 bill no  64 of 2010 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2010 byshri jp agarwal, 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 for article 48a of the constitution, the following article shall be substituted, namely:—substitution of new article for article 48a"48a the state shall endeavour to protect and improve the environment so asto ensure a pollution-free environment for its citizens and to safeguard the forests and wildlife of the country and constitute such enforcement agencies as it considers necessary for implementing the provisions of this article"protection and improvement of environment and safeguarding of forests and wildlifeexplanation— for the purpose of this article, the expression "environment"means water, both surface and underground, air and land including the surface of the earth, sub-soil and forests (the flora and fauna) and the inter-relationship which exists between water, air and land and human beings, other living creatures, plants, micro-organisms and property exclusive of mere amenities" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsindia is a vast country with a huge population although, there is a provision in the constitution for protection of environment, yet this remains a neglected area today, environment has been polluted to such an extent that half of our population is being affected as  a result although, government has taken many steps to protect the environment, yet the efforts are to be supplemented by voluntary organisations and individualsthe environment is polluted blatantly by many agencies and there is virtually no check on it it is the duty of  the government to secure for the citizens a pollution free environment it is, therefore, proposed to amend the constitution to provide for a pollutionfree environment and to constitute enforcement agencies for checking environmental pollutionhence this billnew delhi;jp  agarwalapril 19, 2010 financial  memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides for the constitution of enforcement agencies for safeguarding forests and wildlife of the country the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a recurring expenditure of rupees thirty crore will be incurred per annuma non-recurring expenditure of rupees ten crore is also likely to be involved annexure extract from the constitution of india part-iv directive  principles  of  state  policy     "48a the state shall endeavour to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wildlife of the country      protection and improvement of environment and safeguarding of forests and wildlife———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri  jp  agarwal, mp)gmgipmrnd—2618ls(s4)—30-05-2010