 bill no 151  of  2016 the right to shelter bill, 2016 byshri gopal chinayya shetty, mpa billto provide for the right to shelter to the persons living below poverty line or falling under low income group by providing a dwelling unit to every such family in the country and for matters connected therewith or incidental theretobe  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the right to shelter act, 2016(2) it extends to the whole of indiashort title, extent and commencementdefinitions2 in this act, unless the content otherwise requires,—(a) "family" means a citizen, his spouse and dependent children;5(b) "person living below poverty line" means a person whose monthly income from all sources is such as may be determined by the central government, from time to time after taking into consideration all such relevant factors as it may deem fit:provided that different criterion may be fixed for different classes of persons in various states and union territories(c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act; and10(d) "shelter" means a dwelling unit comprising at least one living room, one bed room, one kitchen and one toilet 3 (1) the central government shall, within a period of five years from the coming into force of this act, provide free of cost, one all weather shelter to each family living below poverty line in the country:provided that while providing the shelter, the central government shall take into account the number of members in the family15central government to provide a dwelling unit to families living below poverty line(2) for the purpose of sub-section (1), the central government shall, in consultation with the concerned state government, cause to be notified a list of all families living below poverty line in each state and union territory, in such manner, as may be prescribed20(3) the priority of allotting the shelter in a state or union territory shall be determined by draw of lot to be conducted in such manner as may be prescribed 4 (1) the central government shall, within a period of seven years from the coming into force of this act, provide a shelter at fifty per cent of the cost to each family, having an annual income of less than rupees five lakh:25provided that while providing the shelter, the central government shall take into account the number of members in the familycentral government to provide a dwelling unit at fifty per cent of the cost(2) for the purpose of sub-section (1), the central government shall, in consultation with the concerned state government, cause to be notified a list of all families having an annual income less than rupees five lakh in each state and union territory in such manner as may be prescribed30(3) the priority of allotting the shelter in a state or union territory under this section shall be determined by the draw of lot to be conducted in such manner as may be prescribed5 (1) the central government shall, after every four years, undertake the maintenance of the dwelling unit provided under section 3 and charge such nominal amount for the purpose as may be prescribedcentral government to maintain the dwelling unit35(2) the central government  shall, after every four years, undertake the maintenance of the dwelling unit provided under section 4 and charge fifty per cent of the maintenance costpower to remove difficulty406 if any difficulty arises in giving effect to be provisions of this act, the central government may, by order published in the official gazette, make such provisions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty:provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of the period of three years from the date of commencement of this act457 the provisions of this act shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, any other law, for the time being in force, providing shelter to persons living below poverty line and earning less than rupees five lakh per annumact to have effect in addition to other actspower to make rules8 (1) the central government may, by  notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the provisions of this act510(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  reasonsroof over one's head is a minimal basic requirement of human being it gives a feeling of security and lays the foundation of sustainable quality of life increasing disparity in income has led to the homelessness in our country while some people living in palaces or big houses, some don't even have access to a shelter the housing with its rising cost has become unaffordable according to an estimate there are around 13 crore homeless people in india not only that, each of these homeless have atleast 5-6 members dependent on them that makes a huge section of the country which doesn't have roof over their head these homeless people face vagaries of weather from chilling cold in winters to heat waves during summer many of these homeless people die every year most of these homeless persons are poor or live below poverty linethese homeless people are prone to reduce access to healthcare, limited access to education, increased risk of suffering from violence and abuse, general discrimination from other people, and most importantly drug abuse they are wrecked from inside and lost their hopes while living their life in aloofnesschildren of homeless families are often missed out on education and medical treatment and are at the high risk of suffering addiction, abuse and illness these children often fall into wrong hands and at times become criminals therefore, it is in the interest of the society and national building that state should provide shelterours is a welfare state and it is the duty of the state to ensure that every poor citizen should have roof over his head it will improve their quality of life, instill a sense of security and lead them to be a healthy and better citizen therefore, it is proposed that every family living below poverty line should be provided a dwelling unit free of cost and every facility earning less than rupees five lakh should be provided a dwelling unit at fifty per cent of the cost the proposed bill also provides for maintenance and succession of the dwelling unit given by central governmenthence this billnew delhi;gopal chinayya shettymay 5, 2016 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides that the families living below poverty line shall be provided a dwelling unit free of cost clause 4 provides that families earning below rupees five lakh shall be given a dwelling unit at fifty per cent of the cost clause 5 provides that central government shall also undertake the maintenance of these dwelling unitsthe bill, therefore,  if  enacted would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a recurring expenditure of about rupees five hundred crore per annum would be involved from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees one thousand 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 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 the right to shelter to the persons living below poverty line or falling under low income group by providing a dwelling unit to every such family in the country and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto————(shri gopal chinayya shetty, mp)gmgipmrnd—1259ls(s3)—02-07-2016