 bill  no 168 of  2018 the pepper growers (welfare) bill,  2018 by adv joice george, mp a billto provide for certain welfare measures and other facilities for pepper growers and for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the pepper growers (welfare) act, 2018short title, extent and commencement(2) it extends to the whole of india(3) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appointdefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "appropriate government" means in the case of a state, the government of that state and in other cases, the central government;(b) "committee" means the pepper development committee constituted under section 3;(c)  "pepper" includes its products, by-products and extracts;(d)  "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act; and5(e)  "scheme" means the pepper growers welfare scheme formulated under section 3 3 (1) the central government shall formulate a scheme for the welfare of pepper growers to be known as the pepper growers welfare schemepepper growers welfare scheme10(2) the scheme shall be administered by a committee to be known as the pepper development committee(3) the committee shall consist of—(i) a chairperson, who shall be nominated by the central government; (ii) two members, representing the governments of pepper growing states, to be nominated by the central government;15(iii) two members representing pepper agriculturists who are growing pepper on large scale;(iv) two members representing small pepper growers; and (v) three members of parliament from pepper growing states20(4) the chairperson and members of the committee shall be nominated by the central government in such manner as may be prescribed(5) the salary and allowances payable to, and other conditions of service of the chairperson and members of the committee, shall be such as may be prescribed4 without prejudice to the powers of the central government, the scheme shall include:—provisions to be made under the scheme25(i) framing of a comprehensive insurance scheme for loss or destruction ofpepper;(ii) providing technical and other kinds of specialized assistance to peppergrowers;(iii) fixing minimum support price for pepper; (iv) creation of adequate procurement and storage facility for pepper;30(v) providing assistance for export of pepper and its products; (vi) encouraging research in pepper related fields with a view to promote it as anutraceutical and as a condiment;(vii) provision of adequate marketing facilities for pepper growers; and35(viii) provision of electricity and water facilities to pepper growers at subsidized rate 5 the central government shall, after due appropriation made by parliament by law in this behalf, provide adequate funds for the purposes of this actcentral government to provide fundspower to make rules6 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act40(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 rule5 statement of objects and reasonsmembers of the botanical family piperaceae were among the first cultivated plantsblack pepper (piper nigrum) and long pepper (piper longum) are the best known spices in this family and are probably among the most recognized spices in the world black pepper alone accounts for lion part of the world's total spice trade in addition, pepper have been used medicinally for centuries in recent years, extensive research on the phytochemistry and unique pharmacological actions of these plants are also available but unfortunately, there are no adequate facilities and support for pepper growers the pepper based industries are suffering from numerous problems including problems relating to its storage, marketing, procurement and export the bill seeks to overcome the problems mentioned abovehence this billnovember 19, 2018 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for the formulation of a welfare scheme for pepper growersit also provides for the constitution of a committee to administer the scheme clause 4 provides for the activities to be undertaken under the scheme clause 5 provides that the central government shall provide adequate funds for the purposes of this act the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is likely to involve a recurring expenditure of about rupees one hundred crore per annuma non-recurring expenditure of about rupees twenty 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 detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character———— abillto provide for certain welfare measures and other facilities for pepper growers and for matters connected therewith————(adv joice george, mp)mgipmrnd—2052ls(s3)—04-12-2018