 bill no lxxviii of 2006 the  cinema  artists'  welfare  bill,  2006 a billto provide for welfare of cinema artists and for matters connected therewith or incidental theretobe  it enacted by parliament in the fifty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the cinema artists' welfare act, 2006(2) it extends to the whole of indiashort title, extent and commencement(3) it shall come into force at oncedefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires:—(a) "artist" means any person engaged in cinema industry who performs any activity including dancing, singing, production and distribution of films and includes any person who does perform any work connected with production, editing and distribution of films and also includes casual workers employed from time to time;(b) "cinema" includes a feature film or a documentary or a short film; (c) "fund" means cinema artist welfare fund; (d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act3 (1) the central government shall set up a fund to be known as cinema artist welfare fundestablishment of cinemaartist welfare fund(2) the fund shall consist of contribution made by the central government, film producers, and artists connected with cinema industry and donations received from individuals or organizations(3) the fund shall be administered by a board consisting of—(i) the minister of information and broadcasting as ex-officio chairman;(ii) representatives of film producer, as members; (iii) representatives of cinema artists as members;4 the terms and conditions of service of members of the board and their member shall be such as may be prescribedannual report5 the board shall, at the end of every financial year, prepare an annual statementshowing its receipts and expenditure along with the activities executed during that year and a copy thereof shall be forwarded to the central governmentutilization of fund6 the fund shall be utilized for giving the financial assistance to artists for followingpurposes:(i) compensation in case of death or accident while performing the job;(ii) the premium for life insurance; (iii) old age pension; (iv) disability assistance;(v) free health care including for their family members; (vi) subsidized housing facilities| power                                                                               ||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| make rules                                                                         || 7                                                                                  || the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for || carrying out the provisions of this act                                            | statement of objects and reasonsfilm industry employs large number of cine artists for performing various activities such as, dancing, singing, stunts, production, etc artists engaged in film industry are unorganized lot they entertain people with great risk involved in their work accidents of artists during shootings are common and leave them with either permanent or partial disability many artists even have to loose their lives during their performance in the name of rehabilitation, they get a meager amount as compensation moreover, they do not have proper facilities like health care, education, etc for their childrenit is an irony that today, the entertainment industry generates considerable revenue for the country but nothing substantial is being done for the persons who are responsible for running this industry successfullytherefore, keeping this in view, it is proposed to set up a fund for the welfare of persons engaged in cinema industryhence this billc perumal financial memorandumclause 3, of the bill provides for setting up a fund for the welfare of artists engaged in cinema industry the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is likely to involve a recurring expenditure of about rupees five hundred crore per annuma non-recurring expenditure of about rupees five hundred crore is also likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 7 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill since the rules will relate to matters of details only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character rajya   sabha———— a billto provide for welfare of cinema artists and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto————(shri c perumal, mp)mgipmrnd—2590rs(s-4)—25-08-2006