 bill no  9 of  2017 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2017 by adv joice george, 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:—amendment of article 2532 in article 253 of the constitution, the following proviso shall be added at the end, namely:—"provided that a treaty, agreement, convention or decision affecting the interests of one or more states of india, shall be implemented only if it is ratified by the legislatures of affected states by passing of resolutions to that effect"5 statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthe power to enter into treaties, agreements and covenants or conventions is vested with the executive there can be no dispute with the proposition that a treaty, agreement, covenant or convention may contain clauses having deleterious effect on our economy and the life and livelihood of our citizens in a federal system, the clauses of agreements, treaties, covenants and conventions may have very serious impact on the lives of the people living in a particular region or a state but there is no mechanism in our constitution to consider the opinion of the people who are affected by the laws enacted to give effect to international commitments hence, it is necessary to have a constitutional provision requiring ratification of treaties or agreements or conventions entered into by india, with other countries or multilateral organisations affecting the interests of states by legislatures of those states by passing of resolutions to that effect before implementation of such treaties, agreements or conventionshence this bill annexure extract from the constitution of india|                 ||------------------|| legislation for  || giving effect to || international    || agreements      |253— notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this chapter, parliament has power to make any law for the whole or any part of the territory of india for implementing any treaty, agreement or convention with any other country or countries or any decision made at any international conference, association or other body|     |     |     |     |     |     |    ||------|------|------|------|------|------|-----|———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(adv joice george, mp)gmgipmrnd—4061ls(s3)—24012017