 bill no  xlix of  2008 the eradication of unemployment bill, 2008 a billto provide for the eradication of unemployment particularly amongst the youth by extending the right to work so as to force the state to generate employment opportunities and failing to do so for payment of unemployment allowance till such time employment is provided to any unemployed citizen and for promoting self employment and for matters connected therewith and incidental theretobe it enacted by parliament in the fifty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—1  (1) this act may be called the eradication of unemployment act, 2008(2) it extends to the whole of indiashort title, extent and commencement5(3) it shall come into force with immediate effectdefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "appropriate government" means in the case of a state, the government of that state and in all other cases, the central government;(b) "fund" means the unemployment assistance fund established under section 5;(c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this actright to work53 (1) notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in forceand subject to the provisions of this act, every citizen who has attained the age of majority and who is unemployed and registered at any employment exchange established by the appropriate government shall have the right to suitable work to be provided by the appropriate government(2) the work to be provided under sub-section (1) shall be according to the age,qualifications, and physical ability of the citizen concerned10(3) for the purposes of this act, the appropriate government shall generate requisiteemployment opportunities within the government, within the private sector in consultation with the corporates and through small and cottage and village industries, self employment and in the agricultural sector15grant of unemployment allowance4 (1) till such time work is provided to a citizen under section 3 or is made selfemployed under any of the government scheme, he shall be entitled to an unemployment allowance, not being less than rupees one thousand five hundred per month which shall be paid by the appropriate government in such manner as may be prescribed;provided that the unemployment allowance shall not be paid to any citizen:—20(a) who has an income through any source not being less than the amount ofunemployment allowance fixed under this section; or(b) who is covered under any scheme of unemployment allowance prevalent in a state or union territory, as the case may be25(2) where a citizen being unemployed and registered with an employment exchange,but has an income of his own through any source, the amount of unemployment allowance to which he may be entitled under this act shall be reduced by the amount of his such income30(3) in case a citizen secures any work or becomes self employed subsequent to his registration with any employment exchange he shall inform the concerned employment exchange immediately and his name shall be removed by the employment exchange with effect from the date of his having secured the work or becoming self-employed, as the case may be35establishment of the unemployment assistance fund5 (1) the central government shall, as soon as may be, but within one year of thecommencement of this act, by notification in the official gazette, establish a fund to be called the unemployment assistance fund for the purposes of this act with initial corpus of rupees ten thousand crore and thereafter shall contribute to the fund from time to time after due appropriation made by parliament by law in this behalf along with the governments of the states in such ratio as may be prescribed40(2) there shall also be credited to the fund such other sums as may be received by way of donation, contribution, assistance or otherwise from individuals, body corporate, financial institutions, firms, partnership, etc(3)all amounts due and payable as unemployment allowance and all expenditures relating to the management and administration of the fund shall be paid out of the fund and the fund shall be managed in such manner as may be prescribed456 the central government shall, after due appropriation made by parliament by law in this behalf, provide requisite funds to all the state governments and union territory administrations for carrying out the purposes of this actcentral government to provide funds7 the provisions of this act and rules made thereunder shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law for the time act to have overriding effectbeing in force but save as aforesaid the provisions of this act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other law for the time being applicable to any matter dealt with by this actpower to make rules8 the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the provisions for this act5 statement of objects and reasonsunemployment is one of the biggest  challenges before our nation after the population explosion, which has assumed menacing proportions according to an estimate, more than five crore unemployed, mostly youth, are registered in various employment exchanges throughout the country similar or even more numbers are also  there mostly in rural and semi urban areas who are unemployed but not registered with employment exchanges even the highly educated youth are also enemployed unemployment is causing unrest and frustration amongst the youth, who in turn, are being, lured by anti social and anti national elements many of them are joining hands with naxalities and terrorist and indulging in other crimes lack of employment opportunities is also leading to brain  drain and exodus of large number of skilled and unskilled persons from  the country the recently announced hundred days national rural employment guarantee scheme has not made the desired impact on the unemployment scenario thus the problem is going from bad to worse each passing dayours is a welfare state and our constitution guarantees every citizen the fundamental right to life, but this right is meaningless if the citizen is unemployed and he has no source of having a decent and meaningful life our apex court has also stressed the need for having necessary means, for that is suitable employment for a decent livelihood as such now the time has come to make all our efforts to create more and more employment opportunities so as to assure guaranteed employment  to all the unemployed citizens of the nation and if  the state fails to do so the unemployed should be paid unemployment allowance till he gets employment this will go a long way  in solving the problem of unemployment in the countryhence, this billv  hanumantha  rao financial  memorandumclause 4 of the bill provides for the grant of  unemployment allowance clause 5provides for the establishment of the unemployment assistance fund with initial corpus of rupees ten thousand crore clause 6 makes it obligatory for the central government to provide requisite funds to the state governments and union territory administrations for carrying out the purposes of the bill the bill, if enacted will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a sum of rupees twenty thousand crore may involve as recurring expenditure per annuma sum of rupees one thousand crore may also involve as non-recurring expenditure from the consolidated fund of india memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 8 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill the rules will relate to matters of details onlythe delegation of legislative power is of normal character———— a billto provide for the eradication of unemployment particularly amongst the youth by extendingthe right to work so as to force the state to generate employment opportunities and failing to do so for payment of unemployment allowance till such time employment is provided to any unemployed citizen and for promoting self employment and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto————(shri v hanumantha rao, mp)gmgipmrnd—4765rs(s-5)—29-12-2008