 bill no  xvi  of  2010 the standardisation of style of names of citizens bill, 2010 a billto provide for standardisation of style of names of citizens and matters connected therewith and incidental theretobe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-first year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the standardisation of style of names of citizensact, 2010short title and commencment(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—definitions(a) "citizen" means a citizen of india; (b) "first name" means the name of the person; (c) "government" means the central government; (d) "middle name" means the name of the father or mother of a person; (e) "surname" means the community or village name of a person3  from the date of commencement of this act, all citizens shall be write their names in the following manner:—style to be followed writing the names(a) a citizen shall write firstly his or her first name, which shall be followed by either his or her father's name or mother's name and shall be followed by his or her surname;(b) neither the first name, middle name or surname shall be written in split form but the same shall be written as a composite word illustrationa person's name is shantaram, his father's name is laxman and his surname is naikthe correct style of his name is "shantaram laxman naik" and the incorrect style is "shanta ram laxman naik"power to make rules4 the government may by notification in the official gazette make rules to carry out the purposes of this act statement of objects and reasonsthere is no standardisation or uniformity in writing of names by citizens of our countrypeople in various states write their names in different manner and style members of different communities, religions write their names in varied fashionin some parts of the country, citizens use only their first name, not only for social purposes but also in official matters including in the electoral rolls it is high time that indian citizens, whichever state they may belong to, should adopt a uniform way of writing their names a standard way of writing names will also help in proper identification of citizen in the interest of national security too, bringing in standardisation in the writing of names is absolutely necessaryit is also possible that in cases of some communities there are certain conventional ways of writing but, if for official purposes one standard is adopted it will certainly serve national interesthence this billshantaram  laxman  naik memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 4 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules to carry out the purposes of the bill the rules will relate to matters of details only as such the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character———— a billto provide for standardisation of style of names of citizens and matters connected therewith and incidental thereto————(shri shantaram laxman naik, mp)gmgipmrnd—2352rs(s5)—03052010