 bill  no 291 of  2016 the child development programmes coordination agency bill, 2016 by shri gajanan chandrakant kirtikar, mp a billto provide for the constitution of the child development programmes coordination agency in order to ensure smooth functioning of child development programmes and achievement of targets for such programmes within a set time frame and for matters connected therewith and incidental theretobe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the child development programmes coordination agency act, 2016short title and commencement5(2) it extends to the whole of india(3) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appointdefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires:—10(a) "agency" means the child development programmes coordination agencyestablished under section 4;(b) "child development programmes" means the programmes being run by the ministry of women and child development of the central government with an object of child development in the country;(c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under the act;5(d) "supreme departmental authority" means the secretary of the department of women and child development of the central government; and(e) "top official" means the head of the child development programmes being run by the central government103 it shall be the duty of the central government to coordinate child development programmes with an objective to ensure that the child development programmes are run smoothly and the targets are achieved within the set time framecoordination of child development programmes4 (1) for the purpose of section 3, the central government shall, by notification in the official gazette, establish an agency for the purpose of this act to be known as the child development programme coordination agency, in such manner as may be prescribedestablishment of child development coordination agency15(2) the central government shall appoint such number of officers and staff for the efficient functioning of the agency(3) the salary and allowances payable to and other terms and conditions of the services of officers and staff shall be such as may be prescribed(4) the headquarter of the agency shall be at such place as may be prescribed205 the agency shall—functions of the agency(a) conduct monthly review of child development programmes run by the central government;(b) hold meetings with the top officials in connection with the quarterly execution of programme based on the review;25(c) submit half-yearly progress report and give suggestions to supreme departmental authority; and(d) perform such other functions as may be prescribed by the central government from time to time306 (1) the central government shall by notification in the official gazette establish a fund to be known as child development programmes coordination fund for carrying out the purposes of this act(2) the central government shall, after due appropriation made by parliament by law in this behalf, provide requisite sums to the fund for carrying out the purposes of this act357  the provisions of this act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law for the time being in force8 (i) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rule for carrying out the purposes of this act4045(ii) 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 reasonsit is unfair to think of development of a nation without the development of its childrenactually, child development is the foundation of national development the responsibility of ensuing healthcare, availability of good nutrition and quality education to children lies not only with the parents but also with the government presently, a number of programmes on child development are being run by the central government among which the integrated child development services (icds) scheme is the primary one which was started in 1975 subsequently, many small or big programmes were introduced despite all these schemes there seems to be a continuous deterioration in child development scenario in the country, be it the state of health or nutrition or education owing to lack of coordination among various ongoing programmes, the state of child development in the country continues to be at the lowest level despite spending hundreds of crores of rupees annually therefore, the need to establish a coordination agency for ensuring smooth functioning of child development programme and achievement of targets of such programmes within the set time frame is inevitablehence this billnew delhi;gajanan chandrakant kirtikaroctober, 28, 2016 financial  memorandumclause 4 of the bill provides for the establishment of the child development programmes coordination agency and the appointment of officers and staff in the agency clause 6 provides for the establishment of a child development programme coordination fund therefore, the bill, if enacted, with involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is likely to involve a recurring expenditure of rupees one thousand crore per annum from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees one hundred crore is also likely to be incurred memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 8 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill as the rules will relates to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative powers is of a normal character———— a billto provide for the constitution of the child development programmes coordination agency in order to ensure smooth functioning of child development programmes and achievement of targets for such programmes within a set time frame and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto————(shri gajanan chandrakant kirtikar, mp)gmgipmrnd—3138ls(s3)—22-11-2016