 bill  no  150 of  2018 the constitution (amendment) bill,  2018 by shri dushyant chautala, 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:—1 (1) this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2018short title and commencement (2) it shall come into force with at once 2 after article 16 of the constitution, the following article shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new article 16a right to employment statement of objects and reasonsthe fundamental rights enshrined in our constitution are not merely statements or words which are written in the book of law these rights are essential for building a holistic society which espouse the principles laid down in the preamble of the constitution it is necessary that time and again we review our constitution and insert necessary provisions as and when required which purport to be the need of the hourcurrently we are witnessing an unprecedented scale of rise of aspiration among citizens in our country we have seen during the last two decades that india has emerged as one of the largest economies in the world it recently became the fifth largest economy of the world over the last ten years our country has been in that phase of demographic divide that can yield the best results in both social and economic terms in the world hence it is the need of the hour that energies and aspiration of our youth are channelized in the most productive and positive manner for the welfare and development of our countrythe former deputy prime minister ch devi lal ji espoused the values of fraternity, liberty and socio-economic empowerment of the rural section in our country his efforts towards building a robust rural indian economy bore fruits during his tenure in the later 1970s in the union government and previously in the state of  haryana during the 1960s and early 1970sin later years, whenever pro-farmers governments took over in any state across the country, we have witnessed how empowerment of  youth can deliver the best results for the holistic development of any state however with the changing economic scenario, the economic condition in different jurisdiction across the world are becoming tertiary sector centric and hence the necessity for generating employment have increased many foldsin such a backdrop, it is necessary that every youth who is qualified, deserving and willing to seek employment gets necessary opportunities of employment our nation has witnessed that whenever the energies of its youth is channelized in a constructive manner, it has fed to emergence of socio-economic developmentwe have seen how successive governments have taken measures for the empowerment of the yuva shakti of this country either through skill development or under work generation schemes under the mahatma gandhi national rural employment guarantee act, but the results have not been up to the mark the same is corroborated from the fact that the number of unemployed persons in india is expected to rise from 183 million in 2017 to 186 million in 2018 and 189 million by 2019hence it is the need of the hour to make right to employment as a fundamental right of the citizenshence this billnew delhi;dushyant chautalajuly 17, 2018 financial memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides for making the right of employment a fundamental right of the citizens it further provides that every citizen who has not got any employment shall be entitled to get an unemployment allowance at such rate as may be prescribed by the parliament by law the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that recurring expenditure of about rupees five thousand crore per annum would involve from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees one thousand crore is also likely to be incurred———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri dushyant chautala, mp)mgipmrnd—1775ls(s3)—19-09-2018