 bill no xxix  of  2011 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2011 a billfurther to amend the constitution of  indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-second year of the republic of india as follows:—1  (1) this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2011short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may by notification in the official gazette, appoint52  after article 16 of the constitution, the following article shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new article 16aright 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-four years of independence, twenty-seven per cent of india's population is living below poverty line and 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 as such they do not have any source of income in the absence of adequate employment opportunities youth take re-course 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 the growth and 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 billnarendra  kumar  kashyap financial memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides that every citizen shall have the right to the employmentthe bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure for the consolidated fund of india it is likely to involve a recurring expenditure of about rupees five thousand crore from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees one hundred crore is also likely to be incurred———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of  india————(shri narendra kumar kashyap, m p)gmgipmrnd—1362rs(s3)—19-08-2011