 bill no 109 of  2018 the reservation of vacancies in posts and services for economically backward farmers bill, 2018 by dr boora narsaiah goud, mp a billto provide for reservation of vacancies in posts and services in establishments in favour of economically backward farmers and for matters connected therewithbe  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—definitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "establishment" means an establishment which is owned, established, controlled, managed or financed by the central government and includes—5(i) a ministry or department or subordinate office or attached office of the central government;(ii) a public sector undertaking or statutory authority constituted under any central act;(iii) a corporation in which not less than fifty-one per cent of the paid-up share capital is held by the central government;10(iv) a government company as defined under clause (45) of section 2 of the companies act, 2013;(v) an autonomous body, organisation or institution receiving grant or aid from the consolidated fund of india;15(vi) a university established by a central act and its affiliated colleges, including medical and engineering colleges and institutions;(vii) a primary or secondary school or any other educational institution, which is wholly owned by the government or receives grant or aid from the government;20(b) "economically backward farmer" means a farmer whose annual income does not exceed rupees five lakhs per annum, occupying land as owner, tenant or share cropper measuring less than or equal to two hectares, not covered under any of the scheme of reservation and who does not belong to the scheduled castes, the scheduled tribes or the other backward classes; and(c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act253 (1) there shall be reserved such percentage of posts, not below five per cent of total posts in every establishment, for economically backward farmers for appointment in civil services by direct recruitment(2) the vacancies reserved for the economically backward farmers under sub-section (1) shall be filled in such manner as may be prescribedreservation of posts in establishments for economically backward farmers30(3) the vacancies reserved for economically backward farmers during a calendar year and not filled in that year shall be carried forward to the next calendar year4 every appointing authority shall maintain such documents and records and furnish every year a report to the central government on the appointments by direct recruitment of economically backward farmers, in such manner and at such time, as may be prescribedmaintenance of documents and records and furnishing of reports to appointing authority35power to remove difficulty5 if any difficulty arises in giving effort to the 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 difficult:40provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of the period of three yearsfrom the date of commencement of this actoverriding effect of the act6 the provisions of this act shall have effect notwithstanding anything contained inany other law for the time being in force or any judgment, decree, order or direction of a court to the contrary regarding ceiling on reservationpower to make rules7 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of the act5(2) every rule made under this act 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 rule10 statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthe agriculture sector is characterised by instability in incomes because of various types of risks involved in production, market and prices according to the agriculture census, the total number of operational holdings in india numbered 13835 million with an average size of 115 hectares of the total holdings, eighty-five per cent are in marginal and small farm categories of less than two hectares these small farmers, though operating only on forty-four per cent of land under cultivation, are the main providers of food and nutritional security to the nation the estimates indicate that small and marginal farmers may account for more than ninety-one per cent of farm holdings by the year 2030 the monsoons have become increasingly erratic and there is no assured water for irrigation agrarian debts are increasing, while income is fading farmers are committing suicideprominent agrarian communities, such as the jats in haryana, patels in gujarat, gujjars in rajasthan and marathas in maharashtra have been strongly campaigning for reservation in the light of deteriorating financial conditionstherefore, farmers, irrespective of their caste and religion, should be given reservation in posts and services like the scheduled castes, the scheduled tribes and the other backward classeshence this billnew delhi;boora narsaiah goudmarch 27, 2018 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 of a normal character———— a billto provide for reservation of vacancies in posts and services in establishments in favour of economically backward farmers and for matters connected therewith————(dr boora narsaiah goud, mp)mgipmrnd—326ls(s3)—12062018