 bill no  128  of   2011 the national highways authority of india (amendment) bill, 2011 a billfurther to amend the national highways authority of india act, 1988be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-second year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1  this act may be called the national highways authority of india (amendment) act,201168 of 1988amendment of section 32 in section 3 of the national highways authority of india act, 1988, for sub-section(3), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:—5"(3) the authority shall consist of—(a) a chairman; (b) not more than six full-time members; and(c) not more than six part-time members, 10 to be appointed by the central government by notification in the official gazette:provided that the central government shall, while appointing the part-time members, ensure that at least two of them are non-government professionals having knowledge or experience in financial management, transportation planning or any other relevant discipline statement of objects and reasonssection 3 of the national highways authority of india act, 1988 provides for constitution of the national highways authority of india for the development, maintenance and management of national highways and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto as per sub-section (3) of the said section, the authority shall consist of (i) a chairman; (ii) not more than five full-time members; and (iii) not more than four part-time members keeping in view the vastly increased mandate for national highways authority of india and also the greatly enhanced participation envisaged for the private sector, it is proposed to amend sub-section (3) of section 3 to increase the strength of full-time members from five to six and part-time members from four to six to allow induction of professionals of repute in the fields of financial management, transportation planning and other relevant areas induction of outside professionals will enhance the capacity of the authority to take strategic decision, widen its perspective, bring in the best management practices, and assist in achieving the goal of higher private participation2 earlier, the national highways authority of india (amendment) bill, 2008 to give effect to the proposal in the preceding paragraph was introduced in the lok sabha on the 22nd december, 2008 which lapsed due to dissolution of the fourteenth lok sabha it is now proposed to re-introduce the bill on the lines of earlier bill introduced3 the bill seeks to achieve the above objectsnew delhi;c p  joshithe 12th   december, 2011 financial memorandumthe bill seeks to amend section 3 of the national highways authority of india act,1988 relating to the constitution of the national highways authority of india sub-section (3) of section 3 of the said act provides that the authority shall consist of a chairman and not more than five full-time members and not more than four part-time members to be appointed by the central government2 clause 2 of the bill seeks to amend the said sub-section (3) so as to increase the number of full-time members from five to six and that of the part-time members from four to six the salaries and allowances of the additional one full-time member and two part-time members shall be paid by the national highways authority of india from its funds3 the bill does not involve any other expenditure of a recurring or non-recurring nature annexure extract from the national highways authority of india act, 1988 (68 of 1988) chapter ii the national highways authority of india3 (1)     constitution of the authority(3)  the authority shall consist of—(i) a chairman; (ii) not more than five full-time members; and (iii) not more than four part-time members, to be appointed by the central government by notification in the official gazette ———— a billfurther to amend the national highways authority of india act, 1988————(shri c p joshi, minister of road transport and highways)gmgipmrnd—3240ls(s3)—14-12-2011