 bill no xlv of 2014 the girl child and adolescent girls (protection from malnutrition, anaemia, diseases and welfare) bill, 2014 a billto provide for the protection and other measures to be undertaken by the central and stategovernments for the girl child and adolescent girls to save them from malnutrition, anaemia and various diseases afflicting them in gujarat and other parts of the country and for special provisions for nutritious meals supplemented by folic acid and multi vitamin tablets, timely health check-ups and medication free of cost and certain welfare measures to be undertaken by the state for the girl child and adolescent girls and for matters connected therewith and incidental theretobe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fifth year of the republic of india as follows :—1 (i) this act may be called the girl child and adolescent girls (protection from malnutrition, anaemia, diseases and welfare) act, 2014short title, extent and commencement(ii) it extends to the whole of india (iii) it shall come into force with immediate effect5definitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) ''adolescent girl'', means a female human being who has attained puberty and is below the age of eighteen years;(b) "appropriate government'' means in the case of a state, the government of that state and in other cases the central government ;(c) ''girl child'' means a female human being who is below the age of ten years; (d) ''parent'' in relation to a girl child or adolescent girl, as the case may be, include mother, father, a guardian and every person who has the actual custody of such girl child or adolescent girl ;(e) ''prescribed'' means prescribed by rules made under the act510national policy for the pretection and welfare of girl child and adolescent girls3 (1) notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the central government shall, as soon as may be, but within one year of the commencement of this act, formulate and publish in the official gazette, a national policy for the overall protection and welfare of the girl child and adolescent girls belonging to poor and middle class families in the society who are malnourished anaemic and diseases prone and shall take appropriate measures for the uniform implementation of such a national policy(2) in particular and without prejudice to the generality of the provisions contained in sub-section (1) such national policy may indude provision for,—15(a) census or survey, from time to time, of girl child and adolescent girls who aremalnourished in slum areas, jhuggi-jhopri clusters, backward and tribal areas andrural areas and maintain a data thereof in such manner and with such particulars, as may be prescribed;20(b) conducting a periodic medical examination of every girl child and adolescentgirl covered under this act from time to time and taking such remedial measures as are recommended by the medical authorities;(c) making it mandatory for the appropriate government to provide folic acid andmulti-vitamin tablets to every malnourished and anaemic girl child and adolescent girl;(d) providing a monthly allowance of not less than two thousand rupees toevery malnourished girl child and adolescent girl covered under this act for taking healthy meals in such manner as may be prescribed;25(e) providing sanitary napkins and proper dresses to the adolescent girls covered under this act in such manner as may be prescribed,—4 (1) it shall be the duty of the appropriate government to provide every girl child and adolescent girl covered under this act,—30(a) medical facilities including medicines and hospitalization wherever necessaryfree of cost ;certain welfare measures for the girl child and adolescent girls(b) educational facilities including technical, medical, vocational, informationtechnology and higher education at the college and university level free of cost;(c) recreational, entertainment and playing facilities;35(d) such other welfare and protective measures as may be deemed necessaryand appropriate or as may be prescribed(2)  it shall be the duty of every parent of a girl child or adolescent girl covered under this act,—(a) to send the girl child or adolescent girl, as the case may be, to an educational institution for getting education as per her age;40(b) not to burden the girl child or adolescent girl, as the case may be, with household chores and allow her to study, play and entertain;(c) not to pledge or force the girl child or adolescent girl, as the case may be, to work as a domestic servant(3) no person shall employ a girl child or adolescent girl as domestic servant or in any establishment in any manner whatsoeverpenalty5 whoever contravenes the provisions of sub-section (2) or (3) of section 4 shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than one year but may extend up to three years and also with fine which may extend up to two lakh rupee56 the central government shall, after due appropriation made by parliament by law in this behalf, provide requisite funds, from time to time, to the states and union territories for carrying out the purposes of this actcentral government to provide funds7 the provisions of this act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other law for the time being in force dealing with the subject matter of this act10act to supplement other lawspower to make rules8 the central government may, by  notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act statement of objects and reasonsrecently, it was widely reported in the national print and electronic media that malnutrition and anaemia is prevalent among the girl child and adolescent girls of not only the economically backward states and regions of the country but in the  model state of gujarat also, which has the highest number of malnourished and anaemic girl child and adolescent girls it is very unfortunate that girl child and adolescent girls in major parts of our vast nation remain neglected, malnourished and suffer from anaemia and various diseases in some parts they are married off and majority of such malnourished balika badhus meet fre-natal and post-natal deaths it is very common that they are not treated well in their own families they are either not given nutritious meals or their families cannot afford nutritious meals for them in some cases let alone the nutritious meals, they don't even get two square meals majority of them are forced to work as domestic maids etc they remain illiterate and exploitedours is a welfare state and it is the duty of the state to take care of these unfortunate girl child and adolescent girls and initiate welfare measures for themhence this billahmed  patel financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for a national policy for the protection and welfare of girl child and adolescent girls clause 4 provides for certain welfare measures for the girl child and adolescent girls clause 6 makes it mandatory for the central government to provide requisite funds for carrying out the purposes of the bill the bill, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a sum of rupees thirty thousand crore may involve as recurring expenditure per annuma non-recurring expenditure to the tune of  twenty thousand crore rupee may also be involved from the consolidated fund of india memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 8 of the bill gives power to the central government to make rules for carring out the purposes of the bill the rules will relate to matters of details onlythe delegation of legislative power is of normal character———— a billto provide for the protection and other measures to be undertaken by the central and stategovernments for the girl child and adolescent girls to save them from malnutrition, anaemia and various diseases afflicting them in gujarat and other parts of the country and for special provisions for nutritious meals supplemented by folic acid and multi vitamin tablets, timely health check-ups and medication free of cost and certain welfare measures to be undertaken by the state for the girl child and adolescent girls and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto————(shri ahmed patel, mp)