 bill no 343 of 2015 the  railway  security  force  bill, 2015 by shri mk raghavan, mp a billto provide for constitution of a railway security force to protect property of railways and passengers travelling in trains and for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the railway security force act, 2015short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appoint52 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—definitions(a) "force" means the railway security force constituted under section 3;and(b) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this actconstitution of railway security force3 (1) notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the central government shall constitute a force to be known as railway security force to protect the property of railways and lives and property of passengers travelling in trains(2) the headquarters of the force shall be at new delhi and a camp office of the force shall be set up in every district5(3) the force shall be headed by an inspector general and consist of such number of personnel as may be deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of this act(4) the salaries and allowances payable to, and other terms and conditions of service of the personnel of the railway security force shall be such as may be prescribed104 the railway security force shall—(i) provide adequate protection to the property of the railways;functions of railway security force(ii) provide, by taking adequate steps like installation of closed circuit television camera (cctv), protection to lives and property of passengers travelling in trains, especially women passengers;(iii) assist the passengers and the railway at the time of accidents of trains;15(iv) ensure repair of rails damaged due to any reason; and (v) man the unmanned railway gatespower to make rules5 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act20 25(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 more successive sessions, and it, 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 reasonsthere has been numerous cases of looting and dacoity in train journeys women passengers are also harassed there is virtually no security to the passengers railway property is also damaged at the time of train accidents, delay is caused due to reaching of staff at the site very late therefore, it is proposed to constitute a separate force to protect railwayshence this billnew delhi;mk raghavannovember 18, 2015 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill seeks to constitute an exclusive railway security force to protect property of railways and lives and property of passengers the bill, therefore, if enacted will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is likely to involve a recurring expenditure of about rupees twenty thousand crore per annuma non-recurring expenditure of rupees one thousand crore is also likely to 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 rule will relate to matters of details only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character———— a billto provide for constitution of a railway security force to protect property of railways and passengers travelling in trains and for matters connected therewith————(shri mk raghavan, mp)gmgipmrnd—3019ls(s3)—10122015