 bill no 187 of  2016 the use of surname (prohibition) bill, 2016 by dr kirit premjibhai solanki, mp a billto provide for prohibition of use of surname in order to eradicate caste identities and the discriminations associated therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—1  (1) this act may be called the use of surname (prohibition) act, 2016definitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "appropriate government" means in the case of a state, the government of that state and in all other cases, the central government;(b) "given name" means the first name of an individual which is given to a person at birth; and5(c) "surname" means a name shared in common to identify the members of a family, as distinguished from member's given name which may also be based on individual's occupation or caste or area of residence103 (1) the use of surname by any citizen for any personal, legal or official purpose is hereby prohibitedprohibition on use of surname(2) nothing in sub-section (1) shall prevent a person from using his father's or mother's given name along with his given name for any personal, legal or official purpose154 notwithstanding anything in section 3, the appropriate government may, by notification in the official gazette, specify the purposes for and the circumstances or technical grounds under which a citizen may use his surnamecircumstances under which surname may be used power to remove difficulty5 (1) if any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this act, the centralgovernment may, by order published in the official gazette, make such provisions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, as appears to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty:20provided that no such order shall be made after expiry of two years from the date of commencement of this act(2) every order made under this section shall, as soon as may be after it is made, be laid before each house of parliamentpower to make rules6 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rulesfor carrying out the purposes of this act25 30(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  reasonscaste is a mantle or membership we acquire by birth we not only inherit our genes from our parents but also our caste the first thing we learn about a person after greeting him is his name names not only reflect our personality but also give us the first link to the religion, race or community we belong to we are named after our ancestors, family members, after popular icons, clan, occupation, religion or even the locality we are from there have been numerous instances in the education and job sectors where examiners and interviewers have been favourable to candidates of their own community by just glancing at the caste suffix names or vindictive to candidates whose caste or community they loatheto eradicate caste identities and the discriminations associated therewith, use of surnames should be abolished this social revolution of eliminating caste names began two generations ago in tamil nadu the dropping of the caste tags of mudaliar, nadar, gounder, thevar, iyer, pillai, vanniyar etc in the last 30 years or so is a great social change that needs to be acknowledged and followed in all parts  of the countryit will be naive to assume that dispensing with caste names will lead to a casteless society however, adoption of generic names will be a small but definite step towards eradicating caste from this societyhence this billnew delhi;kirit premjibhai solankijuly 4, 2016 memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 6 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 legislative power is of a normal character lok  sabha———— a billto provide for prohibition of use of surname in order to eradicate caste identities and the discriminations associated therewith————(dr kirit premjibhai solanki, mp)gmgipmrnd—1431ls(s3)—25-07-2016