 bill no  137  of  2012 the governors (emoluments, allowances and privileges) amendment bill, 2012 a billfurther to amend the governors (emoluments, allowances and privileges) act, 1982be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-third year of the republic of india as follows:— 1 (1) this act may be called the governors (emoluments, allowances and privileges)amendment act, 2012short title and commencement (2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint510'(a) ''ex-governor'' means a person who has been the governor of a state or two or more states;(aa) ''governor'' means the governor, or any person discharging the functions of the governor, of any state or of two or more states;'3 after section 12 of the principal act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new section 12a''12a subject to any rules made in this behalf, the ex-governor shall, for the remainder of his life, be entitled to secretarial assistance of one personal assistant on reimbursement basis:entitlement of ex-governor to secretarial assistance5provided that where such ex-governor is re-appointed to the office of the governor or elected to parliament or the state legislature or appointed to any office of profit under the union or a state government, he shall not be eligible for such secretarial assistance for the period during which he holds such office''amendment of section 13104 in section 13 of the principal act, in sub-section (2), after clause (g), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—''(h) the manner of providing secretarial assistance and reimbursement under section 12a'' statement  of  objects  and  reasonsas per the governors (emoluments, allowances and privileges) act, 1982  the governor is entitled to emoluments amounting to one lakh ten thousand rupees per month however, the said act does not provide for any pension or post-retirement benefits to ex-governors except medical facilities governed by the rules or orders issued by the ministry of health and family welfare, from time to time keeping in view the high constitutional office that a governor holds and considering the contributions  in public discourse that they would continue to make after they retire, it is proposed to provide the secretarial assistance to ex-governors in the form of one personal  assistant,  which the ex-governor concerned may appoint on reimbursement basis, during his life time however, he shall not be eligible for such secretarial assistance for the period during which he is re-appointed to the office of governor or elected to parliament or the state legislature or appointed to any office of profit under the union or a state government2 the bill seeks to achieve the above objects sushil  kumar  shindenew delhi;the 30th november, 2012 ———— president's  recommendation  under   article  117 of  the constitution  of  india ————[copy of letter no 7/31/2011-m&g, dated 30th november, 2012 from shri sushil  kumar shinde, minister of home affairs to the secretary-general, lok  sabha]the president, having been informed of the subject matter of the governors(emoluments, allowances and privileges) amendment bill, 2012, recommends the introduction of the bill in lok sabha under article 117(1) of the constitution as also the consideration of the bill by lok sabha under article 117(3) of the constitution financial  memorandumclause 3 of the bill seeks to insert new section 12a so as to provide for secretarial assistance to an ex-governor in the form of one personal assistant, on reimbursement basis, during his life time and shall not be eligible for such secretarial assistance for the period during which he is re-appointed to the office of governor or elected to parliament or the state legislature or appointed to any office of profit under the union or a state government2 in order to implement the aforesaid provision it is estimated that, an approximate amount of rupees one crore ninety-five lakh per annum would be involved the said expenditure will be met from the consolidated fund of india3 this  bill, if enacted, will not incur any other recurring or non-recurring expenditure memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 4 of the bill seeks to amend section 13 of the governors (emoluments, allowances and privileges) act, 1982, relating to the power to make rules, by inserting clause (h) in sub-section (2) of section 13 clause (h) proposed to be so inserted empowers the president to make rules for the manner of providing secretarial assistance and reimbursement thereof under section 12a2 the rules made by the president are required to be laid before parliament the matters in respect of which rules may be made by the president are matters of procedure and administrative details and it is not practicable to provide for them in the bill itself the delegation of legislative power is, therefore, of a normal character annexure extracts  from the governors (emoluments, allowances and privileges) act, 1982 (43 of 1982)    definitions2  in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) ''governor'' means the governor, or any person discharging the functions of the governor, of any state or of two or more states;13(1)     13(1)     power to make rules(2) in particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:—    ———— a billfurther to amend the governors (emoluments, allowances and privileges) act, 1982————(shri sushil kumar shinde, minister of home affairs)gmgipmrnd—3836ls(s3)—06122012