 bill no 93 of  2017 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2017 by shrimati meenakashi lekhi, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-eighth year of the republic of  india as follows:—short title1  this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 20172 in the seventh schedule to the constitution,—(i) in list ii-state list, entry 17 shall be omitted; (ii) in list iii-concurrent list, after entry 6, the following entry shall be insertednamely:—"6a water, that is to say, water supplies, irrigation and canals, drainage and embankments, water storage and water power subject to the provisions of entry 56 of list i" statement  of  objects  and  reasonswater is a state subject it is desirable that requisite amount of water is available without any hindrance to drinking and irrigationwater resources are sources of water that are useful or potentially useful uses of water include agricultural, industrial, household, recreational and environmental activities the human, animals and all living beings require water without water life is impossiblearound ninety per cent of the water on the earth is salty water and only three per cent is fresh water; slightly over two thirds of which is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps the remaining unfrozen fresh water is found mainly as groundwater, with only a small fraction present above ground or in the airfresh water is a renewable resource, yet the world's supply of groundwater is steadily decreasing, with depletion occurring most prominently in asia and north america, although it is still unclear how much natural renewal balances this usage or whether ecosystems are threatened the framework for allocating water resources to water users (where such a framework exists) is known as water rightsthe bill seeks to amend the seventh schedule to the constitution with a view to transfer entry 17 of list-ii, state list pertaining to 'water', to list-iii, concurrent list so that the parliament and the central government can also play its due role in the field of development of agriculture and sustainable use of water to meet the growing needs of the societyhence this billnew delhi;meenakashi lekhinovember 18, 2016 annexureextract from the constitution of indialist ii - state list17 water, that is to say, water supplies, irrigation and canals, drainage and embankments, water storage and water power subject to the provisions of entry 56 of list ilist iii - concurrent list6 transfer of property other than agricultural land; registration of deeds and documents  lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shrimati meenakashi lekhi, mp)gmgipmrnd—4138ls(s3)—05-07-2017