 bill no 95 of 2009 the child welfare bill, 2009 byshri adhir ranjan chowdhury, mp a billto provide for the welfare of children and for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the sixtieth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the child welfare act, 2009short title and extent(2) it extends to the whole of indiadefinition2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires, 'child' means a person who has not completed the age of fifteen years3 notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, no child shall be employed by any person for any work in any mannerprohibition of child employment4 (1) the central government shall establish adequate number of juvenile homes with all basic amenities for the welfare of children in every district of the countryestablishment of juvenile homes10(2) any child who is abandoned, orphan, destitute, neglected or engaged in any job,occupation or begging shall be admitted to the juvenile homes set up under sub-section (1)5 every child who is admitted into the juvenile home shall be entitled to the following facilities free of cost,—(a) accommodation, food and clothing;facilities to be provided to the children in juvenile homes(b) education including higher and technical education;5(c) medical assistance; and(d) any other facility which is necessary for the all-round development of the child106 the central government shall make provisions for reservation in posts and services under its control for children admitted to juvenile homes on attaining the age of eighteen yearsprovision for reservation in posts and services under central government power to make rules7 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out of the purposes of the act15 20(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 reasonsa large number of children are forced by their parents to do menial labour, in order to sustain their livelihood due to lack of proper diet and healthcare, these children become victims of a number of diseases some of them even succumb to premature death many of these children are highly talented but due to lack of proper education and other opportunities, their talent goes wastechildren are the future of a country it is, therefore, the responsibility of the government to provide opportunities for all-round development to every child and also to provide protection against exploitation thus, it is proposed to bring in a legislation for the welfare and protection of children against exploitationhence this billnew delhi;adhir ranjan chowdhurynovember 3, 2009 financial  memorandumclause 4 of the bill provides for setting up of adequate number of juvenile homes with all basic amenities for the welfare of children in every district of the country by the central government clause 5 provides for free of cost food, accommodation, clothing, education and medical facilities to the children in juvenile homes the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that an annual recurring expenditure of about rupees fifty crore is likely to be involveda non-recurring expenditure of about rupees five 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 as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is, therefore, of a normal character————a billto provide for the welfare of children and for matters connected therewith————(shri adhir ranjan chowdhury, mp)gmgipmrnd—4404ls(s5)—12-12-2009