 bill no 13 of 2018 the  women  welfare  bill,  2018 by dr ramesh pokhriyal 'nishank',  mp a billto provide for welfare of women by providing fund and creating employment opportunities and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-ninth year of  the  republic of  india as follows:—1  (1)  this act may be called the women welfare act, 2018short title, extent and commencement(2) it extends to the whole of india5(3) it shall come into force at oncedefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "appropriate government" means in the case of a state, the government ofthat state, in all other cases the central government;(b) "fund" means women welfare fund set up under section 3;10(c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this actwomenwelfare fund3 (1) the central government shall by notification in the official gazette set up a fund to be known as women welfare fund for the purpose of taking welfare measures for women5(2) the fund shall consist of contributions by central government and state governments in such ratio as may be prescribed and donations received from organisations and individuals4 the central government shall reserve at least thirty-three per cent of jobs for women in all central government services and organisations under its controlreservation of jobs in central government5 the appropriate government shall,—10(i) set up such number of women employment centres in every district as may beprescribed to provide assistance to women for employment or self employment;appropriategovernmentto undertake welfare measures for women(ii) reserve land or housing sites for women; (iii) provide free health care facilities and maternity benefits upto first twochildren;15(iv) set up women hostels wherein all facilities shall be provided free of cost; (v) pay sustenance allowance or old age pension to women who are destitute orwidows and having no source of regular income;(vi) provide free training to women for taking up employment or self employment;(vii) provide scholarships to girl students; and20(viii) reserve at least thirty per cent of seats for women in all educationalinstitutions including higher professional and technical institutions6 the central government shall, after due appropriation made by parliament by law in this behalf,  provide funds to the state governments for setting up of special courts for women in every districtcentral government to provide funds for special courts257 the central government shall ensure that every commercial bank, including privateand foreign banks provide loans to women at the rate of five per cent simple interest for setting up self employment unitscentralgovernmentto ensure loan to womenpower to make rules8 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act30 35(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  reasonswomen constitute fifty per cent of the population in the country though  seventy years have passed since independence, yet there has been no improvement in the condition of women several efforts taken by the government have yielded some results, yet much has to be done to improve their lot the women do not have ample access to schools or employment opportunities only a concrete reservation system in educational institutions or government jobs or special employment or self employment opportunities will help them crimes against women are increasing and it takes very long for disposal of cases special courts can only help quick disposal of casesthere is no social security for women in distress the government should make some provision for them therefore, it is proposed to bring a comprehensive legislation for women welfarehence this billnew delhi;ramesh pokhriyal 'nishank'january 2, 2018 financial  memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for setting up of women welfare fund consisting of contributions by central government and other sources clause 5 provides for setting up of employment centres, reservation of land or housing sites and providing hostels, pensions, scholarships, etc to women by the appropriate government clause 6 of the bill contains the provision for central government to provide funds to state governments for setting up of special courts in every district the bill, therefore by the central government, if enacted would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is likely to involve a recurring expenditure of about rupees ten thousand crore per annuma non-recurring expenditure of rupees two thousand crore is also likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 8 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 welfare of women by providing fund and creating employment opportunities and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto————(dr ramesh pokhriyal 'nishank', mp)gmgipmrnd—3646ls(s3)—20-01-2018