 bill no 184  of  2015 the  special financial assistance to the state of andhra pradesh bill, 2015 by dr p ravindra babu, mp a billto provide for special financial assistance to the state of andhra pradesh for the purposes of promoting the welfare of persons belonging to the scheduled castes, the scheduled tribes and the other backward classes of people, agricultural labourers and unemployed citizens, development of infrastructure in the state, development of backward districts, exploitation and proper utilization of its resources and for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—52 there shall be paid such sums of moneys 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 andhra pradesh to meet the costs of such schemes of development, as may be undertaken by the state with the approval of the union government, for the purposes of—special financial assistance to the state of andhra pradesh(i) promoting the welfare of the scheduled castes, the scheduled tribes and the other backward classes of people;(ii) implementing welfare schemes aimed at improving the conditions of agricultural labourers;(iii) allocation of adequate funds for specific development projects;10(iv) development of necessary infrastructure; and (v) development, exploitation and proper utilization of the resources in thestate153 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 any other law statement of objects and reasonsthe state of andhra pradesh is socially and economically backward problem of poverty, unemployment and illiteracy are required to be addressed immediately besides measures for proper utilization of resources, welfare of weaker sections and new development schemes are required to be undertaken in a time bound manner to solve the problem of backwardness in the statein the year 2014, andhra pradesh was bifurcated and a separate state, namely, telangana has been created most of the developed regions including post bifurcated state capital hyderabad now forms part of telangana now, after bifurcation, a new capital has to be developed including development of necessary infrastructure in the state of andhra pradesh in a time-bound mannerit is, therefore, necessary that the central government should provide special financial assistance to the state of andhra pradesh for its all round development including 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 andhra pradesh would go a long way in building this nation more and more stronghence this billnew delhi;p ravindra  babujune 30, 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 by law provide, as special financial assistance to the state of andhra pradesh to meet the costs of such schemes of development, as may be undertaken by the state with the approval of the union governmentthe bill, therefore, on enactment, will involve expenditure out of the consolidated fund of india for providing special financial assistance to the state of andhra pradesh as the sums of moneys which will be given to the state of andhra pradesh 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 the central government are identified, it is not possible at present 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———— abillto provide for special financial assistance to the state of andhra pradesh for the purposes of promoting the welfare of persons belonging to the scheduled castes, the schduled tribes and the other backward classes of people, agricultural labourers and unemployed citizens, development of infrastructure in the state, development of backward districts, exploitation and proper utilization of its resources and for matters connected therewith————(dr p ravindra babu, mp)