 bill no 288 of  2016 the military service (regulation of transfer of personnel appointed on compassionate grounds) bill, 2016 by shri kunwar pushpendra singh chandel, mp a billto provide for the regulation of transfer of military personnel appointed on compassionate  groundsbe  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint(3) it shall apply to the military services under the control of the central governmentdefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—5(a) "appointment on compassionate grounds" means any appointment of adependant family member of military personnel on compassionate grounds;(b) "competent authority" refers to an officer serving in army or navy or air forceand empowered to issue orders of transfer of military personnel;(c) "dependant family member" means(i) spouse; or10(ii) son (including adopted son; or (iii) daughter (including adopted daughter); or (iv) in the case of unmarried military personnel, brother or sister who waswholly dependent on the military personnel; or(v) parents, if the military personnel was their only child; and15(d) "military personnel" means a person employed in army or naval or air forceand who—(i) dies in harness; or (ii) killed in action; or20(iii) medically boarded out and is unfit for civil employment3 (1) notwithstanding anything contained in any law or rule or order or bye-law or notification or any judgment or order of any court, for the time being in force, the competent authority shall, while effecting transfer of the dependant family member appointed on compassionate grounds, take into consideration the sex, economic condition of his family and distance from his residence to place of posting:25provisions for transfer of dependant family member of military personnel appointed on compassionate groundsprovided that if the widow of the military personnel is appointed on compassionate grounds and the children are pursuing education and has been serving at the same station, in such case transfer shall be at the same station or at the station near to the place of residence of such personnel statement of objects and reasonsour national borders are safe and secure due to indomitable courage, sacrifice and selfless services of our military forces their acts are invaluable they do not hesitate to sacrifice their lives while serving the nation in the post independence era, india has faced many wars and a good number of military personnel had sacrificed their lives on one hand, the country loses its great soldier, a family loses the sole earning members on the other the person dying in harness leaves behind him old parents, spouse and young children as survivors though one of the eligible and dependant family member  is offered an appointment on compassionate grounds, yet, after a particular period of service at one place of posting when one is transferred to far located station consequent upon completion of tenure or on one's promotion, the entire family is literally left in the lurch the problem gets compounded and assumes all the more severe proportion in case the dependant widow has to move with little kids and, old aged in-laws at new place of posting however, in case the military personnel appointed on compassionate grounds are allowed to remain at the same station or posted at a station which is near to the place of ordinary residence, the dependant members of family will not only get a respite from moving to new place but will also enable the person to stay committed to the service to the nation with all the more diligence and dedicationhence this billnew delhi;kunwar  pushpendra  singh  chandeloctober 10, 2016 lok sabha———— a billto provide for the regulation of transfer of military personnel appointed on compassionate grounds————(shri kunwar pushpendra singh chandel, mp)gmgipmrnd—2950ls(s4)—21-11-2016