 bill no  14 of  2015 the youth welfare bill, 2015 by dr ramesh pokhriyal 'nishank', mp a billto provide for a comprehensive policy for the development of the youth in the countrybe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—1  (1) this act may be called the youth welfare act, 2015(2) it extends to the whole of indiashort title, extent and commencement(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 all other cases the union government;(b) 'youth' means a person who has attained the age of fifteen years but is not above the age of thirty-two years;5(c) 'youth organisation' means an organisation of youth which provides foruniversal membership, without any discrimination on the basis of race, religion, language, caste, creed or sex and the constitution of which provides for its democratic functioning in respective states and union territories, as the case may be; and(d) 'prescribed' means prescribed by rules made under this act3 the appropriate government shall provide to every eligible youth,—| (                                                                        | a   | ) compulsory and free education including technical education;             ||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|| compulsory                                                               |     |                                                                            || and free                                                                 |     |                                                                            || educational                                                              |     |                                                                            || facilities                                                              |     |                                                                            || (                                                                        | b   | ) materials like books, stationery and uniform free of cost;               || 10                                                                       |     |                                                                            || (                                                                        | c   | ) free hostel facilities;                                                  || (                                                                        | d   | ) scholarships to meritorious students;                                    || (                                                                        | e   | ) free transport facilities;                                               || (                                                                        | f   | ) pocket allowance at the rate of rupees two hundred to rupees two hundred || fifty per month according to the age of the youth, as may be prescribed; |     |                                                                            || 15                                                                       |     |                                                                            || (                                                                        | g   | ) recreational facilities free of cost; and                                || (                                                                        | h   | ) free access to all libraries and technical institutions                 |4 the appropriate government shall provide,—sports facilities to the youth20(a) training in sports to every eligible youth and facilities for participation insports activities both inside and outside the country;(b) representation to youth organisations in sports associations; and (c) such other facilities, as may be prescribed, for the welfare of youth, whorepresent the country in sports, throughout his lifetime255 the appropriate government shall provide nutritious meals free of cost to all thestudents in schools, colleges, universities, hostels and technical institutionsprovision of nutritious meal in schools, etc6 the appropriate government shall provide medical and health care facilities to theyouth free of costmedical and health care facilities to the youthappointment of expert committees307 (1) the appropriate government shall appoint an expert committee consisting ofsuch number of eminent educationists and psychologists, as may be prescribed, in every district(2) the expert committee shall recommend the type of education or training in a vocation to be imparted to a youth of the district after he or she passes the tenth class examination8 the appropriate government shall evolve a scheme under which every eligible youth shall be imparted training in modern apprenticeship trades and vocationstraining of the youth in trade and vocation35military training to the youth9 the central government shall provide military training to all the able-bodied youth and those who successfully complete the training shall be given preference in employment in defence services10 the appropriate government shall provide—provision of employment(i) employment to the youth after completion of their education or training; or40(ii) unemployment allowance at such rate, as may be prescribed, till they are provided with gainful employment 11 the central government shall, after due appropriation made by parliament by law in this behalf, provide adequate funds to the state governments for carrying out the purposes of this actcentral government to provide adequate fundspower to make rules12 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act510(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  reasonseven after six decades of independence, no clear-cut policy for youth has been laid down in our country the education should be the right of every youth and not a privilege of a few and employment should be guaranteed to them the youth should be linked directly with the production process the disparities between the rural and urban youth should be eliminated gradually the youth today is also facing serious health problems, absolute inadequacy in sports and cultural facilities a considerable chunk of youth population is still reeling under poverty a proper policy is required to be evolved for comprehensive development of the youth and proper utilization of their energies and education a comprehensive youth policy for their all-round development is, therefore, absolutely necessaryhence this billnew delhi;ramesh pokhriyal 'nishank'december 23, 2014 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for compulsory and free education and also supply of materials like books, stationery and uniform free of cost and pocket allowance to all the youth it also provides for free hostel and transport facilities and scholarships to youth clause 4 provides for training and participation of youth in sports activities clause 5 provides for nutritious diet free of cost to all the students in schools, colleges, universities and hostels clause 6 provides for medical and health care facilities to all the youth clause 7 provides for appointment of an expert committee to recommend the type of education that is to be imparted to the youth clause 8 provides for formulation of a scheme under which the youth will be imparted training in modern apprenticeship trades and vocations clause 9 provides for military training to able-bodied youth by the central government clause 10 provides for employment to all the youth after completion of their education, training or vocation or unemployment allowance till they are provided with gainful employment clause 11 provides for payment of adequate funds to the state governments for carrying out the purposes of the actthe bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india in respect of the union territories the state governments will incur the expenditure from their respective consolidated funds in respect of their states supplemented by assistance from the central government an annual recurring expenditure of about rupees three hundred crore is likely to be incurred from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees five crore is also likely to be incurred memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 12 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill the rules will relate to matters of detail only and as such the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character———— a billto provide for a comprehensive policy for the development of the youth in the country————(dr ramesh pokhriyal 'nishank', mp)gmgipmrnd—4205ls(e)—09-02-2015