 bill no 78 of 2014 the national assets (protection) bill, 2014 by shri at nana patil, mp a billto provide for the declaration and recognition of national assets and for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fifth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the national assets (protection) act, 2014 (2) it extends to the whole of indiashort title, extent and commencement2 notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the following shall be recognized as national assets and protected as such:—declaration and protection of national assets(i) peacock—the national bird; (ii) lotus—the national flower; (iii) tiger—the national animal; (iv) ganga—the national river; (v) cow and its progeny; and5(vi) yathartha geeta—national bookpunishment3 whoever,—(i) causes any injury or kill or attempt to kill any animal or bird protected as national assets under this act; or(ii) pollute or damage or causes to pollute or damage river ganga in any manner;or10(iii) mutilates, burns or shows disrespect to the national book, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than five years and with fine which may extend upto rupees one lakhpower to make rules4 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rulesfor carrying out the purposes of the act15 20(2) every rule made under this section 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 reasonssince time immemorial, certain things in our country have been recognized as sacred and national assets steps have been taken by successive governments to preserve and protect them and to give them their due place in events of national importance infact, the project tiger was started to protect the tiger from extinction, as tiger was considered as the national animal the ganga action plan was started to cleanse and protect river ganga similarly, our national bird peacock is on the verge of extinction, and therefore needs immediate steps to protect it moreover, replicas of peacock, lotus and tiger are used in national events and functions to showcase our national pride in having them in our country but cases of showing disrespect to these symbols of national pride by causing injury to them or killing them or damaging or by acts of polluting have increased if we are to protect our national assets, we have to take stringent action to ensure its safety and preservationthe bill seeks to preserve and protect these national assets hence this billnew delhi;at nana patiljune 27, 2014 memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 4 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 of a normal character———— a billto provide for the declaration and recognition of national assets and for matters connected therewith————(shri at nana patil, mp)gmgipmrnd—1422ls(s3)—24-07-2014