bill no lii of 2008 the employment bill, 2008 a billto provide employment or for means and resources for self-employment to atleast one adult member of every family and matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the fifty-nineth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the employment act, 2008short title and extent(2) it extends to the whole of indiadefinition52 in this act unless the context otherwise requires, "family" includes wife, husband and minor children3 it shall be the duty of the central government to provide employment to atleast one adult member of every familycentral government to provide employment4 every person who has been provided with a job under section 3 shall not involve himself in any activity other than his employment for financial or other gainsno person to be involved in any activity other than employment5 the central government shall evolve a process ensuring periodical promotions to all its employees on the basis of tests and their performancepromotion on basis of performancejob to dependents6 the central government shall provide employment to the dependent of anemployee, who had been provided with a job under section 3, after his retirement from service5resources for self-employment7 the central government shall provide credit, subsidy and all other facilities orresources for self-employment to a family, where it is not possible to provide employment to atleast one member of that familypower to make rules8 the central government may, by notification, make rules for carrying out thepurposes of this act statement of objects and reasonsin india, poverty is one of the biggest problems even after fifty-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 povertyit has been observed that income of a small family as compared to its income in the year 1965 has not improved there 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 countrywith this in view, it is proposed to make a positive step towards eradicating povertyit 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 livingthe bill seeks to achieve the above objectivest subbarami  reddy financial  memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides that the central government shall provide employment to one adult member of every family clause 7 provides that the central government shall provide credit, subsidy and all other facilities or resources for self-employment to a family where it is not possible to provide employment the bill, 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 one thousand crore from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure to the tune of one hundred crore is likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 8 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of this bill since the rules will relate to matters of details only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character———— a billto provide employment or for means and resources for self-employment to atleast one adult member of every family and matters connected therewith————(dr t subbarami reddy, mp)gmgipmrnd—2538rs(s5)—03072009