 bill no 35 of  2017 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2017 bydr manoj rajoria, mp a bill further to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—1  (1) this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2017short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appoint52 after article 21a of the constitution, the following article shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new article 21b right to health"21b the state shall provide affordable healthcare and medicines to all citizens in such manner as the state may, by law, determine" statement of objects and reasonsarticle 47 of the constitution provides for raising of the level of nutrition and the standard of living of people and the improvement of public health as among primary duties of state but we could not achieve this goal and millions of citizens are denied access to healthcare and medicines due to unaffordable hospitals and medical expenses the public healthcare system is not in a position to provide universal and free healthcare to its citizens the growing private sector in the healthcare segment has become unaffordable even for a citizen having reasonable income it is the duty of the state to treat healthcare as occupation or profession and profiteering should not be permitted in the light of the above, it is the duty of the state to intervene and provide universal affordable healthcare to its citizens in order to fulfill this goal, it is felt that an explicit provision should be made in the part iii of the constitution relating to fundamental rights of citizensthe bill, therefore, seeks to amend the constitution with a view to guarantee right to affordable healthcare and medicines to all citizenshence this billnew delhi;manoj rajoriafebruary 9, 2017 financial memorandumclause 2 of the bill seeks to insert new article 21b in the constitution with a view to make right to affordable healthcare and medicines as fundamental right of the citizens the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that recurring expenditure of about rupees one thousand crores would be involved per annum from the consolidated fund of indiano non-recurring expenditure is likely to be involved———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(dr manoj rajoria, mp)gmgipmrnd—4700ls(s3)—23022017