 bill no  xl of 2012 the bihar reorganisation (amendment)  bill, 2012 a billto amend the bihar reorganisation act, 2000whereas paragraph 4 of the eighth schedule of the bihar reorganisation act, 2000provides for apportioning the liabilities of pension in the ratio of number of employees of each successor state is discriminately;and whereas in all the state reorganisation acts passed by the parliament ever since1956, the apportionment of pension liability has been done in the population ratio of each successor state and therefore it is expedient to rectify the discriminatory clause of the bihar reorganisation act, 2000be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-third year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and commencement1 (1) this act may be called the bihar reorganisation (amendment)act, 2012(2) it shall come into force from the date of notification of the bihar reorganisation act, 2000 words "in the ratio of number of employees of each successor state", the words "in the ratio of population of each successor state" shall be substitutedamendment of eighth schedule of act 30 of 2000 statement of objects and reasonsthe eighth scheduled of the bihar reorganisation act, 2000 deals with apportionment of pension between two successor states of bihar and jharkhand it provides for apportionment of pension liability in the ratio of number of employees whereas in the case of reorganisation of madhya pradesh and uttar pradesh happened in the year 2000 along with the state of bihar, the apportionment of pension liability has been done in the ratio of population the formula of population ratio has been adopted in the case  of all new states created ever since 1956 this clause has put an extra burden of nearly two thousand crore over the last ten years on the state of jharkhand the proposed amendment to eighth schedule aims to substitute the existing pension liability calculated in the ratio of number employees with ratio of population which has done in all other newly created stateshence this billjai  prakash  narayan  singh financial  memorandumthe bill, if enacted will facilitate a reasonable and logical division of pension liabilities between both the successor states of  bihar and jharkhand hence, the proposed bill will not bring forth any additional expenditure on the consolidated fund of india annexure extracts from the bihar reorganisation act, 2000 (30 of 2000)       the  eighth  schedule (see section 53) apportionment of liability in respect of pensions and other retirement benefits      4 there shall be computed, in respect of the period commencing on the appointed day and ending on the 31st day of march of that financial year and in respect of each subsequent financial year, the total payments made in all the successor states in respect of pensions and other retirement benefits referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 the total  representing the liability of the existing state of bihar in respect of pensions and other retirement benefits shall be apportioned between the successor states in the ratio of number of employees of each successor state and any successor state paying more than its due share shall be reimbursed the excess amount by the successor state or state paying less        rajya  sabha————— a billto amend the bihar reorganisation act, 2000—————(shri jai prakash narayan singh, mp)