 bill no  259  of  2017 the employment bill, 2017 bydr shrikant e shinde, mp a billto provide employment or means and resources for self-employment to atleast one adult member of every family and for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the employment act, 2017(2)  it extends to the whole of indiashort title, extent and commencementdefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "family" includes wife, husband and minor children; and (b) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act3 it shall  be the duty of the central government to provide gainful employment to atleast one adult member of every family5central government to provide employment4 every unemployed person shall be entitled to receive monthly unemploymentallowance at such rate as may be prescribed, till he is provided with gainful employmentgrant of unemployment allowances10       5 (1) the central government shall, by notification in the official gazette, constitutea board to be known as the employment advisory board for carrying out the purposes ofthis act       (2) the board shall consist of—constitution ofemploymentadvisory board(a)  a retired judge of supreme court-chairperson;(b) two representatives of the central government-member secretaries;15(c) one representative from union ministry-member; of labour and employment(d) two persons having experience in labour laws,to be appointed by the central government in such manner as may be prescribed (3) the board shall meet at least once in a month:20provided that the chairperson may call for a meeting at any time in  consultation  with the member-secretaries as and when the circumstance warrant so(4) the salary and allowances payable to and other terms and conditions of service of chairperson and members of the board shall be such as may be prescribed6 the board shall—functions of the board(a) identify fields and areas for generation of employment and forward the informationto the central government;25(b) collect data of unemployed persons in every district;(c) develop model for generation of self employment for the citizens;(d) encourage businessmen for generation of employment; and30(e) undertake such other measures  for generation of self-employment for citizens as itconsiders necessary7 (1) the central government shall, by notification in the official gazette, constitute a fund to be known as the employment fund for carrying out the purposes of this actconstitution of employment fund(2) the central government and state government shall contribute to the fund insuch ratio as may be prescribed358  the central government shall, on the recommendation of the board, take steps topromote the interest of persons employed under this actperiodical promotion to employees9 the central government shall provide subsidy and all other facilities or resources for self-employment to every family, where it is not possible to provide employment to atleast one dependent member of that familycentral government to provide credit and other facilities to dependent member of familypower to make rules10 (1) the central government may, by notification, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act510(2) every rule made under this act by the central government shall be laid before each house of the parliament, as soon as may be after it is made while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may comprise in one session or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive session aforesaid, both houses agree in making any such modification in the rule or both the houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall 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 the rule statement of objects and reasonsin india, poverty is one of the biggest problems even after sixty-nine years of independence, we have not been able to contain the poverty although our country has progressed in many fields, yet it has failed to improve the standard of living of the people there may be many reasons for povertythere are a large number of families where there is not even a single earning member and most of them earn their livelihood by working as labourers, domestic servants, bonded labours, etc majority of population lives below poverty line our country being a welfare state should take necessary steps to improve the lot of the people and formulate schemes and plans to eradicate poverty from the countryin 2015, around 170 million people, or 124 per cent of population lived in poverty in2012, the indian government stated 22 per cent of its population is below its official poverty limit the world bank, in 2011 based on 2005's purchasing power parties international comparison program, estimated 236 per cent of indian population, or about 276 million people, lived below $ 125 per day on purchasing power parity according to united nation's millennium development goals (mdg) programme 270 millions or 219 per cent people out of 12 billions of indians lived below poverty line of $ 125 in 2011-2012according to food and agricultural organisation estimates in 'the state of food security and nutrition in the world, 2017" report, 1907 million people are undernourished in india by this measure 145 per cent of the population is undernourished in india also, 514 per cent of women in reproductive age between 15 to 49 years are anaemic further according to the report 384 per cent of the children aged under five in india are stunted (too short for their age), while 21 per cent suffer from wasting, meaning their weight is too low for their height malnourished children have a higher risk of death from common childhood illnesses such as diarrhea, pneumonia and malaria the global hunger index 2016 ranks india at 97 out of 118 countries on the basis of three leading indicators—prevalence of wasting and stunting in children under 5 years, under 5 years child mortality rate, and the proportion of undernourished in the population with this in view, it is proposed to make a positive step towards eradicating poverty it is proposed that at least one adult member of every family should be provided with employment and where it is not possible to provide employment, the government should encourage those who desire to set up their own business and improve their capability of increasing production, like weavers, shoe makers etc so that they become self-sufficient and the family should be given all necessary facilities for decent and reasonable livinghence this billnew delhi;shrikant e shindenovember 27, 2017 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides that the central government shall provide employment to atleast one adult member of every family clause 4 provides for payment of unemployment allowances to every unemployed person at such rate as may be prescribed till he is provided with gainful employment clause 5 provides for constitution of employment advisory board clause 7 provides for contribution of employment fund for carrying out the purposes of this bill clause 9 provides that the central government shall provide subsidy and all facilities or resources for self-employment to a family where it is not possible to provide employment the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india in implementing the provisions of the bill it is likely to involve an annual recurring expenditure of about rupees eight thousand crore from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure to the tune of four thousand crore  is likely to be involved memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 10 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules to carry out the purposes of the act as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character———— abillto provide employment or means and resources for self-employment to atleast one adult member of every family and for matters connected therewith————(dr shrikant e shinde, mp)gmgipmrnd—2676ls(s3)—20122017