 bill  no  xxix  of  2007 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2007 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 this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 20072 after article 30 of the constitution, the following article shall be inserted, namely:—"30a (1) every citizen shall have the right to adequate potable waterinsertion of new article30a right to basic amenities(2) the state shall provide in every village, tehsil and at district level, as the case may be adequate number of wells or tube-wells or hand-pumps or water-pipes or water-tanks to provide adequate quantity of drinking water to every citizen within a period of five years from the date of commencement of this act" statement of objects and reasonswater is an extremely essential element for the survival of all the creatures living on the earth adequate water is available in ponds, lakes, rivers and seas in our country but, in the absence of efficient water management, most of the water of the rivers and seas goes waste besides water, ponds and lakes have been ruined for quite some years for the lack of awareness among common people in regard to the importance of water and means to conservencethere is an acute shortage of potable water  everywhere in the country including metropolitan cities in most of the villages, especially in the states of uttar pradesh, uttarakhand, bihar, madhya pradesh and rajasthan, villagers harvest rain water in small ponds which they use mainly for drinking purpose in the absence of any other alternative, they are forced to use the unhygienic water harvested this way this water is generally full of insects, worms and other poisonous germsin a welfare state like ours, it is the duty of the state to fulfil the basic needs of its citizens hence, the state should endeavour to  make potable water available to every citizen this objective can be achieved  if  the right to potable water is made a fundamental right it is therefore, proposed that the constitution should be amended suitably in pursuit of the objectivehence  this billjai  parkash  aggarwal financial  memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides that citizens shall be given the right to potable water and the state shall provide, at every village, tehsil and district level, adequate number of wells, tube wells, taps, hand-pumps and water-tanks the bill, if enacted and implemented, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is likely to involve a recurring expenditure of rupees fifteen thousand crore per annuma non-recurring expenditure of rupees seventy crore is also likely to be incurred rajya   sabha————abillfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri jai parkash aggarwal, mp)mgipmrnd—1778rs(s3)—27-04-2007