 bill no 30 of  2009 the agricultural workers (employment, conditions of service and welfare) bill,  2009 by shri adhir ranjan chowdhury, mp a billto protect the interests of agricultural workers and to provide for their welfarebe it enacted by parliament in the sixtieth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the agricultural workers (employment, conditions ofservice and welfare) act, 2009short title, extent and commencement(2) it extends to the whole of india (3) it shall come into force at once5establishment of agricultural workers welfare board2 the central government shall establish an agricultural workers welfare board(hereinafter referred to as 'board') to protect the interests of agricultural workers in the country3 (1) the board shall consist of a chairman and twenty other memberschairman and other members of board10(2) the chairman of the board shall be elected by the members of the board(3) the members of the board shall be elected by agricultural workers in such manner as may be prescribed by rules made under this act(4) the chairman and other members of the board shall hold office for a period of five years5(5) the headquarters of the board shall be at new delhi4 the board shall perform the following functions:—functions of board(i) to provide employment to agricultural workers during off season period or natural calamities with such wages as may be prescribed;10(ii) to provide financial assistance to agricultural workers if employment is not provided to them(iii) to establish a board at state level to monitor the implementation of rules and regulations made by the board for welfare of agricultural workerspower to make rules5 (1) the central government may make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act1520(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  reasonsthere are about 320 million workers in the country, out of whom 20 million are agricultural workers floods and droughts play havoc in the lives of agricultural workers the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers also cause serious health hazards to the agricultural workers their jobs are at the mercy of the land owners and there is no security of employment it is, therefore, necessary that the agricultural workers are fully protected and the benefits available to industrial workers in the country are also provided to agricultural labourersnew delhi;adhir ranjan chowdhuryjune 17, 2009 financial memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides for establishment of agricultural workers welfare board to protect the interests of agricultural workers in the country clause 4 of the bill provides for employment and assistance to agricultural workers during off season period the bill, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is likely to involve an annual recurring expenditure of about rupees three hundred crore from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees one crore is also likely to be involved memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 5 of the bill empowers the central government to frame 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————abillto protect the interests of agricultural workers and to provide for their welfare————(shri adhir ranjan chowdhury, mp)gmgipmrnd—2319ls(s5)—26-06-2009