 bill no v of 2011 the learning of devanagari script (for national unity) bill, 2011 abillto provide for compulsory learning of devanagari script in schools by every citizen of india and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto whereas article 343 of the constitution provides that official language of the union shall be hindi in devanagari script and therefore it is expedient that in national interest, every citizen should learn devanagari scriptbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-second year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and commencement1 (1) this act may be called the learning of devanagari script (for national unity)act, 2011(2) it shall come into force on such date as may the central government by notification in the official gazette, appoint5definitions2  in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "appropriate government" means in the case of a state, the government ofthe state and in other cases the central government;(b) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act; (c) "primary school" means any school imparting education from first to fourth standard, whether established by the appropriate government or, local self government and includes aided school recognised by the appropriate government and private school5103 the appropriate government shall, within six months of the commencement of this act, ensure compulsory learning of devanagari script by every citizen during the first four years of learning in the primary school throughout india for reading and writing words in devanagari script in addition to the language and script in which the primary education is imparted to him:central government to make provisions for compulsory learning of devanagari script15provided that the marks secured by a student out of the prescribed marks for writing words in mother tongue or official language of the state as the case may be, and the marks obtained in devanagari script and vice versa shall be added to the total marks secured in the primary school examination but the marks obtained in the devanagari script shall not count for determining pass in the examination4 (1) the appropriate government shall ensure that every school within its jurisdiction is fully prepared to impart learning in devanagari script in accordance with the provisions of this actschools to be prepared for devanagari script20(2) for the purposes of sub-section (1), every school shall appoint at least one qualified teacher for imparting education of devanagari script at all level in the school and maintain data of the performance of each student about his learning of devanagari scriptmonitoring of schools5 the appropriate government shall ensure periodic monitoring and inspection ofschools imparting learning of devanagari script in such manner as may be prescribed6 the central government shall, after due appropriation made by the parliament, in this behalf provide requisite funds for the purpose of this act25central government provide fund penalty7 if any school violates the provisions of this act, the appropriate government shalltake such action against the school as is a available to it under the existing laws regulating the functioning of the schools in its jurisdictionpower to make rules308 the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules forcarrying out the provisions of this act statement  of  objects  and  reasonsunder article 343 of the constitution hindi in devanagari script has been made the official language of the union it is a matter of common knowledge that out of the twenty two languages mentioned in the eighth schedule to the constitution, the script of three languages, namely, sanskrit, hindi and marathi is devanagari script number of states have been formed on the basis of language considering it as essential in democracy for the respective state government should speak to the people in their own language in, view of this policy, each state has adopted its own official language and consequently the primary education is imparted by and large in the language in which all children learn not only the official language of the state but also its scripts thought hindi has been declared as the official language of the union, it takes considerable time to use the said language effectively at all levels and in all departments of the union however, learning devanagari script by all the citizens will go a long way in the matter of national unity as learning of devanagari script would enable the citizens to read and write any words or phrases in devanagari script it would also help in having single sign boards and in particular on all the kilometer stones as a result, citizens do not feel any difficulty after crossing borders of their state and travel in other parts of the country therefore, in national interest, it is considered necessary to prescribe that every citizen should learn devanagari script which is sure to help national unityhence, this billm rama jois financial  memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for the compulsory learning of devanagari script by every citizen during the first four years of learning in the primary schools clause 4 provides school to appoint teacher and maintain data of the performance of student in devanagari script clause 6 provides that the central government, shall after due appropriation, provides fund for the purpose of this act the bill, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india and it is very difficult to estimate the expenditure at this juncture no non-recurring expenditure is likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 8 of this bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill the rules will relate to matters of details only the delegation of legislative power is, therefore, of a normal character———— abillto provide for compulsory learning of devanagari script in schools by every citizen of india and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto————(shri m rama jois, mp)gmgipmrnd—950rs(s-3)—05082011