 bill no  106  of  2014 the special financial assistance to the state of west bengal bill, 2014 byshri adhir ranjan chowdhury,  mpa billto provide for special financial assistance to the state of west bengal 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 resources be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fifth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and commencementwest bengal act, 20142 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 west bengal 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 special financial assistance to the state of west bengalpromoting the welfare of scheduled castes,  scheduled tribes and other backward sections of people and 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 for the time being in forceact not in derogation of other laws5 statement of objects and reasonsthe state of west bengal 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 west bengal 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 west bengal for its all-round development including the welfare of weaker sections and for the development and exploitation of its vast natural resources such a step of providing financial assistance to this state would go a long way in building this nation more and more stronghence this billnew delhi;adhir ranjan chowdhuryjuly 14, 2014 president's  recommendation under article 117 (3) of the  constitution ————[copy of do no 42(20) pf-i/2014 dated 21 august, 2014 from shrimati nirmala sitharaman, minister of state in the ministry of  finance to the secretary-general, lok sabha]the president, having been informed of the subject matter of the special financial assistance to the state of  west bengal bill, 2014 by shri adhir ranjan chowdhury, mp, recommends the consideration of the bill by lok sabha under article 117(3) of the constitution 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 west bengal 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 west bengal as the sums of moneys which will be given to the state of west bengal 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 india———— a billto provide for special financial assistance to the state of west bengal for the purpose ofpromoting the welfare of scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other backwardsections of people and for the development, exploitation and properutilization of its resources————(shri adhir ranjan chowdhury, mp)gmgipmrnd—2383ls(s3)—01112014