RNI No. MAHENG /2009/35528
महाराष्ट्रट शासन राजपत्र
असाधाराण भाग आठ
वर्ष ११, अंक १०] सोमवारा, मार्चष २४, २०२५/र्चैत्र ३, शाके १९४७ [पृष्ठे ४, किंकंमत : रुपये २७.००
असाधाराण क्रमांक २८
प्राकिंधाकृत प्राकाशान
महाराष्ट्र किंवधानमंडळार्चे अकिंधाकिंनयेम व राज्येपालांांनी प्राख्येाकिंपत केलांेलांे अध्येादेशा व केलांेलांे
किंवकिंनयेम आकिंण किंवकिंधा व न्येाये किंवभागाकडून आलांेलांी किंवधाेयेके (इंग्रजी अनुवादे).
In pursuance of clause (3) of article 348 of the Constitution of India, the following translation in English of the Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2025 (L. C. Bill No. VI of 2025),introduced in the Maharashtra Legislative Council on the 24th March 2025, is hereby published under the authority of the Governor.
By order and in the name of the Governor of Maharashtra,
SATISH WAGHOLE, Secretary (Legislation) to Government, Law and Judiciary Department.
L. C. BILL No. VI OF 2025.
A BILL
further to amend the Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development
Corporation Act, 1996.
Mah. XV of 1996.
WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation Act, 1996, for the purposes hereinafter appearing ; it is hereby enacted in the Seventy-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows :–
भाग आठ-२८–१२ महाराष्ट्रट शासन राजपत्र असाधाराण भाग आठ, मार्चष २४, २०२५/र्चैत्र ३, शाके १९४७ 1. (1) This Act may be called the Maharashtra Krishna Valley Short title and commencement.
Development Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2025.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Mah. XV of 1996.
2. In section 2 of the Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation Act, 1996, in clause (c), the brackets and words "(except Koyna Hydro-Electric Power Project)" shall be deleted.
Amendment of section 2 of Mah. XV of 1996.
Declaration.
Mah. .... of 2025.
3. It is hereby declared that, from the date of commencement of the Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2025, the Koyna Hydro-Electric Power Project is assigned, handed over and transferred to the Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation; and the aforesaid commencement date shall be the appointed date in respect of the said Project, for the purposes specified in section 15 of the Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation Act, 1996.
Mah. XV of 1996.
महाराष्ट्रट शासन राजपत्र असाधाराण भाग आठ, मार्चष २४, २०२५/र्चैत्र ३, शाके १९४७ ३STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
The Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation Act, 1996 (Mah. XV of 1996) is enacted to make special provisions for promotion and operation of irrigation projects, command area development and schemes for generation of hydro-electric energy to harness the water of Krishna River allocated to the State of Maharashtra.
2. The said Act provides for the planning, construction, maintenance and management of Hydro-Electric Power Projects within the area of operation of the Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation including the hydro-electric power projects which are assigned and handed over or transferred to the said Corporation by the State Government. However, by clause (c) of section 2 of the said Act, the planning, construction, maintenance and management of the Koyna Hydro-Electric Power Project has been specifically excluded from the purview of the said Act.
3. Since the enactment of the said Act, various substantial changes have been taken place in the functioning, managament and control of the Koyna Hydro-Electric Power Project. Therefore, to bring the said Project within the purview of the said Act and to handover the said Project to the Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation for its planning, construction, maintenance and better management, the Government considers it expedient to amend clause (c) of section 2 of the Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation Act, 1996, suitably.
4. The Bill seeks to achieve the above objectives.
RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE-PATIL,
Mumbai, Minister for Water Resources Dated the 21st March 2025. (Godavari, Krishna Valley
Development Corporation).
४ महाराष्ट्रट शासन राजपत्र असाधाराण भाग आठ, मार्चष २४, २०२५/र्चैत्र ३, शाके १९४७ ४ महाराष्ट्रट शासन राजपत्र असाधाराण भाग आठ, मार्चष २४, २०२५/र्चैत्र ३, शाके १९४७MEMORANDUM REGARDING DELEGATED LEGISLATION
The Bill involves the following proposal for delegation of a legislative power, namely :—
Clause 1(2).— Under this clause, power is taken to the State Government to bring the Act into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. The above-mentioned proposal for delegation of legislative power is of normal character.
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