 bill no 163 of  2015 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2015 byshri gopal chinayya shetty, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 (1) this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2015(2) after article 16 of the constitution, the following article shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new article 16a"16a every citizen, who has attained the age of eighteen years, shall have the right to employment:right to employmentprovided 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-seven years of independence, twenty-seven per cent of india's population is living below poverty line and a 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 they have no source of income in the absence of adequate employment opportunities, youth take to other courses 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 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 engage them in nation building activitieshence this billnew delhi;gopal chinayya  shettymay 7, 2015 financial memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides for making right to employment a fundamental right of the citizens it further provides that every such citizen who is not provided with employment shall be entitled to get unemployment allowance at such date as parliament may, by law, determine the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that an annual recurring expenditure of about rupees five thousand crore is likely to be involved initiallya non-recurring expenditure of about rupees one hundred crore is also likely to be involved———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri gopal chinayya shetty, mp)gmgipmrnd—1186ls(s3)—14-07-2015