Article 14 - Social Security

Section 1: Until the context otherwise provide direction, superintendence and control of all social assistance including coordinating of all social assistance and other social activity shall be vested in the social security department (SSD). This department shall have its offices at every hierarchy of government and at other required places.

Section 2: It shall be the duty of SSD to establish a information Network in Bharat which shall be known as the Bhartiya Information Network or BIN which shall contain all information of government including all their records which has not been classified as secret and disclosure of which does not jeopardise the public or national interest.

Section 3: The SSD should issue Social Security Number (SSN) to every citizen and in the same manner Identification number should be issued to each valuable items including land and to other legal persons.

Section 4: All transaction related to a person must contain his SSN or Identification Number (IN).

Section 5: Details of property held by a person shall be made accessible through SSN and Identification number and shall also be accessible through location and these should be allowed to cross checked.

Section 6: Every citizen shall have right to a standard living, adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.

Section 7: Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. Children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.

Section 8: The social security system should aim to provide financial help to people who are elderly, sick, disabled, unemployed, widowed or bringing up children. The system includes contributory national insurance benefits covering sickness, invalidity, unemployment, widowhood, and retirement. There shall be statutory sick pay and maternity pay for their employees by employers. Another part of the system shall consist of non-contributory benefits such as child benefit paid for every child in a family and a range of benefits for severely disabled people and those looking after them.

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