 bill no 105 of 2011 the dalit and backward youth welfare  bill, 2011 byshri pl punia, mp a billto provide for the formulation and implementation of a comprehensive national  policy for ensuring overall development of youth belonging to the scheduled  castes, the scheduled tribes and those from other backward classes and for other measures to be undertaken for their welfare by the state and for matters connected therewith or incidental theretobe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-second year of the republic of india as follows:—1  (1) this act may be called the dalit and backward youth welfare act, 2011 (2)  it extends to the whole of indiashort title, extent and commencement(3) it shall come into force at once52  in  this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—definitions(a) "appropriate government" means in the case of a state, the government ofthat state and in all other cases, the central government;(b) "backward youth" means those youth who belong to those castes which are declared, by notification in the official gazette, as backward by the appropriate government from time to time;(c) "dalit youth" means the youth belonging to the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes;5(d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act; and (e) "youth" means  any person who has attained the age of eighteen years but is not above the age of thirty-five years103 (1) the central government shall, as soon as may be, formulate a comprehensive national policy for the overall development and welfare of the dalit and backward youth of the country(2) without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of sub-section (1), the national policy referred to therein may provide for,—national policy for the overall development and welfare of the dalit and backward youth15(a) free higher education, including education in medical, technical and information technology fields;(b) free coaching/training for admission to management courses and also for competitive examinations conducted by the union public service commission, staff selection commission and such other agencies;(c) free provision of books, stationery and educational gadgets;20(d) provision of scholarship; (e) free hostel facilities; (f) free public transport facilities;(g) unrestricted access to all libraries maintained or under the control of appropriate government;25(h) training in sports to every eligible youth covered under this act and facilities and appropriate incentives to participate in sports activities, events and tournaments within and outside the country;(i) provision for nutritious meals free of cost;(j) free medical facilities and healthcare;(k) provision of vocational training;30(l) provision of military training to physically fit youth covered under this act and those successfully completing training to be given preference in recruitment in defence services; and(m) such other facilities, incentives and welfare measures as the government may deem necessary354 it shall be the duty of every appropriate government to implement the provisions of national policy formulated under section 3appropriate government to implement national policy40employment and unemployment allowance5 (1) notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the central government shall provide gainful employment to the youth belonging to dalit and backward class as per their ability and qualification on completion of their education or training, as the case may be;(2) in case the central government fails to provide gainful employment under subsection (1), the youth shall be paid an unemployment allowance on monthly basis at such rate as may be prescribed till the time they are provided with gainful employmentconstitution of expert committees6 (1) the appropriate government shall appoint such number of expert committees in the capital of every state and union territories and in every district as it may deem necessary for carrying out the purposes of this act5(2) the expert committees appointed under sub-section (1) shall consist of such members having knowledge in the field of education and psychology as may be prescribed(3) the expert committee shall advise the appropriate government regarding welfare measures for the dalit and backward youth7 the appropriate government shall,—10(i) establish such number of hostels for dalit and backward youth at conspicuous places in the country for the youth covered under this act as it may deem necessary;measures for the welfare of dalit and backward youth(ii) take such steps as may be required for promoting youth cooperatives at villages and district levels and provide requisite financial assistance and guidance to such cooperatives for procuring raw materials and marketing of their produce; and15(iii) ensure the availability of requisite credit at concessional rate of interest from the nationalized banks and other financial institutions to the youth covered under this act for setting up of self employment projects 8 the central government shall, after due appropriation made by parliament by law in this behalf, provide requisite funds for carrying out the purposes of this actcentral government to provide requisite funds power to make rules209 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act25(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  reasonsyouth are the backbone of a strong nation and are capable of substantially influencing polity in the recent times, youth have transformed some monarchies into republics by overthrowing rulers in different parts of the world as such, youth are always at the centre stage of socio-political activities of every country similar is the position in our nation the youth are facing a lot of problems relating to education, poverty, nutrition, employment opportunities, self employment, health, sports, etc there is no institutional mechanism to harness the potential of our youth and channelise their energy for the betterment of the country the plight of the youth belonging to dalit communities such as the scheduled castes, the scheduled tribes and other backward classes (obcs) who have been oppressed for centuries is even worse even today dalit youth have to face social ostracisation though there is the reservation policy in place which was propounded by the messiah of the dalits, babasaheb dr br ambedkar however, the reservation system has only minimally benefited the dalits the dalit youth still require special attention because there is a need to instill a sense of belonging among the dalit, backward and oppressed youth of the nation by providing them opportunities for their overall development the facilities of education and opportunities for job should be provided to the youth belonging to the dalit and backward class so that they can contribute to the progress of the country to their full potential if employment opportunity is not provided to dalit and backward youth they should be given unemployment allowance they have to be linked directly with the production processes by eliminating the disparities between the rural and urban dalit youth for this a comprehensive national policy for the dalit, backward and oppressed youth should be in place to ensure their all round development which is the need of the hour the state has to take measures for their welfare and enable them to fight against the forces of fanaticism, fundamentalism and separatismthe bill seeks to achieve above objectives hence this billnew delhi;p l  punianovember 9, 2011 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for a national policy for overall welfare and development of the dalit and backward youth it also provides for certain facilities to be provided to such youth belonging to dalit and backward communities clause 5 provides for employment opportunities and payment of unemployment allowance by the central government clause 6 provides for constitution of expert committees for the welfare of dalit and backward youth clause 7 provides for various activities to be undertaken by the appropriate government for the welfare of dalit and backward youth clause 8 provides for supply of requisite funds by the central government to carry out the provisions of the bill the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is not possible, at present, to quantify the funds that may be involved but it is estimated that a sum of rupees thirty thousand crore will be involved as recurring expenditure per annuma non-recurring expenditure to the tune of rupees twenty thousand crore will be involved for creating assets and infrastructure memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 9 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————— abillto provide for the formulation and implementation of a comprehensive national  policy for ensuring overall development of youth belonging to the scheduled  castes, the scheduled tribes and those from other backward classes and for other measures to be undertaken for their welfare by the state and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto—————(shri pl punia,, mp)