 bill no 137 of  2009 the  two child norm bill,  2009 by shrimati supriya sule, mp a billto provide for promotion of two child norm to control population in the country and for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the sixtieth year of  the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the two child norm act, 2009 (2) it extends to the whole of indiashort title, extent, commencement, duration and savings(b) any penalty or punishment incurred under this act, and any investigation, proceeding or remedy in respect of any offence committed under this act before its expiry may be instituted, continued or enforced after expiry of this act and penalty or punishment may be imposed as if the act had not expireddefinition52 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires, "appropriate government" meansin the case of a state, the government of that state and in other cases, the central government3 it shall be the duty of the central government to promote, encourage and motivatemarried couples to opt for small family norm with a view to control the rising population in the countrycentral government to encourage small family norm104 any person—(a) who has two or more than two living children shall not procreate any moreliving child after a period of one year from the commencement of this act; andno person to have more than two living children(b) who has less than two living children on the date of commencement of thisact, shall not procreate more than two living childrenincentives155 a married couple who has only one living child, and if either of them voluntarilyundergoes sterilisation, shall be given following incentives by the appropriate government—(a) free education including higher education to such child; (b) suitable employment to such child after he completes his education; and (c) such other benefits as may be prescribed by rules made under this act20undertaking by government employees6 (1) any person who is serving in connection with the affairs of the union or in anyundertaking or organization under the control of the government, as the case may be, and who has only two children or who has not procreated any child or who is unmarried on the date of commencement of the act, shall give an undertaking that he shall not procreate more than two living children25(2) any person violating the provisions of sub-section (1) shall be subject to suchdisciplinary action as may be determined by the appropriate government7 the provisions of this act shall have effect notwithstanding anything to the contrarycontained in any other law for the time being in forceact to have overriding effect power to make rules308 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette make rules togive effect to provisions of this act35(2) every rule made under this section 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 of annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule statement  of  objects  and  reasonsrapid increase in population has given rise to a number of socio-economic problems like poverty, shortage of food, housing, employment opportunities and environmental degradation, etc india is the second most populous country after china china has been able to control the rapid growth in its population but we have not been successful in it our population has crossed the figure of one hundred crore if the present trend continues, it will not be possible for us to address our socio-economic problems which have arisen due to increase in populationrecently, some countries have accused us of being the largest consumer of world's foodgrains and oil seeds which has resulted in worldwide shortage of these commodities and thereby giving a push to inflationary trends in the worldit is, therefore, imperative that certain effective steps are taken to check this menace because our resources are limited despite the existence of various birth control measures and various family planning programmes in force for many years to motivate the people to accept these birth control methods, the problem of population explosion still remainsthe bill, therefore, seeks to provide for two child norm in a family and promote small family norms in future generation there is also a provision that this act shall remain in force for a period of ten years from the date of its commencementhence this billnew delhi;supriya  sulenovember 12, 2009 financial memorandumclause 5 of the bill provides for certain incentives like free education, employment, etcto the children of such couples who adopt small family norm the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a sum of rupees one hundred crore will be involved as a recurring expenditure per annum from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure to the tune of rupees one hundred crore is also likely to be involved memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 8 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the provisions of the billas the rules to be made relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character———— a billto provide for promotion of two child norm to control population in the country and for matters connected therewith————(shrimati supriya sule, mp)gmgipmrnd—5293ls(s5)—10-12-2009