 bill no 91 of 2009 the special financial assistance to the state of jharkhand bill, 2009 by shri inder singh namdhari, mp a billto provide for special financial assistance to the state of jharkhand for the purpose of promoting the welfare of scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other backward sections of people and for the development, exploitation and proper utilization of its resourcesbe it enacted by parliament in the sixtieth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and commencement1   (1) this act may be called the special financial assistance to the state of jharkhand act, 2009special financial assistance to the state of jharkhand52 there shall be paid such sums of moneys out of the consolidated fund of india, every year, as parliament may by due appropriation provide, as special financial assistance to the state of jharkhand to meet the costs of such schemes of development, as may be undertaken by the state with the approval of the government of india for the purpose of promoting the welfare of scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other backward sections of people or for the development, proper utilization and exploitation of the resources in the state3  the provisions of this act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other law to be made by parliament or for the time being in forceact not in derogation of any other law statement of objects and reasonsthe state of jharkhand is socially and economically backward the problems of poverty, unemployment and illiteracy are required to be addressed urgently and in a time-bound manner measures for proper utilization of resources, welfare of weaker sections in the region and initiating new development schemes are also required to be undertaken in an expeditious and time-bound  manner the state of jharkhand has also been facing the problem of naxalite violence for a number of years in view of its economic backwardness, the naxalites have found sympathetic elements within the population therefore, economic backwardness is the root cause of the naxalite problem it is, therefore, necessary that the central government should provide special financial assistance to the state of jharkhand for its all-round development including the welfare of weaker sections and for the development and exploitation of its vast natural resources which include coal, iron ore, manganese, and strategically important resources such as uranium such a step of providing financial assistance to this newly formed state would go a long way in building this nation more and more stronghence this billnew delhi;inder singh namdharijuly 28, 2009 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 provide, as special financial assistance to the state of jharkhand to meet the costs of such schemes of development, as may be undertaken by the state with the approval of the government of indiathe bill, therefore, on enactment, will involve expenditure out of the consolidated fund of india for providing special financial assistance to the state of jharkhand as the sums of moneys which will be given to the state of jharkhand 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 government of india are identified, it is not possible 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 indialok sabha————lok   sa a billto provide for special financial assistance to the state of jharkhand for the purpose ofpromoting the welfare of scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other backwardsections of people and for the development, exploitation and proper utilization of itsresources————(shri inder singh namdhari, mp)gmgipmrnd—3996ls(s5)—28102009