 bill no 47 of  2009 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2009 byshri basudeb acharia, mpa billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixtieth year of the  republic of india as follows:—1 this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2009short title2 after article 21a of the constitution, the following article shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new article 21b right to social security(3) parliament may by law prescribe within a period of one year from the enactment of the constitution (amendment) act, 2009, the manner in which social security shall be secured to the citizensexplanation:— in this article, in clause (1), "social security" means—5(i) provision of employment or unemployment allowance to an unemployed person from the age of thirty years till he gets gainful employment or attains the age of sixty years, whichever is earlier;(ii) old age pension and necessary assistance for a decent livelihood to suchpersons who have attained the age of sixty years and have no other source of income;10(iii) disability allowance and other assistance to all disabled persons who haveno other source of income; and(iv) compulsory health insurance for all old aged and disabled persons3 article 41 of the constitution shall be omittedomission of article 41 statement of objects and reasonseven more than sixty years after independence, the state has not secured to its citizens the rights envisaged under article 41 of the constitution there have been cases of death due to starvation, malnutrition, inadequate health care facilities, etc in many parts of country a large section of population is lacking basic facilities and lives below subsistence level social insecurities such as loss of employment, disability, old age and ill-health, etc are to be addressed properly social security needs to be viewed as a basic/fundamental right rather than as a charity oriented interventionthe term social security should consist of all types of measures, preventive, promotional and protective as the case may be the term encompasses social insurance, social assistance, social protection, social safety net, etcit should be the duty of the state to provide social security to all citizens of the country the bill seeks to achieve the above objectiveshence this billnew delhi;basudeb achariajune 18, 2009 financial memorandumclause 2 of the bill seeks   to insert a new article 21b in the constitution, which makes the state responsible for providing social security to all the citizens thus, it would become the duty of the state to provide social security according to the needs of diverse sections of populationthe total overall financial burden due to implementation of obligations under the proposed provision would be shared between central and state governments in the ratio of seventy five and twenty five per cent, respectivelyat this stage, it is not possible to estimate the total financial implication in case this bill is enacted and implemented however, if the bill is enacted and implemented approximate recurring expenditure of rupees five thousand crore from the consolidated fund of india per annum is likely to be involveda non-recurring expenditure to the tune of rupees five thousand crore is also likely to be involved from the consolidated fund of india annexure extract from the constitution of india     right to education21a the state shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of six to fourteen years in such manner as the state, by law, determine     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 incertain cases     ———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri basudeb acharia, mp)gmgipmrnd—2635ls(s5)—08-07-2009