 bill no  3  of 2017 the bureau of accountability bill, 2017 by shri naranbhai kachhadiya,  mp a billto provide for the establishment of a bureau of accountability to suggest measures for rooting out corruption; making the administration efficient and for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the bureau of accountability act, 2017short title, extent and commencement(2) it extends to the whole of india5(3) it shall come into force on such date, as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appointdefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "bureau" means the bureau of accountability established under section 3;and(b) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act3 (1) the central government shall by notification in the official gazette, establish a bureau to be known as the bureau of accountability for carrying out the purposes of this actestablishment of a bureau of accountability(2) the bureau shall consist of—5(i) three serving or retired judges of the supreme court of india;(ii) the cabinet secretary to the central government; (iii) the home secretary to the central government; (iv) director of the intelligence bureau;(v) director of the central bureau of investigation;10(vi) one retired general of the army to be nominated by the central government;(vii) an eminent social worker to be nominated by the central government; (viii) an eminent political worker to be nominated by the central government;15(ix) two members of parliament one each from the house of the people and the council of states, to be nominated by the presiding officers of the respective houses; and(x) three serving or retired chairpersons of public sector undertakings to be nominated by the central government(3) the members of the bureau shall have such tenure from the date of their appointment or nomination, as may be prescribed20(4) the bureau shall have its head office located at new delhi(5) the bureau shall have its offices in every state and union territory(6) the central government shall appoint such number of officers and staff as it considers necessary for the efficient functioning of the bureau25(7) the salary and allowances payable to and other terms and conditions of service of members and officers and staff of the bureau shall be such as may be prescribedchairperson of the bureau4 the chairperson of the bureau shall be appointed by the central government fromamongst the three serving or retired judges of the bureau to preside over the meetings of the bureau5 the bureau shall take steps and suggest measures to the central government to—functions of the bureau30(i) accelerate the pace of working in the ministries of government of india; (ii) make the administration corruption free; and (iii) implement the policies framed by the central government within the prescribedtime periodpowers of bureau356 the members of the bureau shall carry out surprise inspections of various ministriesand departments of the central government and the public sector undertakings from time to time and suggest measures for carrying out administrative reforms in the functioning of the ministries, departments and public sector undertakings7  (1) the bureau shall formulate rules for its internal working and the rules so madeshall be laid on the table of each house of parliament40procedure to be followed by the bureau in its functioning(2) if any amendment is made to the rules frame under sub-section (1), the amendmentso made shall also be laid on the table of each house of parliamentpower to make rules8 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act510(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 has been emphasized time and again that low performing and inefficient bureaucracy is big hurdle in the development of the country some senior officers and their subordinates working in government offices do not dispose of their official works within the prescribed or reasonable time period many important files remain pending for months in government offices and offices of public sector undertakings which in turn leads to corruption it is, therefore, necessary that a high powered permanent bureau should be set up to accelerate the pace of work of bureaucracy and ensure timely completion of work this will also help in rooting out corruptionhence this billnew delhi;naranbhai kachhadiyanovember 17, 2016 financial  memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides that the central government shall establish a bureau of accountability it further provides that the central government shall appoint such number of officers and staff as it considers necessary for the efficient functioning of the bureau the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is likely to involve a recurring expenditure of rupees one hundred crore per annuma non-recurring expenditure of about rupees one hundred crore is also likely to be involved 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 establishment of a bureau of accountability to suggest measures for rooting out corruption; making the administration efficient and for matters connected therewith————(shri naranbhai kachhadiya, mp)