 bill no l of 2008 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2008 a bill further to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the fifty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—1   this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2008short title2  after article 21a of the constitution, the following article shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new article 21bexplanation—  for the purposes of this article " family" means husband, wife and one minor child" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsshelter is the basic necessity for sustaining life right to the life and other similar rights for the well-being of the citizens enshrined in the  constitution are meaningless for the millions of persons, who have no shelter it is therefore, necessary that right to shelter is made a fundamental righthence this bill                                                                                                t subbarami reddy financial  memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides that each family shall have the right to dwelling unit the bill, if enacted, will involve expenditure for providing houses to families, who are not having houses though housing basically is a state subject, yet the central government has to give grants to the state governments for implementing the provisions of the bill it is estimated that an annual recurring expenditure of about rupees ten thousand crore is likely to be involveda non-recurring expenditure of  rupees two thousand crore is also likely to be involved annexure extract from the constitution of india          21a   the state shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of six to fourteen years in such manner as the state may, by law, determine           rajya  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————( dr t subbarami reddy, mp)gmgipmrnd—2536rs(s5)—03072009