 bill no 40 of  2009 the  old age pension and rehabilitation bill,  2009 by shri adhir ranjan chowdhury, mp a billto provide for payment of pension and provision of other rehabilitation facilities to old personsbe it enacted by parliament in the sixtieth year of republic of india as follows:—1  (1) this act may be called the old age pension and rehabilitation act, 2009 (2) it extends to the whole of indiashort title, extent and commencementdefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "appropriate government" means in the case of a state, the state government and in all other cases, the central government; and| (                                                                    ||----------------------------------------------------------------------|| or more and who has no independent and adequate means of livelihood || 5                                                                    |3 (1) every old age person shall, on an application made in the prescribed form, be paid rupees five hundred per mensem as pension, by the appropriate governmentpension to old age persons(2) the pension payable shall be subject to alteration on the basis of the prevailingcost of living index as may be determined by the central government10(3) the pension referred to in sub-section (1) shall be disbursed to old persons, by theappropriate government through government treasury or any branch of nationalized bank as may be prescribed by the central government4 the infirm from amongst the old persons shall be accommodated in "old persons home" to be set up in every district by the appropriate governmentfacilities for infirm persons15facilities to old persons5 it shall be the responsibility of appropriate government in their respectivejurisdictions to provide to old persons,—(a) free medical aid in government hospitals and other nearest dispensariesrecognized by the government; and(b) residential accommodation free of cost206 (1) the central government shall set up a fund to be known as the "old persons welfare fund" to carry out the purposes of this actsetting up of old persons welfare fund(2) the fund shall consist of the sums paid into it by the central government after due appropriation made by parliament by law in this behalf and all such moneys received by way of grants or donations from any individual, organisation or agency including international agency25expenses to be met out of the fund7 the expenses incurred on providing the old persons with pension and otherrehabilitation facilities provided under this act shall be met out of the fund constituted under section 6power to make rules8 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rulesfor carrying out the purposes of this act30 35(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 rule statement of objects and reasonsit is customary in our country for every indian to look-after his aged parents but now the economic conditions are such that it is not possible for the low income persons to support them today we find millions of old persons who are unable to take care of themselves or who do not have sufficient means or any support to lead a happy life these people, who are without any source of income, live in hunger and are left uncared for the majority of the aged are still left to fend for themselves out country, being a welfare state, should provide social security to such old and infirm personsthe bill seeks to give impetus to the new social order and seeks to provide pension, medical and residential facilities to old personsnew delhi;adhir ranjan chowdhuryjune 18, 2009 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for the payment of pension at the rate of rupees five hundred per month to such old persons who have attained the age of sixty years or more and who have no independent and adequate means of livelihood clause 4 provides that infirm persons from amongst the old persons shall be accommodated in old persons homes to be set up in every district clause 5 provides for medical aid and residential facilities free of cost to old persons clause 6 provides for the constitution of old persons welfare fund by the central government the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of indiait cannot be estimated at this stage as to how many old persons will need assistance from the central government however, an annual recurring expenditure of about rupees one thousand crores is likely to be involved from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure to the tune of about rupees ten crores will also be involved at the initial stage memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 8 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of this 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 payment of pension and provision of other rehabilitation facilities to old persons————(shri adhir ranjan chowdhury, mp)gmgipmrnd—2503ls(s5)—06-07-2009