profits, be·di8tr1-buted as f~ al they are available in the following order, namely:-  - • - - - - (tnii)' contribution to general reserve of an amount not exceeding one-half of one per centum pe7" unnum of theorlgldal c!oit  o£ fixed  use, employed by the board so however that the tow btanding to the credit of such reserve shall not exceed __ ~ __ -:e~ight pe:r cemutn_~f~he oripnat cost of such fixed 'assets; - - - - - ;'~:-(z) of the balance remaining, one-half in the reduction of _ tariffs or for such other purposes beneficial to electrical develop--ment in the state, as the board may think fit, and the rematumr one-half to the consolidated fund of the state ~" datizt>1 rellel~e'·   88 • (1) the board shall create a depreciation reserve and, as·~ 8i! co~pjiance with the pro'visions of section 67 makes it practicable, shall, at the end of every year, credit to such treserve from its ~ venue, such amount as would if made annually throughout' the 'p1'8i-cribed,period of assets specified in the table appended to the 'seventh schedule and accumulated at compound'interest at the rate of ttjree i ~ centum pe1" annum produce by the end of' the prescribed-period ;" 8jl amount equal to 90 per centum of the original east of the asaets , r ' ; , affer takia, tmo ~unt the sums already written ofl~ and set abide " in' the boob of the board i ' i ,  '(2) the-: amount to be· credited every year to the' depreciation reserve under sub-sec,tion (1) shall consist of the inc:remental: deposit plus interest on the accumulated balance in the reserve: provided that the contribution in· respect of any asset to the depreciation reserve under this section shall cease· at  the end of the prescribed period as defined in the sixth schedule ar when the asset ceases to be used 'by the board, whichever is earlier: providednrlher that' if in any year 'it 18 not praet1cable·fu14r:-t cdtiiply with· the' provisions of· this section, the amount by whleh th~ sums actually credited falls shart of the amount requiredi under thtij 8ection~ in- respect of that year, shau be carried forward ami togetherwitli compound interest thereupon at the aforesaidrate, shall 'be credited to the said reserve as soon as it is found pouslle in accordance,~with section 67, so to do: , , i· !: f ~ rmwded, further that the accumulations jn the depreciation ~ ljeltwe-· ma,t be: wwsted· in the business of the boam, or utwaed for repyjdent of, pridcipal not guaranteed wider section 68 or for repayment of sums paid by the state govemnient under guarantees under that &eetioj1 i - •• - - - " , , - - - - - , 1 75 (1) the board shall, before such date and in such form 8s mnuaf may be prescribed, aubmit to the state government an annual report reporb, upon such matters as ~a)" be prel~bed, and the state government ltatlatica shall cause such report to bepubushed in the oftlcial gazette :-, (;(ja) without prejudice to the provisions qf sub-section (1),~ board shall, as boon as may be after ,the end of each financial year, prepare ,and submit to the state government in such form as may 1~)pa!lcribeda report giving~hcount of its activities durjag the ~ previous financial year and the report shall also give an ,acc~unt of protec • tion to pei'jodi  actm, under thii act ~eact1vit1es, if any, which are likely to be undertaken by the'board  ~_uj~ _n~tflnai)cial year; and ,the state government shall c-use every such report to be laid before the state legislature as soon 88  may be after it is received by the state government  _ - - - - (\ '   -'i (1) all questions arising between the state government or arbitrathe board and a lice~ or oth~r ,person shall be determined by \t!od arbitration  - - - - - , 82 no scit, prosecution or olba:'! legal proceeding shall lie against any person for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be' 'done under this act - •• - - - - ·r the fourth sc~ule (see sections 23 and 37 and firat and third -schedules) j~cz ;!ior udbrtakdfcis, g&nliiiating stations and main'tramlmis-sion lno:s purchased by the i soabd - - - - - , n the price to be paid for any undertaking, generating station or main transmission line as the case may be purchased by the' board , under this act shall be such sum as may be certified by an auditor appointed  by ,the state government in this behalf, to have  'meen'ithe 'amount properly incurred on and  incidental to the 'eltab-'tishmeat of the undertaking, station or main transmission line, t88  rthe case ,!wly be, less depreciation thereon on the scale set out in paragraph ni: ~ i rprwided that there shall ·be added to such sum ,as' 'aforesaid on ,liiccount of such purchase of the gemerating station or main transmis-, ; lsigd, jjde "uch l8880nable eompensatiod 81 may be detennined by tile board ,having due reg~d to the fact that a portion 'of ,the undertakina is, to be acquired: ' ----i-provided further that if the board or the licensee is diasatisfted w~th the sum 10 certified,the matter shall, in default of agreement ~~h~~' ~~, ~,:det8nnined as provided in bection 76  " '   t·,  11:; ,;, j, the fifth schedule (see section '41) - -clwtois 'r6r use by boaju) oj' '1'lwmmsion lno:s and main tuns-, ,,' mission ~ '/ - - - - - m for the purposes of clause (e) of parill'i~pb' i the rate "of : int~relt shall be-' , " - t ', r: ,  i - , , (a) where the licensee owning the lines is a local authority, \ ' , the" average rate payable on the money ratsed by that authority •• 1 j--for the purpose of constructing the lines; ,  _ , ,;", " (b) in any other case, the reserve bank rate ruling at the '~'~m"~!- o!_~~ ,~ea~, ~fe~, ,~~ ~ p~~~~~p'h i plus ~?, per  i, ':  , : ' , ,11m s~ schedule (see sections 57 and 57a)1 ' : i fnf~plalpmn~,~ ~ appuca!l~on , ~ w , i notwithstanding anything contained in the indian electricity 9 act, 1910 except sub-iection (2) of section ua, and the pfoviaiqj;18 of j9jo in the,licence of alicensee, the licensee shall so adjust his rates for the sale -of electriciv whether by enhancing or reducing them' that his clear profit in any year of account shall not, as far as possible, exceed the amount ot reasonable return:  " --' 'prttrided'that 'i'uch rates shall not be enhanced more'thu'odce in any year cic~8ccioudt: provided further that the licensee shall not be deemed to have failed 80 to adjust his rates if the clear proftt in any year of account hiui not exceed~ the amount of reasonable return by fifteen per ce'ntum of the amount of reb'unable return: '/j , 'hovided further that' the licensee shan not enhance the nte 'for"the supply of' electrfcliy until after the expiry of a notice' in , wrfifiig of dot' less than sixty clear days' of his idtention to 10' enhance 'the rates, given by hini to the state government and to the board:' ,  'i' i' ~, - "' •• provided further aat if the rates of; supply fixed in pursuance of the recommendations of a rating committee constituted under, sectiod 57a are lower than those, notified by the licensee ~der' add in  '  , accontance with the p~ pi'o\'uo, the licedlee shall refund to· the conaumfl'l the dc amount recovered by him from tbejp -, u (1) - -- - - (3) on the purchase of the unclertaldjjg ud'ciar the terms of itl licence any bal,nce remaining in the tariffs :ud divideads control-rmerve jhall be handedo'ver tct the pui"chuer add mafdtaided u such taruri add dividendi control reserve' - - - - - iv (1) - - - - (i) the amount of the contingencies reserve aha1l be inveated z of lea - -in i8curitles authorised under the indian tnutl act, 1882 y  (l~ - - - - ~ ,,'011· dl"~' of 'the ladertalda& 1iie- b~ rem,in", in tile ~ 'rs;w  lie "'"tll  teo iile purchuer ancf m'ii6ltatbt6l as' 'iaclt: eaa,alel "'rn  -  - (4) on the purchue of the \mdertaklng, the devejopment reserve ihallbe handed over to the purchaser and maintained u such deve1~ ham ',~ ',  -  -- - - vu (1) - - - - ") n wriuen agwn ic08t of such fixed  t ihall be c:barpd agaidlt  coi1tldgedclea~: --, -provideitbat wllere ~e acpunulatiodi in the contjntencies re-o ~     ,t suftlclent to permit the ehargiilg of the entire wrtttea down coat of the auet, the excess 8jdolidti '1ii8y, ,ie -tbcttmieti m~ the  tel,:,- purp  ,ei, ~ {ii)/of n~ (i) 01 i ail ih:xvjl " - - -  ! "xv (,1) where  t any time within'three yean 'batore tile l1ext option of purchue 1idd  1111'- 41pi 11" tbat ~ear proposes to make ~y capital ~ture, wblch ex~ twm~-4lve thou-~~ ~~ f¥! ~o ;per ccftjum of the capital base" whichever 111 more, iii' 'rtspeet, of' ~ atif~t wbuitl !it- iiiet i eftm_ or  purchue under the optioil ~' ltlhifje -by' the -parefraser '~'1tiei lietmm, the licensee aball, before· ~viilg e1!eet to iuc~ ,f)roposal, n»ply to the board or where 110 board ia constituted, the state govemmedt for me concurrence - , , ' - ,  ,'-' " ' " ':' ~ '~ '" - 1,\- ) •• ' - i :, ~:t    ' '-,   xvii for' the purpa •• ' of tbja scheclul&- - •  a_ _ ••  (1) "capital mae" melds the iuid 01-   •• •••  - - - - - - • , (e) 'ad amoudt on aqcoudt of woi'jdng capital equal to the iuiil 01- - - - - -  ,  "  (ti) ode-twelfth' of the iujd of cmb and bank balanc:ea' add ea11 8dcl mort-term depglltl at the' end of ' 'of' -     idodth of the)'eu' of ---t,  dot exceediq ill - , " the·  te ad al!mmldt ~ to  ~ of the expenditure udder 1ub-paralj'8ph (z)  (b) oi·~ parapapb exe1udld, clauses (0, (id) ad (~);  ' - - ••   (tit) the amount of aecuriiy dejkjllta cd ~ beld in euh;   , " ('tj) the amounts atadcunl to me c:recut of the tarurs add dividendi control reserve; (0) 'the amount  t aput 10r the ' developmat rmave;  "',, :"  - "  ' •• - - - r (2) ~c1  proll" :idee, th,duieredee betweell the adlcnmt' of ldeame aacttbe  of apeddlture pia sped8c: appropriaucms, made up ill each cue al fouowa:-- •• ' ,  - - •  (') 'apeddlture properly ideatredod-  - , ' i, ,; o~' "' (zh),~tnbuu ·to~t i'udd, ibdf""oa,:;ratu  ity, and appreatlc:e4ft:d other traldidi ~emes;-' , •• - '  -   (9) "reucmable retum" =nm ~ raped of ad)' year of account, the iuid of the'fol1owfq: --" "- '::' " ~ (10) "standard rate" in respect, of any year, of a~t m~ ~ i reserve bank rate rulida_at_~, beabmlng of that ,,ar, piui two per cetm&~" ,--i ' - - - - -  the eighth schbd'ljle(see the first and thlrd sebedules) ~ation of cost of production of,~:~,("dluu'i'dg· '0 sta'1'io" · - - - - - ';1 i n' for the purposes of clause' ( e) of paragraph 1m the rate of interest shall be-'   ,(a) oil uch part qf, the pridcipal on wh1ch mtenl la jiq-'able 'within the meent", of the said clause as hal 'bead advadnd on loan by the board under paragraph i of tjae;'fint schedule the actual ra~ cbarged by 0 the board pi"' one-hah of ode pet centum per """um on the loan hl the year of aceoiidtj (b) on the balance of the aald principal-(i) where the lieedre owdid, the ataucm - a local authority the average rate payable in the year of 'a~t on the money railed by that authority for the purposes of the itat1od; (") iii any other cue the rerve badk  te rujidg at the bejlnnlng 01 that year pi'" two per eeutn the ninth schedule - (see the first sehec:lule) allocanon of c08'fti of paoouctlolf a4f gddanhg sratjolf8 - - - - - m the portion of the follcnridg coets, chaqei and· ailowadol8 to be auocated as fixed costa iha11 be ucertaided from the formula j ~ - ----__--l-the av_iie load factor of the station; , ",  loi{ sabraa bill funher to ""amend the ett"ctrici~ (supply) act, 1948 , r ,; , ~ i • (dr k l rao, minister o/i";,ation drui pdtder)                       - 