 bill no xlvii  of  2014 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2014 a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fifth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2014(2) it shall come into force with immediate effectshort title and commencement2 in clause (1) of article 275 of the  constitution, before the existing first  proviso, the following proviso shall be added, namely:—amendment of article 275510"provided that there shall be paid out of the consolidated fund of india as grants-in-aid of the revenues of a state such capital and recurring sums as may be necessary to enable that state to meet the costs of implementation of various welfare schemes in particular which are directed towards employment generation for the unemployed youth, pension for senior citizens including farmers, widows, physically challenged  persons, education and vocational training for the scheduled caste, scheduled tribes, other backward classes, minorities or development works undertaken by the state in the larger public interest and if that state is unable to implement or execute such schemes or works, as the case may be, due to severe financial crunch being experienced by the state:5provided further that a sum of rupees ninty thousand crore shall be allocated as grants-in-aid of the revenues of the state of west bengal as one time grant and rupee thirty thousand crore per annum as recurring expenditure and such amount shall be paid out of the consolidated fund of india to the state" statement of objects and reasonsthe state of west bengal has of late started making progress under the present state government but still it is one of the economically, industrially, educationally and socially backward and underdeveloped state of the republic of india mainly due to consistent neglect and apathy of successive governments at the centre towards the state the state is inhabitated by poor people, tribals, labourers, farmers, fishermen, etc and it is facing gigantic problems such as severe unemployment amongst the youth of the state, lack of industrial development due to poor infrastructure and high handedness of trade unions of a front ruling the state in the past, lack of healthcare facilities resulting in spread of various diseases mainly the vector borne diseases like malaria, filaria, dengue, encephalitis, chickengunea, various waterborne diseases, tb, cancer and other diseases the road network including the highways passing through the state is in bad shape there is lack of educational facilities particularly its infrastructure such as buildings, play grounds, drinking water facilities, toilets for girls and boys, desks and tables, hostels, libraries, etc etc there are millions of senior citizens, widows, physically challenged people who are to be given pension for their living, millions of sc, st and obc students who are to be given scholarship etc apart from apathy of the centre agitations in the hilly parts of the state also affects the economy of the statethe present state government is doing its level best to turn around the economy of the state so as to bring prosperity and overall development of the state but it has its own limitations the state government needs huge central assistance to accomplish its developmental tasks the chief minister of west bengal consistently demanding for an economic package for the implementation of various development projects and welfare schemes for the youth, poor people, senior citizens, widows, physically challenged, scs, sts, obcs, minorities, students, farmers and workers and labourers etc but so far has not succeededarticle 275 of the constitution provides for payments of grants-in- aid of the revenues of various states who are in need of financial assistance for various purposes in order to enable the central government to release funds for the economic package to west bengal amendment of this article has become necessaryhence this billkanwar deep singh financial  memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides for grants-in-aid of the revenues of the state facing severe financial crunch it also provides for one time grant-in-aid of rupee ninety thousand crore and rupee thirty thousand crore as recurring annual expenditure the bill, if enacted, will involve this expenditure from the consolidated fund of indiano non-recurring expenditure is likely to be involved annexure extract from the constitution of india        grants from the union to certain states275 (1) such sums as parliament may by law provide shall be charged on the consolidated fund of india in each year as grants-in-aid of the revenues of such states as parliament may determine to be in need of assistance, and different sums may be fixed for different states:provided that there shall be paid out of the consolidated fund of india as grants-in-aid of the revenues of a state such capital and recurring sums as may be necessary to enable that state to meet the costs of such schemes of development as may be undertaken by the state with the approval of the government of india for the purpose of promoting the welfare of the scheduled tribes in that state or raising the level of administration of the scheduled areas therein to that of the administration of the rest of the areas of that state:provided further that there shall be paid out of the consolidated fund of india as grants-in-aid of the revenues of the state of assam sums, capital and recurring, equivalent to—(a) the average excess of expenditure over the revenues during the two years immediately preceding the commencement of this constitution in respect of the administration of the tribal areas specified in part i of the table appended to paragraph 20 of the sixth schedule; and(b) the costs of such schemes of development as may be undertaken by that state with the approval of the government of india for the purpose of raising the level of administration of the said areas to that of the administration of the rest of the areas of that state        rajya  sabha—————a billfurther to amend the constitution of india—————(dr kanwar deep singh, mp)gmgipmrnd—3784rs(s3)—18-12-2014