 bill no 139 of 2015 the railways (amendment) bill, 2015 by shri shivaji adhalrao patil, mp a billfurther to amend the railways act, 1989be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 this act may be called the railways (amendment) act, 201524 of 19892 in the railways act, 1989, after chapter xiii, the following chapter and section thereunder shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new chapter xiiia 5 "chapter xiiia responsibility of railway administration to insure life and goods of passengers129a (1) notwithstanding anything contained in this act, the railway administration shall enter into contract with any of the nationalised insurance companies for insurance of the life of the passengers and goods carried by theminsurance of life and goods of passengers travelling in train(2) for the purpose of sub-section (1), the railway administration shall in consultation with the insurance companies determine, according to  class by which a passenger travels in consultation with the insurance companies, the rate of premium to be paid by every passenger5(3) the insurance amount payable to a passenger shall be in addition to any other payment including the amount of compensation payable under the other provisions of this act" statement of objects and reasonsat present there is no insurance scheme for passengers in rail journey if any passenger dies or is injured during train journey, compensation at present is given under award given by railway claims tribunal railway claims tribunal takes a long time to give awards which is against the interests of the victims and his dependants therefore, there is a need for framing an insurance scheme for passengers during train journeyshence this billnew delhi;shivaji  adhalrao  patilapril  8, 2015———— a billfurther to amend the railways act, 1989————(shri shivaji adhalrao patil, mp)gmgipmrnd—552ls(s3)—30-04-2015