as introduced in lok sabha bill no 287 of  2015 the prohibition bill, 2015 byshri kodikunnil suresh, mp a billto provide for prohibition and for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the prohibition act, 2015short title and extent(2) it extends to the union territories onlyprohibition2 nothwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force,the central government shall, within a period of six months from the coming into force of this act, by notification in the official gazette, impose a total prohibition in the union territoriespunishment3 (1) after the issue of notification under section 2, no person shall manufacture, sell,trade, export or import liquor in any union territory5(2) whoever violates the provision of sub-section (1) shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than two years and also with a fine of rupees one lakh10reimbursement of loss to the states4 all states having a prohibition law in force and any state which enacts a prohibitionlaw after the coming into force of this act, shall be reimbursed by the central government, the loss of revenue on account of prohibition for a period of five years to the extent of one-half of such revenue losspower to make rules5 (1) the central government may by notification in the official gazette, make rulesfor carrying out the purposes of this act15 20(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 of both the houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rules 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 reasonsit has been seen that many of the grave and serious crimes are committed under the influence of liquor youth even at the age of teens have started drinking they follow their role models especially in movies and have made this a regular habit not only the families of those who drink are affected but the government also has to bear the health cost due to frequent medical care required by heavy drinkers some of the state governments are not able to impose prohibition because of a huge revenue they get by sale of liquor in fact, some of the state governments fix a target for sale of liquor during festival seasonsdrinking is not india's culture we have imported it from the west therefore, it is high time of total prohibition is imposed throughout the country initially, some state governments will lose revenue on acount of this and the central government can compensate for a few yearshence this billnew delhi;kodikunnil sureshnovember 18, 2015 financial memorandumclause 4 of the bill provides that the central government shall reimburse the loss of revenue on account of prohibition for a period of five years to the extent of half of such revenue loss to the state government the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india a recurring expenditure of about rupees five thousand crore is likely to be involvedno non-recurring expenditure is likely to be involved memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 5 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legisative power is of a normal character———— a billto provide for prohibition and for matters connected therewith————(shri kodikunnil suresh, mp)gmgipmrnd—3048ls(s3)—03-12-2015