 bill no  318  of  2015 the  motor vehicles (amendment) bill, 2015 byshri dushyant chautala, mp a billfurther to amend the motor vehicles act, 1988be  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the motor vehicles (amendment)  act, 2015short title and commencement(2)  it shall come into force on such date as central government may, by notification inthe official gazette, appointamendment of section 2''(17a) institute of driving training and research'' means an institution established under sector 215a''3  after section 215 of the principal act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new section 215a5''215a (1) the central government for every district in the union territories and the state government concerned for every district in the state, shall, by notification in the official gazette, establish at least one institute of driving training and research for carrying out the purposes of this actestablishment of institutes of driving training and research in every district(2) every institute of driving training and research established under sub-section(1), shall discharge the following functions—(a) impart training to persons who intend to seek driving licence;10(b) providing periodical refresher course to the drivers; (c) undertake research on road safety; and(d) any other function as may be assigned to it by the central government or the state government, as the case may be'' statement of objects and reasonsaccording to the report titled ''road accidents in india, 2013'' of the union ministry of road transport and highways, the total number of reported road accidents in the year 2012 and 2013 were 4,90,383 and 4,86,476, respectively, and the number of persons killed were 1,38,258 and 1,37,572, respectively further, the severity of accidents (number of persons killed per 100 accidents) for the years 2012 and 2013 was 282 and 283, respectively the data indicates that despite the reduction in the number of persons killed during 2013, the accident severity had increased as compared to the previous yearit has also been noticed that for the year 2013, about 78 per cent of the road accidents were caused due to human errors ie due to fault of drivers these statistics clearly indicate that many drivers who have been given the licence to drive are not properly trainedthus, today the country needs an institutional mechanism which can impart holistic training to the licence seekers as well as to the drivers these institutions shall educate these persons the correct method of driving, get them acquainted with different driving environment and make them educated about road safety rules and regulations further, such institutions shall also conduct research and surveys for developing a better road safety guidelines and techniquesa scheme for setting up a model driving training institute was formulated by the government and during the 11th five year plan, eight institutes of driving training and research were sanctioned however, as on date, only three are functional hence, there is a need that such institutions in large number with at least one institute per district in the country be establishedthe bill, therefore, seeks to amend the motor vehicles act, 1988 with a view to establish at least one institute of driving training and research in each district of the country so that the number of road accidents and consequently the number of deaths in road accidents can be brought down in the countryhence this billnew delhi;dushyant chautalanovember 18, 2015 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill seeks to provide for establishment of at least one institute of driving training and research by central government in each district in the union territories and state governments in every district of the state to impart training to persons intending to seek driving licence the expenditure in relating to the state shall be borne from the consolidated funds of the respective states and expenditure relating to union territories shall be incurred from the consolidated fund of india the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure of about rupees fifty two crore and forty lakhs per annum from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees forty four crore is also likely to be involved lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the motor vehicles act, 1988————(shri dushyant chautala,  mp)gmgipmrnd—2941ls(s3)—08-12-2015