 bill no 127 of  2015 the  constitution (amendment) bill, 2015 byshri j c divakar reddy, mpa billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2015short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint2 after article 112 of the constitution, the following article shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new article 112a ceiling on sums to be incurred on freebies by the central government"112a notwithstanding anything in this constitution, the sums required to meet expenditure proposed to be incurred on freebies shall not be more than ten per cent of the total sums required to meet expenditure, other than the expenditure charged upon the consolidated fund of india, proposed to be made from the consolidated fund of india in respect of any financial year"explanation—in this article, the expression 'freebie' does not include expenditure proposed to be made from the consolidated fund of india in respect of subsidies or other monetary concessions to be given to the scheduled castes, the scheduled tribes, the socially and educationally backward classes of citizens and the people living below the poverty line or proposed to be made for socio-economic development of people53  after article 202 of the constitution, the following article shall be inserted, namely:—10"202a notwithstanding anything in this constitution, the sums required to meet expenditure proposed to be incurred on freebies shall not be more than ten per cent of the total sums required to meet expenditure, other than the expenditure charged upon the consolidated fund of a state, proposed to be made from the consolidated fund of a state in respect of any financial year"insertion of new article 202a ceiling on sums to be incurred on freebies by the state government15explanation—in this article, the expression 'freebie' does not include expenditure proposed to be made from the consolidated fund of a state in respect of subsidies or other monetary concessions to be given to the scheduled castes, the scheduled tribes, the socially and educationally backward classes of citizens and the people living below the poverty line or proposed to be made for socio-economic development of people statement of objects and reasonsof late, it has become a practice among political parties to promise a lot of freebies in their election manifestoes and try to fulfil these promises at the cost of overall economic interests of the country no doubt that the directive principles of the state policy in our constitution aim to establish a social and economic democracy through a welfare state, but it cannot be done at the cost of common good or to the determinant of economy a welfare state requires a sound socio-economic development of the nation as a whole for its continued existenceit is worth to draw attention to the many such schemes involving distribution of freebies like a gift for couple being married, shadi mubarak scheme, mangal sutras, tv and provision of bicycles, etcthe freebies are avoidable burden on the exchequer and a limit needs to be put to such expenditure it is indisputable that for the upliftment of the scheduled castes, the scheduled tribes, the socially and educationally backward classes of citizens and the people living below the poverty line, monetary concessions like reduced education fee or free education, reduced examination fee, subsidized food, etc should be made available to them however, at the same time, giving of laptops, mangal sutras and bicycles, etc to the citizens just to fulfil the promises made during election is not justifiable under the constitution in the name of welfare measures it is a wasteful avoidable expenditure money spent on freebies is hampering development work because the same money can be utilized on developmental works it is therefore proposed that during any financial year, such expenditure shall not be more than ten per cent of the total expenditure of the central or a state governmenthence this billnew delhi;jc divakar  reddyapril 7, 2015 lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of  india————(shri jc divakar reddy , mp)gmgipmrnd—465ls(s3)—30-04-2015