 bill no 240 of 2018 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2018 byshri om prakash yadav, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 this act may be called  the constitution  (amendment)  act, 2018 "31 every citizen who lives below poverty line shall have the right to—(i) adequate healthcare;basic facilities to   citizens living   below poverty line(ii) shelter; (iii) education upto the level of graduation; (iv) guaranteed employment; and5(v) essential items of daily use at concessional ratesexplanation—for the purposes of this article,—(i) "person living below poverty line" means such person whose monthly income from all sources is such as may be determined by the union from time to time after taking into consideration all relevant factors as it may deem fit:10provided that different criterion may be fixed for different classes of persons in various states and union territories(ii) "guaranteed employment" means employment for a minimum period of two hundred and forty days in a year;15(iii) "essential items of daily use" includes fuel, items of groceries, vegetables, milk and other edible items necessary for a decent living" statement of objects and reasonsin our country a huge number of people are living below poverty line despite several measures to improve their lot, their standard of living has not shown any significant improvement the people living below poverty line live in slums under miserable and unhygienic conditions for want of adequate healthcare, many of them die in their early ages they mostly remain illiterate it is the duty of the government to take care of the those sections of the society the people living below poverty line should be given some basic facilities in order to enable them to lead a reasonably decent life therefore, it is proposed to amend the constitution with a view to making it mandatory on the part of the state to provide certain facilities to persons living below poverty linehence this billnew delhi;om prakash yadavnovember 28, 2018 financial memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides for certain facilities like education, health care, shelter and employment, etc to people living below poverty line the bill, therefore, if enacted would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is likely that an annual recurring expenditure of about rupees five hundred crore will be involveda non-recurring expenditure to the tune of rupees one thousand crore is also likely to be involved lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri om prakash yadav, mp)mgipmrnd—2087ls(s3)—20-12-2018