 bill no 77 or 1"7 the salaries and allowances of ministers (amendment) bill, 1967 a billfurther to amend the salaries and allowance, of minister act, 1952 be it enacted by parliament in the eighteenth year of the republic of india as follows :-1 (1) this act may be called the salaries and allowances of short title and ministers (amendment) act, 1967 cod1ii1encemerit s (2) it shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of november, 1966 2 section 4 of the salaries and allowances of ministers act, 1952 amendment shall be re-numbered as sub-section (1) thereof and,-ofsection 4· (i) in sub-section (1) as so re-numbered, {or the words "fifteen clays", the words "one month" shall be substituted; and (ii) after sub-section (1) as so re-numbered and before the explanation, the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-5 "(2) in the event of the death of the minister, his family shall be entitled to the use of the fumlshed residence occupied by the mioister-(a) for a perlod of two months immediately after his death, without payment of ren't and no charge shall 10 fall on the family 01 the minister in respect of the maintenance of such residence, and (b) for a further period of one month, on payment of rent at such rates as may be prescribed by rules made in this behalf by the central government and also 15 charges in respect of electricity and water consumed in that residence during such further period"  statement of objects and reasonsunder section 4 of the salaries and allowances of ministers act, 1952, a minister (which tenn includes deputy minister) ia entitled, without payment of rent, to the use of a furnished residence throughout his term of office and a period of 15 days immediately thereafter this period ill short even when a minister vacates otllce and is even more so when a minister's family has to vacate the house after his death, considering that this is the period which would, in most cases, be taken up in completing the funeral rites it is, therefore, proposed to increase with effect from the 1st november, 1966 the period to one month when the minister vacates offtce and to three months in the event of his death for the first two months, the deceased minister's family will not be liable for payment of rent or maintenance charges but during the third month, the family will have to pay rent at the pl'e'scribed rates and charges for electricity and water y b chav an ni-;w delhi; the 20th march, 1967  financial memorandumunder section 4 of the salaries and allowances of ministers act, 1952, a minister (which term includes a deputy minister) is entitled, without payment of rent, to the use of a furnished residence throughout his term of office and a period of 15 days immediately thereafter the proposed provision in clause 2 of the bill is to increase this perioa to one month when a minister vacates office and to three months in the event of his death (the intention being that the deceased minister's family may retain the residence for a period of two montos after the death of the minister without payment of rent and for a further period of one month on payment of rent at prescribed rates) if the period of retention is increased to one month or three months, as the case may be, instead of 15 days as at present, the additional financial expenditure likely to be involved out of the consolidated fund of india will be about rs 1,200 or, as the case may be, rs 4,500 in the case of a minister and will be about rs 815 or, as the case may be, rs 3,150 in the case of a deputy minister however, as the expenditure is of an uncertain and unpredictable nature, it would not be possible to make an exact assessment of the amount likely to be involved, but it is not expected to be large (58 01' 1952) - - - - - relidence of 4 each minister shan be entitled without payment of rent to tiie ministen use of a furnished residence throughout his term of oftlce and for a period of fifteen days immediately thereafter, and no charge shad fan on the minister personally in respect of the maintenance of w:il residence ezplanation-for the purposes of this section, "residence" includes the staft· quarters and other buildings appurtenant thereto, and the garden thereof, and "maintenance" in relation to a residence includes the payment of local rates and taxes and the provialon of electricity and water - - - - -  a billfurther to amend the salaries and allowances of ministers act, 1952 (shri y b chafjan, minister of homs ajlairs) 