 bill no 28 of 2013 the bureau of accountability bill, 2013 byshri jp agarwal, mp a billto provide for establishment of a bureau of accountability to suggest measures for rooting out corruption; making the administration efficient and for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fourth  year of the republic of  india  as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the bureau of accountability act, 2013(2) it extends to the whole of indiashort title, extent anddefinition2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires, the word 'bureau' means the bureau of accountability established under section 33 (1) the central government shall establish a bureau which shall consist of the following:—establishment of a bureau of accountability5(i) three serving or retired judges of the supreme court of which one shall beappointed as the chairman of the bureau;(ii) cabinet secretary to the central government; (iii) home secretary to the central government; (iv) director of intelligence bureau; (v) director of central bureau of investigation;10(vi) one retired general of the army to be nominated by the central government;(vii) an eminent social worker to be nominated by the central government; (viii) an eminent political activist to be nominated by the central government;15(ix) two members of parliament, one each from the house of the people and the council of states, to be nominated by the presiding officers of the respective houses; and(x) three serving or retired chairpersons of public sector undertakings to be nominated by the central government20(2) the members of the bureau shall have a tenure of six years from the date of their appointment or nomination, as the case may be(3) the office of the bureau shall be at new delhi (4) the central government shall appoint such number of officers and staff as it considers necessary for the efficient functioning of the bureau4 the bureau shall take steps and suggest measures to the central government to—functions of the bureau25(i) make the administration corruption free; (ii) accelerate the pace of working in the ministries of the government of india;and(iii) implement the policies framed by the central government within the prescribed time period30powers of bureau5 the members of the bureau shall carry out surprise inspections of various ministriesand departments of the central government and the public sector undertakings from time to time and suggest measures for carrying out administrative reforms in the functioning of the union ministries, departments and public sector undertakings356 (1) the bureau shall formulate rules for its internal working and the rules so made shall be laid on the table of each house of parliamentprocedure to be followed by the bureau in its functioning(2) if any amendment is made to the rules framed under sub-section (1), the amendment so made shall also be laid on the table of each house of parliamentpower to make rules7 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act(2) every rule made under this act 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  reasonsit has been emphasized time and again that low performing and inefficient bureaucracy is a big hurdle in the development of the country some senior officers and their subordinates working in government offices do not dispose of their official works within the prescribed or reasonable time period many important files remain pending for months in government offices and offices of public sector undertakings which in turn leads to corruption it is, therefore, necessary that a high powered permanent bureau should be set up to accelerate the pace of work of bureaucracy and ensure timely completion of work this will also help in rooting out corruptionhence this billnew delhi;jp  agarwalfebruary 8, 2013 financial  memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides that the central government shall establish a bureau of accountability it also provides that the office of the bureau shall be located at new delhi it further provides that the central government shall appoint such number of officers and staff as it considers necessary for the efficient functioning of the bureau the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is likely to involve a recurring expenditure of rupees one hundred and twenty-five crore per annuma non-recurring expenditure of about rupees eighty crore is also likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 7 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of this bill the rules will relate to matters of detail only the delegation of legislative power is, therefore, of a normal character—————— a billto provide for establishment of a bureau of accountability to suggest measures for rooting out corruption; making the administration efficient and for matters connected therewith————(shri jp agarwal, mp)gmgipmrnd—4960ls(s-4)—26-02-2013