with the provision of health cards to them; (ix) propogate hundred per cent use of condom during commercial sex activity; (x) establish sexually transmitted diseases clinics in red right areas; (xi) establish computerised aids information system in high hiv prevalent districts; (xii) establish diagnostic centre of aids in every district; (xiii) cause exhibition of short film on sexually transmitted diseases and hiv/aids, atleast for 10-15 minutes duration during interval in every cinema hall; (xiv) provide licences to commercial workers and for their periodical check up facilities for treatment in 'case they are found sero positive; (xv) cause screening of short films on hiv/aids in every college once in six months; (xvi) make compulsory hiv testing for college students at the time of aduission; and (xvii) make compulsory testing of truck and other heavy vehicle drivers at the time of issuing licence or its renewal steps by the 12 the central government shall,— central gov- '   : ernment () immediately conduct a census in the country of persons suffering from hiv/aids; (ii) frame a policy whether it is necessary to ascertain hiv status ofa person before marriage and if found positive to inform the family members concerned; (iii) frame a suitable policy regarding payment of life insurance amount in case of death of the individuals due to hiv/aids and related diseases; (iv) encourage harm minimisation approach to combat the problem of hiv transmission in intravenous drug users; (v) promote indigenous system of medicines and homoeopathy in all aspects of national programme; (vi) make available at all tourist places a brochure on prevention and control of hiv/aids; and (vii) encourage research and development in" the field of hiv/aids, especially in the field of prevention of mother to child transmission and preventive hiv vaccine(s) measures re- 13; (1) every state government shall cause every antenatal case to lating to antescreened for aids at every maternity home or other hospital natal cases (2) every state government shali supply low cost indigenous kits to all antenal clinics (3) every state government shall set up centres for the care of positive antenatal mothers legislation by 14, the central government shall, as soon as possible, bring forward suitabl central governlegislation, - ment, ° (i) to provide for medical termination of pregnancy for those antenatal mo' who are hiv positive and beyond twenty weeks of gestation period;ui) to ban on professional blood donation and to have strict regulation of blood banks run by commercial organisations; and (iii) to provide for compulsory notification in case blood donated has been found positive for hiv/aids and to make prohibition of such person from blood donation in future 7 15 the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules power to make for carrying out the purposes of this act rules statement of objects and reasonsacquired immuno deficiency syndrome, more commonly known as aids; has of late assumed proportions of a major health hazard in several parts of the world no vaccine is presently available for affording immunisation against the virus nor it is possible to cure the disease which invariably results in death the world health organisation estimates that 5-10 million people have already been infected by hiv throughout the world 2 in india, a surveillance programme on aids was initiated in 1985 till 3 1st july, 1989, 333 lakh persons mainly belonging to "high risk groups" like sexually promiscuous men and women have been screened and 1,392 individuals were found to have hiv infection the long incubation period (about 8 years) renders identification based on clinical symptoms alone is inadequate at the initial stage of infection therefore, surveillance based on serology is necessary to prevent the spread of hiv, which causes aids 3 having regard to potential of rapid spread of infection and the mode of its transmission, it is necessary to take effective measures to prevent the spread of hiv, by detecting persons infected, preventing transmission by them of infection to others and by providing counselling, health education and social support to, and rehabilitation of, infected persons the bill seeks to provide for comprehensive measures for the prevention and control of aids new deu; v saroja march i0, 2000  financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides appointment of designated health authority in every district, clause 5 of the bill provides that the designated authority shall have the power to direct certain persons for test with respect to detecting hiv infection or aids clause 7 provides for counselling, health education, specialised medical treatment and social support and rehabilitation of persons suffering from aids or hiv infection clause 8 provides for establishment or surveillance centres for carrying out the provisions of the bill clauses 11 and 12 provide that every state government and central government shall make necessary steps for the prevention of aids clause 13 of the bill provides for taking measures relating to antenatal cases the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india the central government will have to assist the states for carrying out the provisions of the bill it is likely to involve an annual recurring expenditure of about rupees one hundred crore, a non-recurring expenditure of about rupees five hundred crore is also likely to be involved memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 15 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill as the matters will relate to detail only, the delegated legislation of power is of a normal character ¢