 bill no 94 of  2011 the fishermen (welfare) bill, 2011by shri adhir ranjan chowdhury, mp abillto provide for certain welfare measures for fishermen and for matters connected therewith or incidental theretobe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-second year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the fishermen (welfare) act, 2011(2) it extends to the whole of indiashort title, extent and commencement(3) it shall come into force at once52 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—definition(i) 'fishermen' means and includes  persons who are engaged in fishing andfishing related works such as repairing, maintaining and manning boats, nets and other equipments used in fishing and peeling, drying and selling of fish; (ii) 'fund' means the fishermen welfare fund constituted under section 3 of this act; and (iii) 'prescribed' means prescribed by rules framed under this act53 (1) the central government shall set up a fund to be known as fishermen welfare fund for the welfare of fishermen in the countryconstitution of fishermen welfare fund (2) the central government and every littoral state government/union territory administration shall contribute to the fund in such ratio as may be prescribed(3) the fund shall be administered by a committee consisting of:— (i) a chairman who shall be appointed by the central government;10 (ii) not more than one representative each from the littoral states/union territories to be nominated by the respective state government/union territory administration;15 (iii) not more than one representative from the littoral states/union territories representing the fishermen who shall be nominated in such manner as may be prescribed (4) the terms and conditions of the appointment of chairman and other members of the committee shall be such as may be prescribed by the central government4 the fund shall be used for the following purposes:—utilisation of the fund20(i) payment of unemployment/subsistence allowance to fishermen during offseason period; (ii) providing free health facilities for the fishermen and their families; (iii) providing free educational facilities to the children of fishermen; (iv) payment of compensation to fishermen injured while fishing; (v) payment of compensation to families of fishermen dying in harness;25 (vi) payment of disability allowance to fishermen incapacitated due to accident while fishing; (vii) payment of old age pension to fishermen who have attained the age of sixty years; and30 (viii) payment of family pension to the next of kin including minor children of the deceased fishermenpower to make rules5 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act35 40(2) every rule made under this act 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 reasonsmillions of men and women throughout the length and breadth of the coastal areas are engaged in fishing and works related to it their living conditions are extremely poor, as they have to depend on the nature to venture into the sea leading to a situation where there is no work  during the greater part of the year due to their extreme poverty, their children are not properly educated no health care is available to them by the time they reach the age  of sixty they become physically unfit to work and are left on the mercy of others risk factor in their profession is also very high it is the responsibility of the government to provide minimum security and welfare for these peoplehence this billnew delhi;adhir ranjan chowdhurynovember 8, 2011 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for the setting up of a fishermen welfare fund for the benefit of fishermen it further provides that the central government shall also contribute to the fund therefore, the bill, if enacted, will involve expenditure  from the consolidated fund of india it is likely to involve a recurring expenditure of rupees one hundred crore per annuma non-recurring expenditure of rupees one hundred crore is also likely to be involved memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 5 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 certain welfare measures for fishermen and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto————(shri adhir ranjan chowdhury, mp)gmgipmrnd—2434ls—21112011