 bill no  63 of  2017 the  bureau of accountability bill, 2017 by shri vishnu dayal ram, mp a billto provide for establishment of a bureau of accountability to suggest measures for rooting out corruption; making the administration efficient and for matters connected therewithbe  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-eighth year of the republic of india as  follows:—short title and commencementdefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "bureau" means the bureau of accountability established under section 3;and(b) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act5establishment of a bureau of accountability3 (1) the central government shall by notification in the official gazette, establisha bureau to be known as the bureau of accountability for carrying out the purposes of this act(2) the bureau shall consist of—(i) three serving or retired judges of the supreme court of india of whom oneshall be appointed as the chairman of the bureau;10(ii) the cabinet secretary to the central government, as member;(iii) the home secretary to the central  government, as member; (iv) director to the intelligence bureau, as member;(v) director of the central bureau of  investigation, as member;15(vi) one retired general of the army, as member, (vii) an eminent social worker, as member;(viii) an eminent political activist, as member;(ix) three serving or retired chairpersons of public sector undertakings to be nominated by the central government, as members,20to be nominated by the central government; and(x) two members of parliament, one each from the house of the people and the council of states, to be nominated by the presiding officers of the respective houses (3) the members of the bureau shall have a tenure of six years from the date of their appointment or nomination, as the case may be(4) the office of the bureau shall be at new delhi25(5) the central government shall appoint such number of officers and staff as it considers necessary for the efficient functioning of the bureau(6) the salary and allowances payable to and other terms and conditions of service of members and officers and staff of the bureau shall be such as may be prescribed304 the bureau shall take  steps and suggest measures to the central government to—functions of the bureau(i) make the administration corruption free; (ii) accelerate the pace of working in the ministries of the government of india;and35(iii) implement the policies framed by the central government within the prescribedtime periodpowers of the bureau5 the members of the bureau shall carry out surprise inspections of various ministriesand departments of the central government and the public sector undertakings from time to time and suggest measures for carrying out administrative reforms in the functioning of the union ministries, departments and public sector undertakings406 the bureau shall formulate rules for its internal working and the rules so made shall be laid before houses of parliamentprocedure to be followed by the bureau in its functioningpower to make rules7 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules to carry out the purpose of this act5(2) every rule made under this 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 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 such rule10 statement of objects and reasonsit has been emphasized time and again that low performing and inefficient bureaucracy is a big hurdle in the development of the country some senior  officers and their subordinates working in government offices do not dispose of their official works within the prescribed or reasonable time period many important files remain pending for months in government offices and offices of public sector undertakings which in turn leads to corruption it is, therefore, necessary that a high powered permanent bureau should be set up to accelerate the pace of work of bureaucracy and ensure timely completion of work this will also  help in rooting out corruptionhence this billnew delhi;vishnu dayal ramfebruary 27, 2017 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides that the central government shall establish a bureau of accountability it further provides that the central government shall appoint such number of officers and staff as it considers necessary for the efficient functioning of the bureau the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is likely to involve a recurring expenditure of rupees five hundred crore per annuma non-recurring expenditure of about rupees one hundred crore is also likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 7 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of this bill as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character lok  sabha———— a billto provide for establishment of a bureau of accountability to suggest measures for rooting out corruption; making the administration efficient and for matters connected therewith————(shri vishnu dayal ram, mp)gmgipmrnd—5096ls(s3)—27-03-2017