 bill no  277 of  2016 the welfare of families of defence personnel bill, 2016 by shri shrirang appa barne, mp a billto provide for constitution of a fund for the welfare of families of defence personnel who are killed by enemy or terrorist action or get seriously injured during such actionbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the welfare of families of defence personnel act, 2016short 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) "defence personnel" means a person employed in army or air force or navalforce or in any institution connected with defence of the country and under the central government and who is killed or sustains serious injuries resulting in permanent disability in any warlike situation or in a terrorist act(b) "dependant family member" means—(i) spouse; or (ii) son (including adopted sons); or (iii) daughter (including adopted daughter); or5(iv) in case of unmarried defence personnel, brother or sister who waswholly dependant on the defence personnel; or(v) parents, if the defence personnel was their only child(c) "fund" means the welfare of families of defence personnel fund constituted under section 3; and(d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act103 (1) the central government shall, by notification in the official gazette, constitute a fund to be known as the welfare of families of the defence personnel fund with an initial of capital of rupees five thousand crore(2) there shall also be credited for the fund voluntary donations from the citizensconstitution of the welfare of families of the defence personnel fund15utilization of fund4 the fund shall be utilised for providing following facilities in such manner, as maybe prescribed, to the defence personnel or their dependant family members—(i) free housing facilities; (ii) free education to the children of defence personnel; (iii) free health care facilities;20(iv) payment of rupees twenty-five thousand per month to the defence personnelor his dependant family member, as the case may be, in addition to the pension or the family pension, as the case may be;(v) loan facilities for self employment; and25(vi) payment of lump sum amount of rupees thirty-five lakhs to the dependantfamily member in case of death of the defence personnel and rupees ten lakhs to the defence personnel in case of serious injurypower to make rules5 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rulesfor carrying out the purposes of this act30 35(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 reasonsour soldiers being the best in world defend the country with dedication, discipline and utmost commitment in the recent years, it has been observed that many of our soldiers are killed mainly due to terrorist attacks or cross border violations sometimes they are killed in mine blast or cross fire while martyred, the soldiers have umpteen times foiled terrorist plans of destructionin case of death or serious injury of defence personnel, their families remain in utter poverty although the government is very liberal in giving compensation, yet it is not adequate keeping in view the rising inflationtherefore, as a tribute to our brave soldiers, there is an urgent need  to provide some facilities to the dependant family members of defence personnel who are martyred or seriously injuredhence this billnew delhi;shrirang  appa  barneoctober 28, 2016 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for constitution of a welfare of families of the defence personnel fund by the central government the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a recurring expenditure of about rupees five thousand crore per annum would be involved from the consolidated fund of indiano non-recurring expenditure will be involved memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 5 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character———— a billto provide for constitution of a fund for the welfare of families of defence personnel whoare killed by enemy or terrorist action or get seriously injured during such action————(shri shrirang appa barne, mp)gmgipmrnd—2974ls(s3)—18-11-2016