 bill no 337 of  2015 the population control bill, 2015 byshri rajesh pandey, mp a billto control the growth of population in the country and for matters connected therewith and incidental theretobe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the population control act, 2015short title,extent andcommencement(2) it extends to the whole of india (3) it shall come into force on such a date, as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appoint5definitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires, —(i) "appropriate government" means in the case of a state, the government of that state and in all other cases, the central government;(ii) "board" means the national population control board constituted under section 3; (iii) "fund" means the population control fund constituted under section 5; and(iv) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules under this act5 3 (1) the central government shall, within six months of the coming into force of this act, constitute a board to be known as the national population control board(2) the board shall consists of—constitution of national population control board(a) a chairperson, having such qualifications and experience, as may be prescribed, to be appointed by the central government;10(b) secretaries of the union ministries of human resource development, health and family welfare, social justice and empowerment, panchayati raj and minority affairs as members;(c) chief secretaries of state governments as members; (d) director of the institute of population studies as member;(e) director of the national institute of health and family welfare as member;15(f) one representative each from the medical council of india and family planning association of india as member;(g) two members from non-governmental organisations working in the field of population control as members to be appointed by the central government in such manner as may be prescribed; and20(h) two persons having experience in the field of population studies to be appointed by the central government in such manner as may be prescribed4 the board shall—(i) formulate two child norm policy within six months of its constitution;functions and duties of board25(ii) implement two child norm policy;(iii) recommend to the central government the penalty to be imposed on persons who do not follow the two child norm policy;(iv) recommend to the central government the incentives to be given to persons who follow two child norm policy;30(v) formulate a coherent, integrated and comprehensive long-term plan which shall ensure continued implementation of two child norm policy;(vi) organise family planning workshops and launch family planning clinics; (vii) undertake, promote and publish studies and investigations on indian population in all its aspects;35(viii) assemble and disseminate technical and scientific information relating to medical, social, economic and cultural phenomena which affect or are affected by population;(ix) call upon any department, bureau, office or agency or instrumentality for such assistance as it may require for the efficient performance of its functions;40(x) establish and adopt qualitative goals for the implementation of two child norm policy;(xi) undertake study on the effects of alternative rates of population growth on family;(xii) frame syllabus for inclusion of family planning in the school curriculum and higher education;(xiii) provide safe and effective means to couples desiring to space or limitfamily size;(xiv) suggest measures to reduce mortality and morbidity rates;5(xv) formulate policies and programs aimed at guiding and regulating labourforce, internal migration and spatial distribution of population;(xvi) co-ordinate with international agencies and private organizations concernedwith population problems to overcome the problem of rising population; and10(xvii) undertake such other tasks as may be assigned to it by the centralgovernment5 (1) the central government shall constitute a fund to be known as the population control fund for carrying out the purpose of this actnational population fund(2) the following shall be credited to the fund—(i) contributions and grants from the central government; and15(ii) donations and grants from sources within and outside india(3) the fund shall be utilised by the board in such manner as may be prescribed: provided that not more than fifteen percent of the fund of the board shall be utilized for meeting expenses of the board20meetings and committees6 (1) the board shall meet at least once in a month at such place and shall observesuch procedure in regard to the transaction of business at its meetings (including the quorum at such meetings) as may be prescribed(2) the chairperson or, if he is unable to attend, such other member of the board, as may be chosen by the members present at the meeting from amongst themselves, shall preside over the meeting25board to constitute committees7 the board shall constitute continuing or ad-hoc committees consisting of such number of members of the board or such other experts as may be deemed necessary to conduct studies for the board, or to assist it in the efficient discharge of its functionsother staff of the board8 (1) the board shall appoint an executive director who shall be the secretary to the board30(2) subject to the direction and supervision of the chairperson of the board, the executive director shall be responsible for the operation of the national population program, preparing periodic progress of program and annual budget estimates, and for recommending policy to the board, and perform such other duties as may be prescribed35(3) the board shall appoint such other staff as may be necessary to carry out theprovisions of this act and shall arrange for such services as the chairperson may deem necessary for the performance of the board's work9 the salary and allowances payable to and other terms and conditions of service of chairperson, members, executive director and other staff and officers of the board shall be such as may be prescribed40salary and allowances of chairperson and members of the boardannual report and its laying before parliament10 (1) the board shall prepare once every year in such form, as may be prescribed, an annual report giving summary of its activities including information relating to plans, programs and policies relating to population control during the previous year and such report shall contain statements of annual accounts of the board5(2) a copy of the report shall be forwarded to the central government and the central government shall cause such report to be laid, as soon as may be, after it is received, before each house of parliament11 the provisions of this act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law for the time being in forceoverriding effect of the provisions of the act10 12 the central government shall, after due appropriation made by parliament by law in this behalf, provide such amount of funds to the state governments, as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this actcentral government to provide adequate fundpower to make rules13 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette,  make rules for carrying the purpose of this act15 20(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 modifications in the rule of both the houses  agree that the rules should not be made, the rules 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 the rule statement of objects and reasonsone of the most serious social and economic problems that are being faced by india today is its large population and rapid growth our government has regarded a growing population as a catalyst for bringing about swift economic development we have been following the growth differently, with one-fifth of the world's population but only five per cent, of the world's arable land continuing rapid population growth would bring about hardships, extreme poverty, and famine in the country soon we are going to be the number one country in the world in population the need is to frame a policy to ensure that india which has been historically prone to severe floods and natural disasters and facing problems of high urban growth of population and migration, is able to feed its people the rapid population growth that occurred after the independence could not be controlled by subsequent governments with policies prevalent from time to time we don't have legislation for population control the existing policies has at times been praised as an effective tool for ensuring the moderate control but not able to control its large population to increase the share of each indian in the fruits of economic progress and meeting the grave social and economic challenge of a high rate of population growth, a national legislation which respects the secular beliefs of the constitution and applies to all equally is required to be framedhence this billnew delhi;rajesh  pandeynovember 13, 2015 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for constitution of the population control board clause 4provides for providing incentives to the persons following two child norm policy it also provides for publishing of studies of the board clause 5 provides for constitution of the population control fund clause 11 provides that the central government shall provide adequate funds to the state governments for carrying out the purposes of the act the expenditure relating to states shall be borne out of the consolidated funds of respective states moreover, the expenditure in respect of union territories shall be borne out of the consolidated fund of india the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a recurring expenditure of about rupees one thousand crore will be involved as a recurring expenditure per annum from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees fifty crore is also likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 13 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 lok  sabha———— a billto control the growth of population in the country and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto————(shri rajesh pandey, mp)gmgipmrnd—3182ls(s3)—09-12-2015