 bill no  19 of  2007 the child welfare  bill, 2007 byshri ramdas athawale, mp a billto provide for the welfare of children and for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the fifty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the child welfare act, 2007short title and extent(2) it extends to the whole of indiadefinition52 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires, 'child' means a person who hasnot completed the age of fifteen years3 notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, nochild shall be employed by any person for any work in any formprohibition of child employment104 (1) the central government shall establish adequate number of juvenile homeswith all basic amenities for the welfare of children in every district of the countryestablishment of juvenile homes(2) any child who is abandoned, orphan, destitute, neglected or engaged in any job, occupation or begging shall be admitted to the juvenile homes set up under sub-section (1)5 every child who is admitted into the juvenile home shall be entitled to the following facilities free of cost,—(a) accommodation, food and clothing;facilities provided to the children in juvenile homes(b) education including higher and technical education;5(c) medical assistance; and(d) any other facility which is necessary for the all-round development of thechild106 the central government shall make provisions of reservation in posts and services under its control for children admitted to juvenile homes on attaining the age of eighteen yearsprovision for reservation in posts and services undercentralgovernmentpower to make rules7 the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of the act statement  of  objects  and  reasonsa large number of children are forced by their parents to do menial labour, in order to sustain their livelihood due to lack of proper diet and health care, these children become victims of a number of diseases some of them even succumb to premature death many of these children are highly talented but due to lack of proper education and other opportunities, their talent goes wastechildren are the future of a country it is, therefore, the responsibility of the government to provide opportunities of all-round development to every child and also to provide protection against exploitation thus, it is proposed to bring in a legislation for the welfare and protection of children against exploitationhence this billnew delhi;ramdas  athawaledecember 15, 2006 financial  memorandumclause 4 of the bill provides for setting up of adequate number of juvenile homes with all basic amenities for the welfare of children in every district of the country by the central government clause 5 provides for free of cost food, accommodation, clothing, education and medical facilities to the children in juvenile homes the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that an annual recurring expenditure of about rupees fifty crores is likely to be involveda non-recurring expenditure of about rupees five crores is also  likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 7 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, therefore, of a normal character lok  sabha—————a billto provide for the welfare of children and for matters connected therewith—————(shri ramdas athawale, mp)mgipmrnd—218ls(s-3)—14022007