 bill no  34 of 2010 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2010 by dr sanjeev ganesh naik, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-first year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2010 2 after article 16 of the constitution, the following article shall be inserted, namely:—insertion ofnew article16aright to employment"16a every citizen, who has attained the age of eighteen years, shall have the right to employment:provided that any such citizen, who is not provided with employment, shall be entitled to unemployment allowance at such rate as parliament may, by law, determine" statement of objects and reasonseven after sixty-three years of independence, twenty-seven per cent of india's population is living below poverty line and a large section of people die of starvation every year although poverty has been checked to a large extent, yet a large section of our society is unemployed and they have no source of income in the absence of adequate employment opportunities, youth take to other courses to sustain themselves by joining extremist, terrorist and criminal activities and also indulge in other anti-social activities such as kidnapping, robbery, hijacking, etc, which is not good for unity and integrity of the nation therefore, time has come to amend the constitution to make right to employment a fundamental right, so that the young generation do not indulge in anti-national activities besides, making right to employment a fundamental right of the citizens, the bill also provides for payment of unemployment allowance to all unemployed citizens till they are provided with employment this will help young generation financially, discourage them from indulging in anti-national activities and on the other hand will engage them in nation building activitieshence this billnew delhi;sanjeev ganesh naikfebruary 12, 2010 financial memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides for making right to employment a fundamental right of the citizens it further provides that every such citizen who is not provided with employment shall be entitled to unemployment allowance at such rate as parliament may, by law, determine the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that an annual recurring expenditure of about rupees twenty thousand crore is likely to be involved initiallya non-recurring expenditure of about rupees five thousand crore is also likely to be involved———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(dr sanjeev ganesh naik, mp)gmgipmrnd—1101ls(s5)—12-03-2010