 bill no 135 of  2012 the promotion of small family bill, 2012 bydr (smt) botcha jhansi lakshmi, mpa billto provide for measures to promote small family norm and for matters connected therewith or incidental theretobe  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-third year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the promotion of small family act, 2012 (2) it extends to the whole of indiashort title, extent and commencement(3) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint5definition2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires "government" means either the state government or the central government, as the case may be3 no person shall procreate more than two living children after a period of one year from the date of commencement of this actno person to procreate more than two living children4 a person who procreates more than two living children shall—penalties for violation5(a) not be given any employment in any services under the government and ifhe is already in government service, he shall not be eligible for benefits such as annual increment, health care facility, leave travel concession facility or any other facility which the government provides to its employees from time to time;(b) not be entitled to have facilities of drawing ration from public distributionsystem; and(c) not be entitled to avail benefit in any welfare scheme of the governmentpunishment105 any person violating the provisions of this act shall be punished with rigorousimprisonment for a term which shall not be less than one year and with fine which shall not be less than rupees one lakh6 any person who voluntarily decides not to procreate more than one child shall be—incentives for opting single child norm(i) provided a monthly allowance of rupees two thousand in case he is not agovernment servant and rupees five hundred in case he is a government servant;15(ii) provided with a suitable accommodation at subsidised rates; (iii) given loans at reducd interest rates; and (iv) given ration items at subsidised rates207 it shall be the responsibility of the government to take care of the persons who remain childless after they complete the age of sixty with respect to their boarding, lodging and medical needs if they have no source of incomegovernment to look after those who remain childless8 in case any person, who has been given benefits under section 6, procreates more than two children, the benefits given to him shall be immediately withdrawn and the amount equivalent of the benefits given in the past shall be recovered from himpenalties for those procreating after getting benefits under section 6259 the central government shall, after due appropriation made by parliament by law in this behalf, provide adequate fund for carrying out the purposes of this act from time to timecentral government to provide fundsact to have over-ridding effect10 the provisions of this act and rules made thereunder shall have effectnotwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law for the time being in force3011 the provisions of this act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of anyother law, for the time being in forceact not in derogation of any other lawpower to make rules12 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rulesfor carrying out the purposes of this act3540(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 or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule statement of objects and reasonsthe population explosion in the country is posing a serious threat and it is a great hindrance in the development of the country the per-capita income in the country is among the lowest in the world despite the huge increase in gnp/gdp we are not able to exploit the benefit of the latest technologies in various fields due to rise in population population explosion results in lack of food, water and other facilities including medical facilities for the general public our neighboring country china has become very successful in controlling the population by adopting stringent measures, which proves the fact beyond doubt that without penal measures the population in the country cannot be controlledthis bill aims to achieve the above objectivenew delhi;botcha  jhansi  lakshminovember 7, 2012 financial memorandumclause 6 of the bill provides for giving benefits to those persons who opt for single child norm clause 7 provides that the government shall be responsible for looking after the couples, who choose to remain childless clause 9 provides for payment of adequate funds to the states for carrying out the purposes of the act the expenditure relating to states shall be borne out of the consolidated funds of the respective states however, the expenditure in respect of union territories shall be borne out of the consolidated fund of india the bill, therefore, if enacted, is likely to involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a sum of rupees five hundred crore will be involved as recurring expenditure per annum from the consolidated fund of indiano non-recurring expenditure is likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 12 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 measures to promote small family norm and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto————[dr (smt) botcha jhansi lakshmi, mp]gmgipmrnd—3450ls(s3)—30-11-2012