 bill no 76 of  2014 the payment of compensation to persons attacked by wild animals  bill, 2014 by shri mk raghavan, mp a billto provide for payment of compensation to persons attacked by wild animals and for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fifth  year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and extent1 (1) this act may be called the payment of compensation to persons attacked by wild animals act, 2014(2) it extends to the whole of india3 (1) the central government shall frame a scheme for payment of compensation to persons attacked by wild animals(2) without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provision, the scheme shall include:—5central government to frame a scheme for compensation to persons attacked by wild animals(i) payment of compensation of rupees two lakh in case of death caused by a wild animal;(ii) payment of compensation of rupees fifty thousand in case of an injury caused by a wild animal;(iii) an insurance scheme for persons residing near areas generally inhabited or frequented by wild animals; and10(iv) compensation in case of damage or loss to property or crops due to attack by wild animals(3) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for payment of compensation to the persons attacked by wild animals154 notwithstanding anything contained in section 3, no compensation shall be payable to a person attacked by wild animal under the following circumstances:—compensation not payable in certain circumstances(i) if he has gone to a forest area or an area generally inhabited or frequented by wild animals for the purpose of hunting or capturing the wild animals alive;(ii) if he has attacked a wild animal except under the circumstance of self-defence;20(iii) if he has strayed into an area which is exclusively specified for wild animals;and(iv) if he commits any act which would result in hunting or torturing or leading to cruelty to or exploiting a wild animaladministration of the scheme255 the scheme shall be administered by such authority, not lower in rank than the district collector, as may be specified by the central government6 the provisions of  this act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law for the time being in forceact to have overriding effect power to make rules7 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act3035(2) every rule made under this section 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  reasonsin the recent days, there have been several cases of attacks by wild animals on innocent persons resulting in death or serious injury to those persons there have also been instances when property and crops were damaged by wild animalsit has also been seen that the victims of attack by wild animals are mostly poor peopleafter such attacks, it often happens that they either die or suffer from permanent disability in either case, their dependants have to fight for their survival at present there is no provision for payment of compensation to the persons attacked by wild animals there is a provision for punishment for cruelty to wild animals but there is no provision for compensation if wild animals attack innocent personstherefore, a provision, with due safeguards, has been made for payment of compensation to persons attacked by wild animalsm k  raghavan financial  memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides that the central government shall frame a scheme for payment of compensation to the persons attacked by wild animals the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is likely to involve a recurring expenditure of about rupees three hundred crore per annuma non-recurring expenditure of about rupees two hundred crore  is also likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 7 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 powers is of a normal character———— a billto provide for payment of compensation to persons attacked by wild animals and for matters connected therewith————(shri mk raghavan, mp)gmgipmrnd—988ls(s3)—24072014