 bill no 62 of  2015 the constitution (amendment) bill,  2015 by shri om prakash yadav, 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:—1 this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2015short title2 after article 279 of the constitution, the following new article shall be inserted, namely:—insertion ofnew article279aadequate funds to states for carrying out central schemes statement of objects and reasonsat present most financial powers and planning responsibility covering all states of the country is that of the central government the erstwhile planning commission was responsible for approving state plans and deciding on actual flow of central plan assistance to different states from year to year the present system, with multiple party coalitions in power in different states, has become totally outdated there is urgent need to transfer more financial powers and higher responsibility to states in the conception as well as implementation of developmental  programmes at present, all schemes for delivery of public services and for improvement in infrastructure are announced by the centre, but their implementation is the responsibility of states the centre decides who will get what, and when, and under what conditions, but implementation is the responsibility of the states for example, the sarva shiksha abhiyan, rajiv gandhi drinking water mission, national rural health mission, mahatma gandhi national rural employment guarantee scheme, etc are all centrally sponsored schemes, but the responsibility for their implementation is that of the state governments the central government blames the states for all failure and takes credit for all successes on the other hand, the states blame the centre for impractical rules and inadequate allocation of fundstherefore, it is essential to devolve powers on the states, to formulate provisions of the schemes to meet the specified objectives with guaranteed access to adequate fundsthe bill seeks to achieve the above objectivesnew delhi;om  prakash  yadavfebruary 9, 2015 financial  memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides for provision of adequate funds to state governments for implementation of schemes announced by the central government the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india for ongoing schemes of the central government the expenditure involved in the future schemes will be determined as per the parameters set for those schemes and the plans made by the respective state governments for meeting the objectives of the particular schemes it is estimated that at present a recurring expenditure of rupees ten thousand crore  per annum will be involvedno non-recurring expenditure is likely to be involved———————— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri om prakash yadav, mp)gmgipmrnd—4767ls(s3)—03-03-2015