 bill no 29 of 2013 the fodder bank bill, 2013 byshri hansraj gangaram ahir, mp a billto provide for establishment of a fodder bank for making available fodder and water to animals in places affected by natural calamities like famine, drought or floods and for matters connected therewith or incidental theretobe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fourth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the fodder bank act, 2013(2) it extends to the whole of indiashort title, extent and commencementdefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "animal" means domestic animals which consume fodder; (b) "bank" means fodder bank established under section 3; and (c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act5establishment of fodder bank3 (1) the central government shall, within a period of three months from the date of coming into force of this act, establish a bank to be known as the fodder bank with its headquarter at nagpur in the state of maharashtra(2) the central government shall establish a branch of the bank in every district of the country10(3) the central government shall constitute an authority to be known as the fodder bank authority to manage the affairs of the fodder bank(4) the authority shall consist of a chairperson and four other members to be appointed by the central government15(5) every branch of the bank shall consists of a general manager and such other officers and staff as may be required(6) the terms and conditions of service and appointment, salaries and allowances of chairperson, members and employees of the bank shall be such as may be prescribed4 the bank shall—functions of fodder bank(i) establish fodder store houses in every district;20(ii) purchase fodder from farmers at such rate, as it may deem fit; (iii) provide facility for transportation of fodder from the fodder store house to places affected by famine, drought, flood or any other natural calamities;25(iv) acquire land, in consultation with the state government, for cultivation of fodder in order to enhance the availability of fodder in famine, drought or flood prone areas;(v) ensure availability of fodder and drinking water for animals free of cost in places affected by famine, drought, flood or any other natural calamities;(vi) encourage research in collaboration with agricultural research institutions and universities for cultivation of better quality of fodder; and30(vii) collect data of animals reared in every village through its branch in every district and prepare exigency plan to supply fodder and drinking water to animals affected in places affected by famine, drought, flood or any other natural calamities 5 (1) the central government shall, by notification in the official gazette, establish a fund to be known as the fodder fund with an initial corpus of rupees one thousand croreestablishment of fodder fund35(2) the state governments shall contribute to the fund in such ratio as may be prescribed(3) the fund shall be administered by the fodder bank authority constituted under sub-section (3) of section 340(4) the fund shall be utilized to produce, procure or collect and store fodder and distribute fodder and drinking water for animals in places affected by natural calamitiessupply of fodder6 (1) any person who intends to avail fodder shall inform the branch office of the fodder bank in the district about the requirement of fodder, in such manner as may be prescribed(2) the concerned branch shall, on receipt of information under sub-section (1), supply the requisite quantity of fodder to such person within a period of two days7 the central government shall give wide publicity to the provisions of this act in such manner as may be prescribed| publicity      ||----------------|| the provisions || of the bill   || power to make  || rules         || 5              |8 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rulesfor carrying out the purposes of this act10(2) every rule made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each house of parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both the houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule statement  of  objects  and  reasonsnatural calamities such as famine, drought and floods result in heavy loss of human lives and property including loss of livestock due to the priority given to save the lives of people, it becomes very difficult to save lives of animals during such situations, to save the lives of animals, availability of sufficient fodder becomes the main requirement however, the transportation of fodder and drinking water to the affected areas is not an easy task therefore, it is necessary to evolve a mechanism so that fodder and water is made available in places affected by natural calamitiesdue to increase in the population of the country, the area of agriculture land is decreasing the availability of fodder is also continuously decreasing due to harvesting of new varieties of crops in place of traditional crops there is a need for intervention on the part of the state and to take cognizance of shortage of fodder and drinking water for animals particularly during natural calamities and to address the problem being faced by lakhs of farmers and others in rural areas across the country on this accountin the absence of any exigency plan to meet the demands of fodder and drinking water during natural calamities, the farmers and animal rearers are compelled to sell their livestock at throw away prices to meat-vendors which results in mental agony and heavy financial loss to themthe bill, therefore, seeks to provide for establishment of a fodder bank to produce, procure or collect and store and distribute fodder and drinking water for animals in places affected by natural calamitieshence this billnew delhi;hansraj  gangaram  ahirfebruary 8, 2013 financial  memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for establishment of a fodder bank and a fodder bank authority to manage the affairs of the bank clause 4 provides for establishment of fodder store houses, facilities of transportation of fodder and drinking water for animals during natural calamities, collection of data of animals and preparation of exigency plan, etc by the fodder bank clause 5 provides for constitution of a fodder fund with initial corpus of rupees one thousand crore clause 7 provides for giving wide publicity to the provisions of the actthe bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is likely to involve recurring expenditure of rupees fifteen hundred crore per annuma non-recurring expenditure of two hundred crore is also likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 8 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character—————— a billto provide for establishment of a fodder bank for making available fodder and water to animals in places affected by natural calamities like famine, drought or floods and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto————(shri hansraj gangaram ahir, mp)