L. C. BILL No. VI  OF 2025.

A BILL

further to amend the Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development

Corporation Act, 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 :–

Mah.

XV of

1996.

RNI No. MAHENG /2009/35528

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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.

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1.  (1) This Act may be called the Maharashtra Krishna Valley

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.

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.

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.

Amendment

of section 2

of Mah. XV of

1996.

Short title and

commencement.

Mah.

XV of

1996.

Declaration.

Mah. ....

of 2025.

Mah.

XV of

1996.

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STATEMENT 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).

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MEMORANDUM 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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