as introduced in lok sabha bill no 141 of  2016 the railways (amendment) bill, 2016 byshri shivaji adhalrao patil, mp a billfurther to amend the railways act, 1989be  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the railways (amendment) act, 201624 of 1989amendment of section 1262 in section 126 of the railways act, 1989, (hereinafter referred to as the principal act), in sub-section (1), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:—5"provided that where a person, who has sustained the injury or suffered any loss, or the dependant of the deceased, as the case may be, is not in a position to make an application for interim relief, the railway administration shall, after verifying the facts, declare an interim relief of rupees five lakh in case of death; rupees one lakh in case of grievous injury and rupees twenty five thousand in case of minor injury without insisting on application for interim relief" 3 in section 127 of the principal act, after sub-section (1), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:—10amendment of section 127"provided that in case of death of a passenger, the amount of compensation shall not be less than rupees ten lakh" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthe railways act, 1989 was enacted to provide a legal framework for proper development and regulation of the railway services under the provisions of the act, for getting an interim relief during accidents, an applicant has to make an application to the claims tribunal but there may be situations when an applicant may not be in a position to make an application for interim relief, especially the dependant of the deceased in such a situation, it would not be appropriate to insist for filing of application moreover, a railway claims tribunal has been empowered to fix the compensation in case of death or injury in case of an accident but no minimum compensation has been provided in the actthe bill, therefore, seeks to amend the parent act with a view to do away with the procedural formality of making an application to the railway claim tribunal seeking an interim relief in situation when the applicant is not in a position to file an application the bill also proposes to fix amount of relief in case of death of deceased to rupees five lakh; in case of grevious injury to rupees one lakh and for minor injury rupees twenty-five thousand moreover, the bill intends to fix the minimum amount of compensation in case of death of a passenger to rupees ten lakhhence this billnew delhi;shivaji adhalrao patilapril 13, 2016 financial  memorandumclause 2 of the bill seeks to provide interim relief of rupees five lakh in case of death;rupees one lakh in case of grievous injury and rupees twenty five thouand in case of minor injury clause 3 provides that amount of compensation in case of death of a person in an accident shall not be less than rupees ten lakhs the bill, therefore, if enacted would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india however, at this stage it is not possible to estimate the expenditure likely to be incurred annexure extract from the railways act, 1989 (act no 24 of 1989)|     |     |     |     |     |     |    ||------|------|------|------|------|------|-----|interim relief by railway administration126 (1) where a person who has made an application for compensation under section125 desires to be paid interim relief, he may apply to the railway administration for payment of interim relief along with a copy of the application made under that section| (2)    |     |     |     |     |    ||---------|------|------|------|------|-----|127 (1) subject to such rules as may be made, the rates of compensation payable in respect of any injury shall be determined by the claims tribunaldetermination of compensation in respect of any injury or loss of goods(2)           ———— a billfurther to amend the railways act, 1989————(shri shivaji adhalrao patil, mp)