 bill no 223 of  2016 the railways (amendment) bill, 2016 byshri dushyant chautala, mpa billfurther to amend the railways act, 1989be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—24 of 19892 in section 126 of the railways act, 1989, in sub-section (2), the following provisos shall be added at the end, namely:—amendment of section 1265"provided that the sum paid under this sub-section to any person who has sustained the injury or suffered any loss shall not be less than rupees one lakh and, where death has resulted from the accident, such sum paid to any dependant of the deceased shall not be less than rupees ten lakh: provided further that an inquiry under this sub-section shall be completed by the railway administration within two weeks from the date of receipt of the application" statement of objects and reasonsindian railways is the largest public sector undertaking serving more than 23 million passengers across the country every day even though various safety measures have been taken by indian railways, the probability of rail accidents has not been eliminated in such a situation, it is highly desirable that a sound compensation system be put in placein the year 2014, a total number of 190 passengers died in train accidents, out of which99 deaths occurred due to train collisions, 59 owing to derailment and 32 on account of fire besides, thousands of passengers were also injured similarly, in the year 2015, besides injuries to hundreds of people, 84 deaths occurred due to train collision and derailment, etc the loss of life in accidents brings not only pain and agony to the victim's family but many a times it results in losing the breadwinner placing the family in severe financial crisissection 126 of the railways act, 1989 provides for the procedure for seeking interim relief from the railway administration however, it is observed that the railway administration takes a considerable time in disposing off the application for interim relief, which causes considerable distress to the lives of affected people therefore, there is a need for fixing a time limit on authorities for disposing off such applicationsit is also of utmost importance that an interim relief of minimum of rupees one lakh in case of injury or loss and rupees ten lakh in case of death be paid to the affected person or to the dependants of the deceased, as the case may behence this billdushyant chautalanew delhi:july 6, 2016 annexure extract from the railways act, 1989 [24 of 1989]    126(1)     interim relief by railway administration(2) where, on the receipt of an application made under sub-section (1) and after making such inquiry as it may deem fit, the railway administration is satisfied that circumstances exist which require relief to be afforded to the applicant immediately, it may, pending determination by the claims tribunal of the actual amount of compensation payable under section 124 or section 124a pay to any person who has sustained the injury or suffered any loss, or where death has resulted from the accident, to any dependant of the deceased, such sum as it considers reasonable for affording such relief, so however, that the sum paid shall not exceed the amount of compensation payable at such rates as may be prescribed    ———— a billfurther to amend the railways act, 1989————(shri dushyant chautala, mp)gmgipmrnd—2632ls(s3)—28092016