 bill no 252 of  2018 the cantonments (amendment) bill, 2018 byshri chandrakant khaire, mpabillto amend the cantonments act, 2006be  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—1  (1) this act may be called the cantonments (amendment) act, 2018short title, extent and commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appoint41 of 20065insertion of new chapter iva2 after chapter iv of the cantonments act, 2006, the following chapter and sections thereunder shall be inserted, namely:— "chapter iva constitution of inspection and promotion committee65a (1) the central government shall, by notification in the official gazette, constitution of the inspection and promotion committee(2) the committee shall consist of:—(a) the union minister of home affairs, ex-officio chairperson;(b) the union minister of defense, ex-officio member; (c) chief minister of states with cantonment boards, ex-officio members;5(d) two members of parliament, one from the house of the people and one from the council of states having experience in dealing with cantonment board area;(e) three members, one each from army, air force and navy-members; (f) an officer from indian administrative service or equivalent officer- secretary;10(3) the central government shall provide such number of officers and staff to the committee as required for its efficient functioning(4) the committee shall meet atleast two times in a month or as the chairperson may, in consultation with the secretary decide (5) the salary and allowances payable to and other terms and conditions of service of the officers and staff of the committee shall be such as may beprescribed1565b the committee shall,—functions of the committee(a) undertake assessment of residents living below poverty line in thecantonment board areas and provide the benefit of government schemes to such residents;(b) take measures to grant entitlement rights to inhabitants, or residentsof old grant bungalows of cantonment board areas;20(c) examine the problems of residents living below poverty line cantonmentboard areas;25(d) review the need of land in public interest and the allocation of additionalland to meet the requirement of residents in general and to the residents living below poverty line in particular; and(e) undertake such other function as may be assigned to it, from time totime for carrying out the functions under this act statement of objects and reasonsbritish came to india in the year 1600 as traders and gradually expanded their roots across the country robert clive started this policy of building cantonments in india the first cantonment was established in barackpore in the year 1772 the definition of cantonment had acquired wider meaning by the beginning of the 19th century it was being considered as a stipulated area specially marked out for the use of the armed forcesthe first war of independence in the year 1857 triggered the construction of large military establishments in india army personnel including their domestic workers and servants and also foreign traders, anglo-indian, other european and local people (who were given special facility and rights by army policy-makers) were given the right to reside in them the british had formulated concepts and conditions such as old grant bungalow (ogw), free hold lease, perpetual ie permanent lease, temporary lease, etc civilians ie non-military personnel were permitted to build bungalows subject to condition that they would provide them to officers on reasonable rent the bungalows or quarters in the cantonment area could not be sold or rented to any person not belonging to the british armyduring the present times, cantonment boards do not exist in britain, america or any other developed or developing countries seventy one years after the british had left india, the inhabitants of these areas are still governed by old colonial british laws and rules such as governor general orders (440) of 12 september, 1826 eleven british laws are still applicable to them all the members of parliament had given their consent during a discussion on motion number 141 moved - in parliament that all these cantonment board should be discontinued the 73rd amendment to constitution advocated panchayati raj institutions in all the units of local governance but it has not been implemented in cantonment board army officers have been fulfilling basic needs such as cleanliness according to rules and orders issued by local military authoritiesit is high time that around twenty lakh people residing in these cantonment boards should be given the right to live with dignity and right to own property like other citizens of the country then, only the people living in india can become part of "swaraj" also, a commission or high-powered committee should be constituted to examine the problems of each cantonment area, review unjust british acts and conduct fresh review of the need of land in public interest and allocation of additional land although the  namely thie cantonment act, 2006 has been enacted to administer cantonment areas with a view to impart greater democratisation and development of the area however, the concerns of inhabitant particular the persons living below poverty line in the cantonment areas still remain unaddressed the bill, therefore, seeks to amend the cantonments act, 2006 with a view to constitute an inspection and promotion committee to assess the inhabitants living below poverty line in the cantonment areas and provide them the benefits for government schemeshence this bill financial memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides for constitution of the inspection and promotion committee to assess the inhabitants living below poverty line in the cantonment areas and provide them the benefit of government schemes it also provides for appointment of officers and staff to the committee the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a recurring expenditure of rupees five hundred crore  is likely to be involved from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of rupees  one hundred crore is also likely to be involved lok sabha———— a billto amend the cantonments act, 2006————(shri chandrakant khaire, mp)mgipmrnd—2639ls(s3)—21122018