 bill no vi of  2013 the prevention of begging and rehabilitation of beggars  bill, 2013 a billto provide for prevention of begging and rehabilitation of  beggars in the country and for matters connected therewith or incidental theretobe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fourth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the prevention and rehabilitation of beggars act, 2013 (2) it extends to the whole of indiashort title, extent and commencement(3) it shall come into force with immediate effectdefinitions52 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;(b) "beggar" means any person who indulges in begging at public places or go from door to door to solicit alms;10(c) "fund" means rehabilitation fund established under section 4; and (d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act3 (1) notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, the central government shall, as soon as may be formulate a national action plan for the prevention of begging and rehabilitation of beggars(2) the activities of the national action plan shall be,—national action plan for prevention of begging and rehabilitation of beggars(a) to collect exact and authentic data related to begging in the country;5(b) to set up task forces in every district of the country in consultation with theappropriate government to identify the persons indulged in begging at various places and take steps for their rehabilitation;10(c) to constitute an advisory team in association with the stakeholders and thepersons having knowledge and expertise in the field of social welfare and prepare a rehabilitation action plan on the basis of recommendations made by the advisory team;(d) to formulate various welfare schemes for the rehabilitation of beggarsincluding construction of rehabilitation homes; and(e) to make all efforts for the prevention of begging154  (1) the central government shall establish a rehabilitation fund for the rehabilitation of beggars with an initial corpus of rupees one thousand croresestablishment of rehabilitation fund(2) a rehabilitation home shall function in every district with the aid of the rehabilitation fund20(3)  the fund shall be used for providing boarding and lodging, education and employment, etc to the beggars who have been brought to the rehabilitation home(4)  the central government shall administer the fund in such manner as may be prescribed25overriding effect of the act5 the provisions  of this act and rules made thereunder shall have effectnotwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law for the time being in force6  the provisions of this act  shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other law for the time being in forceact not to be in derogation of any other lawpower to make rules307 the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act statement  of  objects  and  reasonstoday, our country is facing many problems, begging being a major among them after so many years  of independence, a large number of people in our country are still indulging in begging and the beggars are dying of starvation everyday it is a matter of national shame these beggars can be seen at railway stations, bus stands, traffic signals and other public places beseeching foreign tourists in metro cities and tourist places which is again a matter of great shame it is high time that the government should take concrete steps to discourage begging and make proper arrangements for rehabilitation of beggarsthere is a need to formulate a national action plan for the prevention and rehabilitation of beggars there is also a need to set up task forces in all the districts of the country, which would identify persons indulged in begging at various places and take adequate steps for their rehabilitation so that the country could get rid of the national shame of begginghence, this billprabhat jha financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for setting up of  task forces in all the districts for the identification and rehabilitation of beggars clause 4 of the bill provides for establishment of rehabilitation fund the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is likely to involve a recurring expenditure of rupees five thousand crore per annuma non-recurring expenditure of rupees one thousand crore is also likely to be involved from the consolidated fund of india memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 7 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 details only, the delegation of legislation power is of a normal character———— a billto provide for prevention of begging and rehabilitation of  beggars in the country and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto————(shri prabhat jha, mp)gmgipmrnd—5531rs(s4)—832013