 bill no 178 of 2014 the civilian awards (recommendation committee) bill,  2014 by shri ashok mahadeorao nete, mp a billto provide for constitution of a committee to recommend conferring of civilian awards on persons having outstanding contributions in different fieldsbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fifth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the civilian awards (recommendation committee) act,2014short title and commencement5(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appoint2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—definitions10(a) "civilian award" includes bharat ratna, padma vibhushan, padam bhusan,padam shri, arjun award and such other award for outstanding contribution in such fields, as the central government may by notification in the official gazette, specify, but does not include gallantry awards conferred on personnel of armed forces;(b) "committee" means the civilian awards recommendation committeeconstituted under section 3; and(c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act3 (1) the central government shall, within a period of six months from the cominginto force of this act, constitute a committee to be known as the civilian awards recommendation committee for the purpose of selecting the names of persons to be conferred with civilian awardsconstitution of the civilian awards recommendation committee5(2) the chairperson of the committee shall be nominated by the central governmentin such manner, as may be prescribed, from amongst persons of eminence having adequate knowledge and experience in social work, administration, public affairs, health, science or law10(3) the committee shall have one representative from each state and union territoryas member, who shall be appointed by the central government in consultation with the concerned state government or the union territory administration, as the case may be(4) the chairperson and the members of the committee shall hold office for a periodof three years(5) the salary and allowances payable to and other terms and conditions of thechairperson and other members shall be such as may be prescribed15(6) the central government shall provide such number of officers and staff to thecommittee, as may be necessary, for its efficient functioning4 (1) the committee shall recommend to the central government the names of personsto be considered for conferring a civilian awardcommittee to recommend the names for civilian award20(2) the committee shall, while recommending a name under sub-section (1), take intoconsideration the outstanding contribution of a person in the field of music and fine arts, social service, medicine, science, teaching, sports, politics or any other discipline as it may deem fit5 (1) the central government shall, while finalising names of persons for conferringa civilian award, give due consideration to the names recommended by the committee25(2) the central government may consider name of any person other than thoserecommended by the committee for conferring a civilian awardcentral government to give due consideration to the recommendation of the committee 6 a person conferred with a civilian award shall be entitled to such facilities and cash award as may prescribedcertain facilities and cash award to person conferred with a civilian award30power to make rules7 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rulesfor carrying out the purposes of this act35(2) every rule made under this act 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  reasonsawards are sign of pride and honour civilian awards are given to common people for their extraordinary deeds in different fields every year however, there is no mechanism to search the most eligible persons and highlight their extraordinary deeds while considering the names for conferring civilian awards there have been complaints from several quarters for non-inclusion of names of eligible persons for their exceptional work in public service or for advancement of art, literature, science, etc one such person, pandit tukdoji in the state of maharashtra has made an immense contribution in social reforms among rural population, but he has not been conferred any suitable award so farthe present bill seeks to provide for constitution of a committee to recommend conferring of civilian awards on persons of outstanding contribution in different fields of societyhence this billnew delhi;ashok mahadeorao netenovember 12, 2014 financial  memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for constitution of a committee to be known as the civilian awards recommendation committee for the purpose of selecting the names of persons to be conferred with civilian award clause 6 provides for certain facilities and cash award for persons conferred with civilian award the bill, therefore, if enacted will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india a recurring expenditure of about rupees one crore will be involved per annuma non-recurring expenditure of about rupees fifty lakh 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 matters will relates to detail only, the delegation of legislative power is, therefore, of a normal character———— a billto provide for constitution of a committee to recommend conferring of civilian awards on persons having outstanding contributions in different fields————(shri ashok mahadeorao nete, mp)gmgipmrnd—3176ls(s3)—04-12-2014