bill no 69 of 2008 the governors (emoluments, allowances and privileges) amendment bill, 2008 a billfurther to amend the governors (emoluments, allowances and privileges)  act, 1982be it enacted by parliament in the fifty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1  this act may be called the governors (emoluments, allowances and privileges)amendment  act, 2008amendment of section 243 of 19822 in the governors (emoluments, allowances and privileges) act, 1982 (hereinafter referred to as the principal act), in section 2, in clause (c), for the words "spouse and the dependent children", the words "spouse, dependent children and the dependent parents" shall be substituted and shall be deemed to have been substituted with effect from the 1st day of january, 2007amendment of section 33 in section 3 of the principal act, for the words "rupees thirty-six thousand per mensem", the words "rupees one lakh ten thousand per mensem" shall be substituted and shall be deemed to have been substituted with effect from the 1st day of january, 2006power to remove difficulties4 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 the principal act as amended by this act,  as  may appear to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of removing the difficulty:provided that no order shall be made under this section after the expiry of two years from the date on which this act comes into force(2) every order made under this section shall, as soon as may be after it is made, to be laid before each house of parliament statement of objects and reasonsas per the governors (emoluments, allowances and privileges) act, 1982, the governors are entitled to emoluments amounting to rupees thirty-six thousand per mensem with effect from 1st january, 1996 consequent upon the revision of salary and allowances of various other constitutional authorities, it is proposed to enhance the emoluments of the governors from rupees thirty-six thousand per mensem to rupees one lakh and ten  thousand per mensem with effect from 1st january, 20062 as per the above said act, the definition of family, inter alia, includes the spouse and the dependent children of the governor as per the rules made under this act, the governor and the members of his family are entitled to medical facilities on the scale and conditions applicable to the highest ranking member of the all india services under the all india services (medical attendance) rules, 1954 and in rule 2(c) of these rules, the definition of 'family' means (i) the wife or husband of a member of the service and (ii) the parents, children and stepchildren of such member wholly dependent upon that member it is, therefore, proposed that the definition of family of the governor be revised so as to include the 'dependent parents' with effect from 1st january, 20073 in order to overcome any difficulty which may arise while giving effect to the provisions of the said act as amended by the present bill, it is proposed to insert clause 4 in order to provide for the 'removal of difficulties' in the bill to enable the central government to issue an order within two years from the commencement of this amendment bill4 the bill seeks to achieve the above objectsnew delhi;                                                                                                  shivraj  v  patilthe 15th october, 2008 annexure extracts from the governors (emoluments, allowances and privileges) act, 1982 (43 of 1982)definitions    2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—    (c) "members of the family", in relation to a governor, means the spouse and the dependent children of the governor;    emoluments3 there shall be paid to every governor emoluments at the rate of rupees thirty-six thousand per mensem:provided that if a governor, at the time of his appointment,—(a) is in receipt of a pension (other than disability or wound pension) in respect of any previous service under the government of india or any of its predecessor governments or under the government of a state or any of its predecessor governments his emoluments shall be reduced,—(i) by the amount of that pension; and (ii) if he has, before such appointment, received in lieu of portion of the pension due to him in respect of such previous service, the commuted value thereof, by the amount of that portion of the pension; and(iii) if he has, before such appointment, received a retirement gratuity in respect of such previous service, by the pension equivalent of that gratuity; or (b) is in receipt of any benefit by way of contributory provident fund, his emoluments shall be reduced by the pension equivalent of such benefits     lok   sabha———— a billfurther to amend the governors (emoluments, allowances and privileges)  act, 1982————(shri shivraj v patil, minister of home affairs)gmgipmrnd—3626ls(s5)—23-10-2008