 bill no lxvii  of 2006 the persons affected by naxalite terrorism (relief and rehabilitation) bill, 2006 a billto provide for the relief, compensation and rehabilitation measures throughemployment and other means for the persons affected by naxalites or maoist      terrorism in various parts of the country particularly in orissa,      chhattisgarh, jharkhand, andhra pradesh, madhya pradesh,          maharashtra, etc and for matters connected therewith                          and incidental theretobe  it enacted by parliament in the fifty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—short title, extent and commencementdefinitions2  in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(1) "appropriate government" means in the case of a state, the government of that state and in other cases, the central government(2) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act545 of 1860 2 of 1974 37 of 1967(3) words and expressions used and not defined in this act but defined in the indian penal code, 1860, the code of criminal procedure, 1973 and the unlawful activities (prevention) act, 1967 shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in those acts103 notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the dependents of a citizen who loses his life in naxalite or maoist violence shall be given relief by the appropriate government by paying,—compensation to the dependents of persons killed by naxalites(i) an ex-gratia grant in the form of compensation of such amount which shall not be less than five lakh rupees in such manner as may be prescribed; and15(ii) financial assistance at the rate of two thousand rupees per month for such period as may be prescribed explanation— for the purposes of this section "dependents" include spouse, children and aged parents who are dependent on the deceased204 any person who is attacked by naxalite or maoist terrorists but survives the attack and receives severe injuries thereby permanently incapacitating him or seriously injuring him, the appropriate government shall,—(i) bear the entire costs of his medical treatment; and compensation to persons surviving but wounded by naxalite violence(ii) pay an ex-gratia grant as compensation of not less than two lakh rupees in such manner as may be prescribed25compensation for other losses5 (1) where the dwelling unit of any family is destroyed or damaged due to torching or bombing by the naxalites or maoists the appropriate government shall,—(a) provide a dwelling unit to such family in such manner as may be prescribed; and(b) bear the entire cost of repairs of the damaged dwelling unit30(2) where the livestock of a person is eliminated or killed or his standing crop is destroyed by the naxalites, the appropriate government shall pay adequate compensation to the owner of the livestock or the crop, as the case may be, in such manner as may be prescribed35(3) where the business establishment or shop or kiosk or hawking apparatusof a person is destroyed or damaged in naxalite or maoist violence, the appropriate governments shall pay such compensation to the owner as may be prescribedmiscellaneous provisions406 (1) the central government, as soon as may be, in consultation with thegovernments of the states affected by naxalite or maoist violence, shall formulate a national policy for those naxalites who wish to shun violence and return to the mainstream of the nation under the constitution for their rehabilitation through general amnesty and by providing them with employment, assistance for self employment and other means as that government may deem necessary to do so in the national interest45(2) the appropriate government may, if it deems fit, expedient and necessaryto do so, promote village level security system through teams of volunteers for the protection of their village from naxalite or maoist violence and provide thevolunteers with necessary weapons, and ammunition from time to time in such manner as may be prescribed57 the central government shall provide, after due appropriation made by parliamentby law in this behalf, adequate funds to the states affected by naxalite or maoist violence for carrying out the purposes of this actcentral government to provide fundsact to have overriding effect8 the provisions of this act and the rules made thereunder shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law for the time being in force, but save as aforesaid the provisions of this act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other law for the time being in force10power to make rules9 the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules forcarrying out the purposes of this act statement of objects and reasonsmany parts of our country are in the grip of naxalite violence being spearheaded by disgruntled elements mostly youth who identify themselves with different names such as naxalites, peoples war group (pwg), maoists, leninist-maoist, etc the worst affected states are chhattisgarh, jharkhand and parts of andhra pradesh, orissa, maharashtra, bihar, uttar pradesh, madhya pradesh, west bengal, karnataka and tamil nadu, etc the naxalites are killing hundreds of innocent people, policemen, personnel of paramilitary and armed forces, men, women and children every year just to create panic and spread terror houses and shops are being torched or blown up even the thatched huts of the poorest of the poor are not being spared crops too are being destroyed they kidnap innocent people for ransom they attack police stations to loot the weapons and kill the policemen they blow vehicles with mines in naxalite affected areas people do not venture out of their houses in the evening or night time they collect illegal taxes and in many areas they are running parallel governmentsdespite the fact that innocent people are killed or injured in naxalite violence, they are not compensated at all or a meagre sum is given as compensation with much hassles similar is the case of losers of houses, livestock, crops, establishments of business, etc in a democratic country like ours, it is the duty of the state to protect the life and property of its citizens and if the state fails to give the required protection, the affected persons and their dependents should be duly compensated by the statesimilarly, the disgruntled and misguided youth who join these outfits for variety of reasons should be brought back to the mainstream of the nation they should be given amnesty, employment opportunities and other incentives there should be a national policy for these naxalites who too are the citizens of this nationhence this billb j panda financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for the compensation to the dependents of persons killed by naxalites clause 4 provides for compensation to persons surviving but wounded by naxalite violence clause 5 provides for compensation for other losses clause 6 provides for miscellaneous provisions and clause 7 makes it mandatory for the central government to provide funds for carrying out the purposes of this bill the bill, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a sum of rupees five hundred crore may involve as recurring expenditure per annumno non-recurring expenditure is likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 9 of the bill gives power to the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill the rules will relate to matters of details onlythe delegation of legislative power is of normal character————— a billto provide for the relief, compensation and rehabilitation measures through employmentand other means for the persons affected by naxalites or maoist terrorism in variousparts of the country particularly in orissa, chhattisgarh, jharkhand,andhra pradesh, madhya pradesh, maharashtra, etc and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto————(shri b j panda, mp)mgipmrnd—2222rs(s-1)—11082006