 bill no 274 of  2017 the aadhaar (targeted delivery of financial and other subsidies, benefits and services) amendment bill, 2017 by shri kunwar pushpendra singh chandel, mp a billto amend the aadhaar (targeted delivery of financial and other subsidies, benefits and services) amendment act, 2016be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and commencement18 of 2016insertion of new section 33a2 after section  33 of the aadhaar (targeted delivery of financial and other subsidies,benefits and services) act, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as the principal act),  the following section shall be inserted, namely:—5establishment of integrated complaints centre"33a (1) the central government shall, by notification in the official gazette,establish an integrated complaints redressal centre (hereinafter referred to as the centre) for redressal of complaints relating to breach of security of identity informationand authentication records of individual including biometric information collected or created under this act(2) the services of the centre shall be made available on all days of the week round theclock in all the languages included under the eighth sechedule to the constitution10(3) any person may register a complaint with the centre in such manner as may beprescribed(4) every complaint registered with the centre shall be disposed of within a period offorty-eight hours of its receipt in such manner as may be prescribed153 for section 42 of the principal act, the following sections shall be substituted,namely:—substitution of new section for section 42general penalty"42 whoever commits crime under this act or any rules and regulations made thereunder, for which no specific penalty is provided other than this section, shall be punishable with life imprisonment or with a fine which may extend up to ten lakh rupees or in case of a company, with a fine which may extend up to five crore rupees, or with both"20establishment of special court42a (1) the central government shall, by notification in the official gazette, establisha special court for the purposes of adjudication of cases pertaining to pecuniary compensation under this act(2) the principal seat of the special court shall be at new delhi with its benches instates including at mahoba district of the state of uttar pradesh25(3) the special court and its bench shall be headed by a judge having such qualification as may be prescribed(4) the salary and allowances payable to,  and other terms and conditions of services of judge of special court shall be such as may be prescribed statement of objects and reasonsaadhaar card has proven a milestone in operating various schemes with transparencyaadhaar card has not only provided an identification to citizens but also facilitated the various functions and activities of life incidents of cyber crimes and cyber attacks are increasing day by day hence, there is a need to digitally secure the aadhaar card data it is pertinent to bring the data storage machines—which are being used for aadhaar data under the stringent digital security standards it is also needed to keep a sharp eye on the human labour engaged in data management so that violation of right to privacy of citizens of the country can be prevented apart from prevention of any other form of loss moreover, change in the information related to aadhaar card is a continuous process it is, therefore, necessary that such changes in aadhaar card is secured quickly and convenientlythe bill, therefore, seeks to amend the aadhaar (targeted delivery of financial and other subsidies, benefits and services) act, 2016 with a view to:(a) establish an integrated complaints centre for redressal of complaints relating to breach of security of identity information and authentication records of individual including biometric information collected or created under this act(b) establish a special court for the purposes of adjudication of cases pertaining to pecuniary compensation under this acthence this billnew delhi;kunwar pushpendra singh chandelnovember 22, 2017 financial memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides that an integrated complaints centre for redressal of complaints relating to breach of security of identity information and authentication records of individual including biometric information collected or created under this act, shall be established clause 3 provides for establishment of a special court for the purposes of adjudication of cases pertaining to pecuniary compensation under this act the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a sum of rupees fifty crore per annum will be involved as recurring expenditurea non-recurring expenditure to the tune of rupees five crore will also be involved annexure abstract from the aadhaar (targeted delivery of financial and other subsidies, benefits and services) act, 2016         general penalty42 whoever commits an offence under this act or any rules or regulations made thereunder for which no specific penalty is provided elsewhere than this section, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with a fine which  may extend to twenty-five thousand rupees or, in the case of a company, with a fine which may extend to one lakh rupees, or with both          ———— abillto amend the aadhaar (targeted delivery of financial and other subsidies, benefits and services) amendment, act, 2016————(shri kunwar pushpendra singh chandel, mp)gmgipmrnd—2677ls(s3)—21122017