 bill no 240 of  2016 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2016 byshri jayadev galla, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1  (1) this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2016 2 after article 21a of the constitution, the following article shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new article 21b(2) nothing in clause (1) shall prevent the state from making any provision fixing eligibility criteria for providing skill education to citizens(3) nothing in this article shall prevent the state from making any special provisions or programmes for physically challenged persons, persons belonging to the scheduled castes, the scheduled tribes or the other backward classes, divorced women and other weaker sections of the society"5 statement  of  objects  and  reasonswe are one of the few countries in the world where the working age population will be far in excess of those dependent on them and, as per the world bank, this will continue for at least three decades till 2040 this has increasingly been recognized as a potential source of significant strength for the national economy, provided we are able to equip and continuously upgrade skills of the population in the working age grouphon'ble prime minister has rightly said from the ramparts of red fort that we are a youthful nation and our youth is our strength and we want youngsters to be job creators and, it is also correctly said "hunar hai toh kadar hai", ie, "skill commands respect"there is no doubt that the government of india has adopted skill development as a national priority over the next ten years the eleventh five year plan detailed a road-map for skill development in india and favoured the formation of skill development missions, both at the national and state levels but, nothing tangible has been done so far we require 330 lakh skilled labour force in building and industry; 140 lakh skilled labour force in real estate services; 350 lakh skilled labour force in auto and auto components sector; 1030 lakh skilled labour force in the infrastructure sector; 127 lakh in healthcare sector and 177 lakh in transport and logistics sector by the year 2020we have schemes like national   skill  mission, deen dayal upadhyay gramin kaushal yojana moreover, ministry of human resource development have already proposed to make vocational education an integral part of university systembut, if one looks at the global scenario vis-a-vis india's position in skilled workforce, we are nowhere china has 47 per cent skilled workforce; australia has 60 per cent uk has 68 per cent; germany has 74 per cent japan has 84 per cent and korea has 96 per cent but, in india with 12 billion population, we have only just 2 per cent skilled workforce in spite of having 356 million young population of 10-24 years when compared to china's 269 million as per united nation world population reportso, unless and until we capitalize on the demographic dividend, it is very difficult to achieve the goal of getting 7-8 per cent growth and making india as skill captain of the world secondly, we are getting people with degree and diplomas, but their employability is very limited we are getting quantity, but without quality we require both quality and quantity so, we should lay emphasis in providing skills to youth with emphasis on employability and entrepreneurship if skill education is made as a fundamental right on the lines of right to education, the objectives of skilling india, making to develop entrepreneurial skills, making india the skill capital of the world, solving the employment problem, giving filling to make in india campaign, apart from other things, can be achievedthe bill seeks to achieve the above objectives hence this billjuly  12, 2016 financial memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides for incorporation of right to skill education in the fundamental rights of the citizens the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india at this stage, it is not possible to give an exact amount of expenditure to be involved however, it is estimated that an annual recurring expenditure about rupees one thousand crores is likely to be involveda non-recurring expenditure of about rupees one thousand crores is also likely to be involved lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri jayadev galla, mp)gmgipmrnd—2604ls(s3)—13102016