 bill no 16 of  2007 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2007 by shri suravaram sudhakar reddy, mp 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, 2007 2  after article 16 of the constitution, the following articles shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new articles 16a and 16aa"16a the state shall provide gainful employment to all legally eligible citizens:right to employment5provided that if the state fails to provide employment to any such citizen, heshall be paid such subsistence allowance on such terms and conditions, as may be prescribed by law, till he gets gainful employment1016aa the state shall pay subsistence allowance on such terms and conditions,as may be prescribed by law, to all citizens who are not provided with gainful employment under article 16a on account of old age, sickness, disablement or any other undeserved want"right to subsistence allowance in cases of old age, etc3  for article 41 of the constitution, the following article shall be substituted, namely:—substitution of new article for article 41 right to education"41 the state shall, within the limits of its economic capacity and development, make effective provision for securing the right to education for all citizens" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthe current age is that of globalization and privatization as a result of rise of big industrial houses, the small scale industries, which used to act as an employment generator, are facing closure even agriculture is declining in the recent years and there is a widespread migration of people from rural areas as a result of low wages this has resulted in increasing incidence of deaths due to malnutrition and stress especially in rural areas this state of affairs has not just social implications but law and order implications as well, as the affected population may be easily lured into acts of anarchy by unscrupulous elements therefore, to check this tendency, it is necessary that the right to work is made the fundamental right and subsistence allowance is paid to those who are not provided with any work or those who are not fit to work this measure will go a long way in providing economic security to all the citizenshence this billnew delhi;suravaram sudhakar reddydecember 1, 2006 financial  memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides that the state shall provide gainful employment to all legally eligible citizens those who are not provided with employment or those who are not fit for employment on account of old age, sickness, etc shall be paid subsistence allowance the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a recurring expenditure of rupees fifty thousand crores will be involved from the consolidated fund of indiano non-recurring expenditure is likely to be involved annexure extract from the constitution of india      41 the state shall, within the limits of its economic capacity and development, make effective provision for securing the right to work, to education and to public assistance in cases of unemployment, old age, sickness and disablement, and in other cases of undeserved wantright to work, to education and to public assistance in certain cases       lok  sabha—————abillfurther to amend the constitution of india—————(shri suravaram sudhakar reddy, mp)