 bill no ii of 2010 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2010 a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-first year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the constitution  (amendment) act, 2010 (2) it shall come into force at onceshort title and commencement52 after article 16 of the constitution, the following article shall be inserted, namely:—"16a (1) every citizen having attained the age of eighteen years shall have the right to gainful employment(2) the state shall provide gainful employment to the citizens as provided in clause (1)insertion of new article 16aright to gainful employment and unemployment allowance10(3) if the state fails to provide gainful employment to any citizen under this article, such citizen shall be entitled to unemployment allowance which shall not be less than rupees two thousand per month(4) the unemployment allowance shall be paid to the citizen till he or she is provided with gainful employment either in public or private sector" statement of objects and reasonsunemployment has emerged as one of the major problems of our country which is a vast and second most populous nation of the world the unemployment problem is so acute in our country that the youths of today have become frustrated and their energy and anger are being exploited by anti-social and anti-national elements to their advantage but, unfortunately, not enough has been done for unemployed youths our constitution proclaims the right to have adequate means to earn livelihood for all citizens and of social equality in the directive principles of state policy but it is certainly difficult to make social equality a reality unless the acute problem of unemployment in the country is solved hence, it is felt that the provisions in the directive principles of state policy cannot be fulfilled until it is made a fundamental right of citizenshence, this billthomas  sangma financial memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides for the right to employment and for payment of unemployment allowance the bill, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is not possible to quantify the amount at this stage, but it is estimated that a sum of rupees twenty thousand crore may involve as recurring expenditure per annuma sum of rupees one thousand crore may also involve as non-recurring expenditure from the consolidated fund of india rajya   sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri thomas sangma, mp)gmgipmrnd—2324rs(s5)—03-05-2010