 bill no 8 of 2007 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2007 by shri ks rao, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the fifty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 (1) this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2007 2 (1) after article 21a of the constitution, the following article shall be inserted, namely:—5insertion of new article 21b "21b (1) every citizen shall  have right  to adequate health care free of cost in the hospitals/dispensaries run by the stateright to adequate health care10(2) nothing in clause (1) shall prevent the state from making any provision for charging of fees or cost of treatment from persons, on the basis of criteria to be prescribed by law, having  means to bear such fee or costexplanation— for the purpose of this article, 'health care' shall  include  consultation, diagnostic tests, medicines, indoor treatment and surgery but shall not include tests or surgery for cosmetic purposes(3) parliament may, by law,  provide for a health insurance  scheme for citizens to give effect to the provisions of this  article" statement of objects and reasonsmajority of our countrymen are either living below the poverty line or are too poor to afford adequate health care which has become very expensive thus most of the citizens do not have access to adequate health care the condition of government hospitals is pathetic on account of absence of proper infrastructure and also manpower the cost of treatment in private hospitals is beyond the capacity of common man therefore, the common man in the country suffers from lack of adequate health care india being a welfare country, it is the duty of the government to take  initiative for providing health care to all the citizens it may charge fee for providing health care from persons who are in a position to pay itgiven the large size of our population,  it may be difficult for the state to meet the expenditure on this account therefore, government may go for health insurance scheme for the citizens and determine the amount to be paid, as premia, by them health is a state subject and that is the reason formulating a health insurance scheme has been proposedthe bill seeks to achieve the above objectives hence this billnew delhi;ks raonovember 8, 2006 financial memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides that every citizen shall have right to adequate health care free of cost in the hospitals/dispensaries run by the state the central government has to provide manpower, infrastructure, etc in the hospitals/dispensaries the bill, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a recurring expenditure of rupees twenty thousand crore will be involved from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of rupees ten thousand crore is also likely to be involved annexure extract from the constitution of india      21 no person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by lawprotection of life and personal libertyright to education21a 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       lok  sabha————— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india—————(shri ks rao, mp)mgipmrnd—62ls(s-5)—06022007