 bill no 115 of  2017 the  sports persons (welfare) bill, 2017 by shri shrirang appa barne, mp a billto provide for the welfare of sportspersons who have represented india in olympic games, asian games, commonwealth games or in any other international sports events and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto        be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the sportspersons (welfare) act, 2017short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appoint5definitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "board" means the sportspersons welfare board constituted undersection 4;(b) "fund" means the sportspersons welfare fund constituted under section 6;(c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act; and(d) "sportsperson" means a sportsperson who has represented india in the olympics or asian or commonwealth games or in any other international sports event53 it shall be the duty of the central government to ensure welfare of the sportspersonscentral government to ensure welfare of sportspersonsconstitution of sportspersons welfare board4 (1) the central government shall, by notification in the official gazette, constitute a board to be known as sportspersons welfare board for carrying out the purposes of this act(2) the board shall consist of—(a) union minister of youth affairs and sports, as chairperson ex-officio;10(b) two sportspersons to be appointed by the central government in such manner as may be prescribed, member-secretaries;(c) one member from sports authority of india, member; and15(d) one official of the union ministry of youth affairs and sports of the rank of joint secretary and above, member; (3) the board shall meet atleast twice a month:provided that the chairperson may call for a meeting at any time in consultation with the member-secretaries as and when the circumstances warrant so20(4) the salary and allowances payable to and other terms of conditions of members of the board shall be such as may be prescribed5 the board shall—functions of the board(a) provide ground level training to every sportsperson; (b) ensure timely utilization of allocated sports budget;(c) provide relaxation to the sportspersons in rules related to passports; (d) provide reservation in posts and services under the state for sportspersons;25(e) enforce the model sports code as formulated by the central government;(f) ensure exclusion of politics from the sports; and(g) undertake such other welfare measures as it deems necessary306 (1) the central government shall, by notification in the official gazette, constitute a fund to be known as the sportspersons welfare fund for carrying out the purposes of this actconstitution of the sportsperson welfare fund(2) the central government and the state governments shall contribute to the fund in such ratio as may be prescribed35(3) any sum received from individuals in the form of donations shall also be credited to the fund7 the fund shall be utilised for—utilisation of fund(a) payment of rupees thirty-five thousand monthly pension to the sportspersons;(b) ensuring employment of the sportspersons; (c) accommodation facility for sportspersons:40(d) free education facilities for the children of sportspersons;(e) free medical and health check up facilities for sportspersons;(f) providing loan at zero rate of interest to a sportsperson willing to set up his business to earn livelihood;(g) free of cost rail travel facility; and (h) such other welfare measures, as may be prescribed58 the central government shall, after due appropriation made by parliament by lawin this behalf, provide adequate funds for carrying out the purposes of this actcentral government to provide funds9 the provisions of this act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other law for the time being in force regulating any of the matters dealt with in this actact to supplement other lawspower to make rules1010 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act15(2) every rule made under this act by the central government 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 name of indian sports, only cricket, tennis and badminton are being recognised in the world cricket symbolises living in clover, elitism, name-fame and a secured future cricketers are earning not only disproportionate amount of money but are also making their ostensible presence in the cinematic world not just that, there is an avalanche of best jobs and gainful employment in both public and private sector also tennis and badminton are also said to be the sports of making easy money big multinational companies are competing to offer them sponsorship huge amount of public funds are being spent on these sports to provide them a fillip on the other hand, in just opposite scenario, india fails to make progress even in the sports like athletics our country is counted among the most unfit countries vis-a-vis the other countries our country is unique and only one of its kind where people tend to set up unauthorized colonies where the children are bereft of parks to play there it is poverty that keeps even talented children from making their career in sports for want of requisite economic prosperity if the funds allocated on sports budget are spent on talent hunt besides setting up youth academics, the situation would definitely improve on the ground the government of india ought to enhance the allocation of sports budget as the facilities required for enabling the sportsperson to be the best ones invariably calls for huge investment the need is to provide the sportspersons with better facilities to encourage them the young players of the country should be given an opportunity to play against foreign players in order that they may be able to further enrich their performanceindia spent rupees one hundred and twenty crore in the run up to the preparations for rio olympics the olympics held once in four years accounted for just one hundred and twenty crore rupees whereas as much as one hundred and twenty crore, one hundred and seven crore, eighty six crore have been spent on indian institute of science, bangalore, ignou and school of planning and architecture, respectively this apart, more than rupees five thousand six hundred and twenty one crore has been spent on forty central universities of the country in a year more than four thousand one hundred thirty five crore rupees has been spent on twenty two indian institute of technology's (iits) in a year not just that, it is only in a year that a sum of rupees two thousand five hundred seventy seven crore and rupees four hundred and sixty three crore have been spent on 31 national institutes of technology's (nits) and indian institute of managements (iims) in a year onlyeven today, indian parents don't go for so many options in terms of the career of their children and wards they don't lend a serious thought to the options other than conventional careers like medical and engineering children receive little motivation to pursue their career in sports in case the above things are given effect to by the union government, indian parents would love to witness their children graduating to be olympians at the end of the dayhence this billnew delhi;shrirang  appa  barnejune 30, 2017 financial memorandumclause 4 of the bill provides for constitution of a sportspersons welfare board clause 6provides for constitution of sportspersons welfare fund clause 8 makes it obligatory for the central government to provide adequate funds for carrying out the purposes of the bill the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is not possible to quantify the actual amount which may be involved at this stage but it is estimated that a sum of rupees ten thousand crore may involve as recurring expenditure per annuma non-recurring expenditure of about rupees five thousand crore is also likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 10 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of this 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 the welfare of sportspersons who have represented india in olympic gamesasian games, commonwealth or in any other international sports events and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto————(shri shrirang appa barne, mp)gmgipmrnd—1044ls(s3)—19-07-2017