 bill no 276 of  2015 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2015 byshri rajeev satav, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2015short titlenamely:—3  in article 173 of the constitution, for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—amendment of article 1735"(b) is, in the case of a seat in the legislative assembly, not less than twentyone years of age and, in the case of a seat in the legislative council, not less than twenty-five years of age; and" statement of objects and reasonsafter sixty-eight years of independence, india has witnessed a great change changes have occurred not only to various indications of development such as food, health, education, housing but also considerably on intellectual level the literacy rate of the country is continuously increasing so is the development in social, economic, cultural and intellectual level of common man our country and society is witnessing all round development political awareness is also very much evident the age to vote in the country is eighteen years and the minimum age to be appointed on a responsible government post is twenty-one years however, on the contrary, the minimum age for being chosen to fill a seat in the house of the people is twenty-five years this does not seems to be justified when we at the age of eighteen years can elect our representative and are eligible to be appointed on responsible posts at twenty-one years as such, there should not be any compulsion to attain the age of twenty-five years to serve the people as their elected representative in the house of the peoplethe bill proposes for lowering of  the age to twenty-five years and twenty-one years for being chosen to fill a seat in the council of states and the house of the people, respectively besides this, the age for being chosen to fill a seat in the legislative assembly of a state, should not be less than twenty-one years and, in the case of a legislative council of a state it should not be less than twenty-five years so that the youth can contribute in national and public service in a right direction this would be a change of the era which would infuse the country and the society with a new energy and speedindia is a country of the youth, where, the largest youth population of the world lives if the population of the youth in the country is largest, their representation in the parliament and legislative assemblies should also be in proportion of their numbers as a result of this provision, politics will reach to better heights consequently, the benefit of the efficient, spilled and dynamic youth having sincere and deep interest in politics will go to our parliamentary tradition of democratic system this is the need of the hour, and hence it is our duty to assimilate all those youths in these important institutions of democracy, as soon as possible at the initial stage of life the efficiency and success of the power of the youth is evident and their maximum contribution may be availed of at this juncture in order to fulfil those objectives, there is a need to lower the minimum age for being chosen to fill a seat in parliament and legislative assemblies and legislative councils of the stateshence this billnew delhi;rajeev satavnovember 18, 2015 annexure extract from the constitution of india84 a person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in parliament unless he— (a)     qualification for membership of parliament(b) is, in the case of a seat in the council of states, not less than thirty years of age and, in the case of a seat in the house of the people, not less than twenty-five years of age; and" 173 a person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in legislature of a state unless he—(a)     qualification for membership of the state legislature(b) is, in the case of a seat in the legislative assembly, not less than twenty-five years of age and, in the case of a seat in the legislative council, not less than thirty years of age; and  lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri rajeev satav, mp)gmgipmrnd—2937ls(s3)—02122015