 bill no 120 of  2016 the promotion of cycling and provision of compulsory dedicated cycle corridor along major roads and highways bill, 2016 by shri rajesh ranjan, mp a billto provide for the promotion of cycling by way of giving incentives to the employees by employers including government, providing subsidy on purchase of bicycles to the general public and for the provision of compulsory dedicated cycle corridor along major public roads and highways in the country and for matters connected therewith or incidental theretobe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:— cycle corridor along major roads and highways act, 2016short title, extent and(2) it extends to the whole of india(3) it shall come into force on such date, as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different—(a) provisions of this act; (b) areas; and5(c) roads or highwaysdefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "appropriate government" means in the case of a state, the government of that state and in all other cases the central government; and(b) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act103 (1) notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, it shall be the duty of the appropriate government to promote eco-friendly and healthy practice of cycling and provide dedicated cycle corridors along major roads and highways passing through its territorial jurisdiction in such manner as may be prescribed15(2) without prejudice to the generality of the provisions contained in sub-section (1), the appropriate government may for the purposes of this act,—appropriate government to promote cycling and provide dedicated cycle corridors(a) provide subsidy to the general public for purchasing bicycles;(b) give incentives and attractive cycle allowance to its employees for usingbicycles while commuting to office and back home;(c) consider giving tax exemptions to promote cycling;20(d) provide and construct dedicated cycle tracks along arterial streets, mainroads and highways;(e) make provision for compulsory cycle lanes along all major roads includingflyovers;(f) prepare and implement bicycle master plans for major cities and urban areas; (g) focus on the bicycle as a mode of transport;25(h) ensure that cycle tracks are not taken over for unauthorised parking bymotor vehicles or to become dumps for waste; and(i) make such other provisions as it may deem necessary and expedient for thepurposes of this act30power to remove difficulties4 if any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this act, the central government may make such order or give such direction, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, as appears to it to be necessary or expedient for the removal of the difficulty and any such order shall be final and binding5 the provisions of this act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other law for the time being in force regulating any of the matters dealt with in this act35act to supplement other laws6 the central government shall, after due appropriation made by parliament by lawin this behalf, provide adequate funds to the states and union territories for implementing the provisions of this actcentral government to provide funds power to make rules407 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rulesfor carrying out the purposes of this act(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  reasonsthese days environmental pollution is the hot topic of debates on television channels, newspapers, magazines and other fora the national capital region (ncr) have been dubbed as one of the most polluted region in the world the judiciary has observed that we are living in the gas chamber in an effort to meet the twin objectives of limiting vehicular pollution and curbing road congestion delhi government wants to promote cycling by giving subsidy for bicycle purchases but unfortunately delhi's urban culture refuses to recognize the bicycle as a mode of transport this is mainly because there is lack of cycle readiness of the capital and ncr roads there are only a few dedicated lanes for cycling and even they are not fit for cycling for various reasons the streets are also dangerous for cyclists because buses and cars do not respect their rights cycles are not given way on main roads and they are often at risk when attempting to evade the heavy flow of traffic this kind of situation prevails not only in the national capital and ncr but throughout the countrythis situation exist despite the fact that our country is the second largest bicycle producing country in the world after china and this 15 billion dollar industry produced nearly 155 million bicycles in 2012-13 that is 10 percent of the total bicycles manufactured globally and employed about one million people but despite these figures cycling as an alternative mode of urban transport has not really taken off in our country around half a century ago almost sixty per cent or road trips in the national capital involved bicycles but today experts reckon they constitute at best four per cent of the city's commutershowever, it is not the case everywhere some cities across the globe have made it easier to ride bicycles ten famous cities of the globe which have bicycle lanes, dedicated bicycle only paths and drivers who are generally more than willing to share the road are copenhagen and amsterdam in denmark; utrecht and eindhoven in netherlands; strasbourg, nantes and bordeaux in france; malmo in sweden; antwerp in belgium and seville in spain germany has recently become the first nation in the globe to start cycle highways with all the necessary facilities there are separate lanes, each lane is 13 feet wide with provision to overtake there are no red lights along the highways and bicycle rider can ride at high speed as he desiresthe success of odd and even car number formula in the national capital has again proved that where there is a will there is a way promoting cycling to contain environmental pollution is also possible for which several steps are needed to be undertakenhence this billnew delhi;rajesh ranjanapril  13, 2016 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides, inter alia, giving a subsidy to general public for purchasing bicycles and giving of incentives to employees for communting by bicyclesclause 6 makes it mandatory for the central government to provide adequate funds to the states and union territories for implementing the provisions of the bill the bill, therefore, if enacted will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a sum of rupees one lakh crore will be involved as recurring expenditure per annum from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of rupees two lakh crore is also likely to be involved for creation of assets throughout the country memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 7 of the bill  gives power to 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 the promotion of cycling by way of giving incentives to the employees by employers including government, providing subsidy on purchase of bicycles to the general public and for the provision of compulsory dedicated cycle corridor along major public roads and highways in the country and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto————(shri rajesh ranjan, mp)gmgipmrnd—317ls(s3)—02052016