 bill no  84  of  2014 the payment of compensation to victims of natural calamities and snake bite  bill, 2014 by shri mk raghavan,  mp a billto provide for payment of compensation to victims of natural calamities and snake bite and for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fifth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and extent1  (1) this act may be called the payment of compensation to victims of natural calamities and snake bite act, 2014(2) it extends to the whole of india5definitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "natural calamity" includes flood, lightning, thunder, tsunami, storm, hail storm, dust storm, cyclone, cloud burst, high sea tide, drought,  landslide, earthquake;(b) "victim of natural calamity" means a person who suffers bodily harm or loss by way of damage or destruction of property, including livestock, crop, orchard, field, machine or tools to such an extent as the central government may, by notification specify, and shall include in the case of death of such victim, his family members; and(c) "victim of snake bite" means a person who suffers bodily harm to such an extent as the central government may, by notification specify, by the bite of a venomous snake, and shall include in the case of death of such victim, his family members 3 (1) the central government shall frame a scheme for determining the amount of compensation to be paid to the victims of natural calamities and the victims of snake bite5(2) without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provision, the scheme shall provide for—scheme for compensation to victims of natural calamities and  snake bite(i) payment of minimum compensation of rupees two lakh in case of death caused due to natural calamity or snake bite;10(ii) payment of minimum compensation of rupees fifty thousand in case of bodily harm caused due to natural calamity or snake bite; and(iii) an insurance scheme for persons residing near areas which are prone to natural calamities or generally inhabited or frequented by venomous snakes154 the provisions of this act shall have effect  notwithstanding  anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law for the time being in forceact to have overriding effectpower to make rules5 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act20(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 rule25 statement of objects and reasonsthere have been several cases of deaths due to natural calamities and bites by venomous snake such calamities lead to loss of lives and property of course, the occurrence of  natural calamities cannot be anticipated and innocent persons suffer without any prior notice but miseries of the victims of natural calamities or snake bites could be minimized by enacting suitable laws at present, there is no provision for compensation either for the victims of natural calamities or snake bitestherefore, the bill makes provision of adequate compensation to the victims of natural calamities and snake bites financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides that the central government shall frame a scheme for payment of compensation to the victims of natural calamities and snake bites the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is likely to involve a recurring expenditure of about rupees three hundred crore per annuma non-recurring expenditure of about rupees two hundred 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 rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative powers is of a normal character———— a billto provide for payment of compensation to victims of natural calamities and snake bite and for matters connected therewith————(shri mk raghavan, mp)gmgipmrnd—1753ls(s3)—31072014