 bill  no 184 of  2016 the child development bill, 2016 by shri sukhbir singh jaunapuria, mp a billto provide for all-round development of children and for matters connected therewith or incidental theretobe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the child development act, 2016short title and extent(2) it extends to the whole of india 2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—5definitions(i) "appropriate government" means in the case of a state, the government ofthat state and in all other cases, the central government;(ii) "child" means a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years; and (iii) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act3 (1) the central government shall by notification in the official gazette, constitute a fund to be known as the child development fundconstitution of the child development fund(2) the central government and the state governments shall contribute to the fund in such proportion as may be prescribed5(3) there shall also be credited to the fund, donations or contributions received from other organisations or individuals(4) the fund shall be utilised in such manner as may be prescribed for carrying out the purposes of this act4 every child shall have the right to—rights of a child10(i) free education upto senior secondary level in all schools includinggovernment aided private schools;(ii) scholarship, in such cases as may be prescribed; (iii) nutritious food, including mid-day meal in the schools;15(iv) free transport facilities between place of residence and the educationalinstitutions;(v) free bicycles, where there are no proper transport facilities; (vi) free vocational training; (vii) free access to the public libraries under the control of the appropriategovernment;20(viii) free access to the games and sports facilities; and (ix) free travel in railways for undertaking educational tourexplanation— for the purposes of clause (i), "free education" means education without payment of charges of fee of any kind and includes supply of books, stationery items and uniform, free of cost255 it shall be the duty of appropriate government to implement the provisions of this actappropriate government to implementthe actpower to make rules6 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of the act3035(2) every rule made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each house of parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both the houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule statement of objects and reasonschildren are the future of a country majority of the children in our country do not have access to quality educational facilities and sports facilities due to lack of funds with their parents in fact, their parents are so poor that sometimes they can't even afford a single square meal in a day consequently, due to the lack of proper nutrition and proper healthcare, these children become disease pronemoreover, in many rural areas children do not have any recreational facilities it is, therefore, necessary to bring a law providing basic educational facilities free of cost and access to sports facilities to every child to ensure all round development of his personalityhence this billnew delhi;sukhbir singh jaunapuriajuly 4, 2016 financial  memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for the constitution of a child development fund clause4 confers certain rights on children including free educational scholarship and free vocational training, etc the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a recurring expenditure of about rupees ten thousand crore per annum would be involved from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees twenty thousand crore is also likely to be involved memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 6 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the act as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character———— a billto provide for all-round development of children and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto————(shri sukhbir singh jaunapuria, mp)gmgipmrnd—1426ls(s3)—22-07-2016