as introduced in lok sabha bill no 58 of  2015 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2015 byshri sankar prasad datta, mpa billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:— 2 after article 21a of the constitution, the following article shall be inserted namely:—insertion of new article 21bright to social security''21b the state shall provide social security to every citizen in such manner as the state may, by law, determineexplanation—in this article, the expression "social security" means—5(i) provision of employment or unemployment allowance to an unemployed citizen from the age of thirty years till he gets gainful employment or attains the age of sixty years, whichever is earlier;(ii) old age pension and necessary assistance for a decent livelihood to citizen who have attained the age of sixty years and have no other source of income;10(iii) disability allowance and other assistance to all disabled citizens who have no other source of income; and(iv) compulsory health insurance for all old aged and disabled citizens3 article 41 of the constitution shall be omittedomission of article 41 statement  of  objects  and  reasonseven after more than sixty-seven years of independence, the state has not secured  to its citizens the rights envisaged under article 41 of the constitution there have been cases of death due to starvation, malnutrition, inadequate health care facilities, etc in many parts of the country a large section of population is lacking basic facilities and lives below subsistence level social insecurities such as loss of employment, disability, old age and ill-health, etc are to be addressed properly social security needs to be viewed as a basic/ fundamental right rather than as a charity oriented interventionthe term social security should consist of all types of measures, preventive, promotional and protective as the case may be the term encompasses social insurance, social assistance, social protection, social safety net, etcit should be the duty of the state to provide social security to all citizens of the country the bill seeks to achieve the above objectiveshence this billnew delhi;sankar prasad dattadecember 22, 2014 financial  memorandumclause 2 of the bill seeks to insert a new article 21b in the constitution, which makes the state responsible for providing social security to all the citizens thus, it would become the duty of the state to provide social security according to the needs of diverse sections of populationthe total overall financial burden due to implementation of obligations under the proposed provision would be shared between central and state governments in the ratio of seventy five and twenty five per cent, respectivelyat this stage, it is not possible to estimate the total financial implication in case this bill is enacted and implemented however, if the bill is enacted and implemented approximate recurring expenditure of rupees five thousand crore from the consolidated fund of india per annum would be involveda non-recurring expenditure to the tune of rupees five thousand crore is also likely to be involved from the consolidated fund of india annexure extract from the constitution of india      41 the state shall, within the limits of its ecoonomic capacity and development, make effective provision for securing the right to work, to education and to public assistance in case of unemployment, old age,  sickness and disablement, and in other cases of undeserved want      right to work, to education and to public assistance in certain cases———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri sankar prasad datta, mp)gmgipmrnd—4337ls(s-3)—03032015