 bill no 151 of  2017 the compulsory employment and welfare measures for disadvantaged persons bill, 2017 by shri kunwar pushpendra singh chandel, mp a billto provide for compulsory employment and welfare measures for disadvantaged persons and for matters connected therewithbe  it enacted by the parliament in the sixty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—commencementdefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "board" means the national board for special group constituted under section 4;(b) "disadvantaged persons" means widows, mentally retarded youth, poor old age persons and disabled who are unemployed; and5(c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act3 (1) the central government shall, by notification in the official gazette, constitute a national board for disadvantaged persons to ensure for employment and welfare measures for such personsconstitution of the national board for special group10(2) the board shall consist of a chairperson and ten other members, out of whichone representative each from the states of uttar pradesh, madhya pradesh and bihar who shall have special experience in conducting of various social schemes, to be appointed by the central government in consultation with the state governments concerned, in such manner as may be prescribed15(3) the headquarter of the board shall be at such place as may be prescribed(4) the salary and allowances payable to and other terms and conditions of service of the chairperson and other members of the board shall be such as may be prescribed(5) the central government shall make available such officers and staff to the board as it may require for its efficient functioning204 the board shall—functions of the board(i) take steps to ensure employment for livelihood of disadvantaged persons; (ii) take steps for development of managerial system in small and cottageindustries for manufacturing of products as per their demand in the market by accommodating the disadvantaged persons for employment in such industries;25(iii) take steps to review the managerial skill of these industries in every sixmonths for ensuring employment notwithstanding decline in the products manufactured by small and cottage industries;(iv) take responsibility for sale and marketing of products manufactured by thedisadvantaged persons and the profit gained by selling of such products shall betransferred to the account of beneficiaries;30(v) extend the benefits of various social security schemes which are run by thecentral government to the disadvantaged persons;(vi) recommend to the central government that the product manufactured andsale thereof by the disadvantaged persons be kept outside the purview of goods and services tax;35(vii) launch special campaigning programme for promotion of sale of the productmanufactured by the disadvantaged persons; and(viii) take steps for providing financial assistance to the disadvantaged personsin the form of allowances for one year or till the sale of the products is increased during low demand of manufactured products in the market40 5 the central government shall, after due appropriation made by parliament by law in this behalf, provide requisite funds to the national board for carrying out the purposes of this actcentral government to provide requisite fundspower to make rules6 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rulesfor carrying out the purposes of this act;455(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  reasonsindia is a fast developing country however, a large portion of the population is deprived of employment in the country or being paid a meager salary even today, it has become more difficult for the widows, poor old-aged persons, mentally challenged youth and disabled persons to get the employment this weakens the self-confidence amongst them making it difficult to live with dignity in the society it is, therefore, necessary that the government makes special efforts to ensure employment opportunities for this group so that they may lead a dignified life for this purpose, the government shall have to encourage the small and cottage industries, their demand in the market and make efforts to meet constant demand of marketing of the products manufactured by these industries by engaging the widows, poor old-aged persons, mentally retarded youth and disabled persons in such industries so as to enable them to lead life with respect and dignityhence this billnew delhi;kunwar pushpendra singh chandeljune 30, 2017 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for constitution of a national board for special group for employment and welfare measures of such categorised persons clause 5 provides that the central government shall provide requisite funds to the national board for carrying out the purposes of this act the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that recurring expenditure of rupees one thousand crore per annum would be involved from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of rupees five hundred crore is also likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 6 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 details only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character———— a billto provide for compulsory employment and welfare measures for disadvantaged persons and for matters connected therewith————(shri kunwar pushpendra singh chandel, mp)gmgipmrnd—1120ls(s3)—26-07-2017