 bill  no 305 of  2016 the inclusion of the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes in persons living below poverty line category bill, 2016 bydr kirit premjibhai solanki,  mpa billto include the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes in the below poverty line categorybe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the inclusion of the scheduled castes and the scheduledtribes in below poverty line category act, 2016short title, extent and commencement5(2) it extends to the whole of india (3) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, bynotification 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;5(b) "persons living below poverty line" means such persons who according to norms fixed by the central government, from time to time, are placed in the persons living below the poverty line category; and(c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act3  the appropriate government shall, by notification in the official gazette, frame policy for inclusion of the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes residing within its territorial jurisdiction in the persons living below poverty line category:10provided that persons belonging to the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes who are income tax payee in government service  shall not be included in the persons living below poverty line categoryinclusion of the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes under the persons living below poverty line15 4 the central government shall, after due appropriation made by parliament by law in this behalf, provide requisite sums to the appropriate governments for carrying out the purposes of this actcentral government to provide requisite funds power to remove difficulty5 (1) if any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this act, the central government may, by order published in the official gazette, make such provisions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, as appears to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty:20provided that no such order shall be made after expiry of two years from the date of commencement of this act(2) every order made under this section shall, as soon as may be after it is made, be laid before each house of parliament256  the provisions of this act shall  be in addition to and not in derogation of any other law, for the time begin in forceact not be in derogation of other lawspower to make rules7  (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of the act3035(2) every rule made under his act shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made before each 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 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 such rule statement of objects  and reasonseven today a substantial portion of the scheduled caste' and the scheduled tribes'population still lives in underprivileged conditions despite the reservations, a considerable section of this population has not been able to achieve equal statusfurthermore, even though  many socio economic actions are taken for the upliftment of the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes population, they still remain vulnerable they are subjected to violence, inequality and unequal opportunities to grow and flourish thus, to eradicate this discrimination, inclusion of the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes population in the bpl category is importantit would be naive to assume that this inclusion will lead to a casteless society and change the status of the population overnight, however, this would be small but definite step towards eradicating caste from this society and giving everyone an equal chance to growhence this billnew delhi;kirit premjibhai solankinovember 9, 2016 financial memorandumclause 6 provides that the central government shall provide adequate funds for carrying out the purposes of this bill the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that an annual recurring expenditure of rupees fifty crore is likely to be incurredno non-recurring expenditure is likely to be involved————abillto include the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes in the below poverty line category————(dr kirit premjibhai solanki, mp)