 bill no 15 of   2007 the child development bill, 2007 by shrimati archana nayak, mp a billto provide for all-round development of children and for matters connected therewith or incidental theretobe it enacted by parliament in the fifty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—1  (1) this act may be called the child development  act, 2007short title and extent(2) it extends to the whole of india5definitions2  in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(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 completed the age of eighteen years;and(iii) "prescribed'' means prescribed by rules made under this act3 (1) the central government shall set up a fund to be known as the child development fundsetting  up 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—10(i) free education upto senior secondary level in all schools includinggovernment aided private schools;(ii) scholarship, in such cases as may be prescribed;rights of a child(iii) nutritious food, including midday 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 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 the appropriate government to implement the provisions of this actappropriate government to implement the act power to make rules6 the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of the act 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 health care, 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;archana  nayaknovember 8, 2006———— president's recommendation under article 117(3) of the constitution[copy of letter no 2-42/2006-cw, dated 31 january, 2007 from shrimati renuka chowdhury, minister of state of the ministry of women and child development to the secretary-general, lok sabha]the president, having been informed of the subject matter of the child development bill, 2007 by shrimati archana nayak, member of parliament, recommends to the house the consideration of the bill under article 117(3) of the constitution financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for the creation of a child development fund clause 4confers certain rights on children the central government, besides contributing to the fund, shall bear the expenditure for facilities to be provided to the children in the union territories the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is likely to involve a recurring expenditure of about rupees ten thousand crores per annum from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees twenty thousand crores 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————(shrimati archana nayak, mp)mgipmrnd—228ls(s-5)—14-02-2007