 bill no 321 of  2016 the reservation of posts in services and seats in educational institutions for persons living in economically backward areas bill, 2016by shrimati rama devi, mpa billto provide for the reservation of posts in the services of the central government    and public sector undertakings and seats in all classes of educational         institutions for the persons living in economically backward           areas in the country with a view to improving their living             standard and expending them the benefits of progress                made by the country after independence and for                         matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—definitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "economically backward area" means such areas declared as economically backward areas by the niti aayog;(b) "family" includes husband, wife, their dependent children and parents;5(c) "person living in economically backward  areas" means  a  person living in economically backward area whose annual income does not exceed rupees thirty thousand per annum; and(d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act103 the central government shall reserve thirty per cent of posts in central governmentservices and public sector undertakings for the persons living in economically backward areasreservation of posts ing o v e r n m e n tservices4 (1) there shall be reserved thirty per cent of seats in all classes of educational andtraining institutions for the persons living in economically backward areas; andreservation of seats in educational and training institutions15(2) the expenditure on the education and training of persons admitted in educationaland training institutions under sub-section (1) shall be borne by the central governmentafter due appropriation made by parliament by law in this behalf, from time to time5 the benefits of reservation in posts and services and admission specified under this act shall be provided only once to a family living in economically backward areabenefits under the act to be given onlyonce20power to remove difficulties6 if any difficulty arises in giving effort to the provisions of this act, the centralgovernment may, by order published in the official gazette, make such provisions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficult:provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of the period of threeyears from the date of commencement of this act25act to have overriding effect7 (1) the provisions of this act and the rules made thereunder shall have effectnotwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law for the time being in force(2) the provisions of this act shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of any otherlaw, for the time being in force30power to make rules8 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rulesfor carrying out the purposes of this act35(2) every rule made under this act shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made beforeeach house of the state legislature 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 successive sessions aforesaid both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both  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 reasonsafter independence, though there has been a lot of industrial, economic and educational development in the country, some areas like the tribal areas of madhya pradesh and drought prone chhattisgarh region in the state, kalahandi in orissa, deserts of rajasthan and gujarat, the economically backward belt of bihar and hilly regions of uttar pradesh, himachal pradesh, jammu and kashmir remain deprived of the benefits of this development persons living in such economically backward areas of the country continue to suffer from abject poverty some of these areas have already been declared as backward areas by the niti aayog and by some state governments as wellin such areas there are very few industries and little economic activity as a result, persons of these areas find it very difficult to earn their livelihood due to their abject poverty they do not get even two meals a day, leave alone education and other needs of life as such they remain illiterate and are greatly exploited throughout their lives to improve their lot it is necessary that posts are reserved in the services of the central government and public sector undertakings and in all types of educational institutions for persons living in economically backward areas of the country it will not only improve the economic conditions of persons living in such backward areas but will also help in their educational advancement it will be a good beginning for the welfare of persons living in economically backward areas of the countrynew delhi;rama devinovember 4, 2016 financial memorandumclause 4 of the bill provides that the central government shall bear the entire expenditure on the education and training of persons living in the economically backward areas of the country the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve a recurring expenditure of about rupees eighty crores per annum from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees two hundred crores is also likely to be involved memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 8 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———— a billto provide for the reservation of posts in the services of the central government and public sector undertakings and seats in all classes of educational institutions for the persons living in economically backward areas in the country with a view to improving their living standard and expending them the benefits of progress made by the country after independence and for matters connected therewith————(shrimati rama devi, mp)gmgipmrnd—3409ls(s3)—05-12-2016