 bill no 48 of  2017 the compulsory teaching of sanskrit language in schools  bill, 2017 by shri at nana patil mp a billto provide for the teaching of sanskrit as a compulsory language in schoolsbe  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and commencement1 (1) this act may be called the compulsory teaching of sanskrit language in schools act, 2017definitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "appropriate government" means in the case of a state, the government of that state and in all other cases, the central government;(b) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act53 from such date, as the central government may, by notification in the officialgazette specify, the sanskrit language shall be taught in every school as a compulsory subject up to eighth standard in such manner as may be prescribedteaching of sanskrit as a compulsory language in schools104 the appropriate government shall, immediately after issuance of the notification under section 3, issue direction for teaching of sanskrit language as a compulsory subject upto eighth standard in every school within its jurisdictionappropriate government to issue directions forcompulsoryteaching of sanskrit language in schools 5 the central government and the state governments shall equally share the expenditure likely to be incurred on the implementation of the provisions of this actexpenditure to be shared by central government and state governmentspower to make rules6 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act1520(2) every rule made under this act 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  reasonssanskrit, the mother of all indo-aryan languages, which has also helped in development and enrichment of almost all languages across the globe is fighting a tough battle in its own country of origin ie india the language, acknowledged and documented to be the most structured and scientific language in the entire world, and which was once the lingua-franca, has now been reduced to a vanishing minority with just about 14,000speakers left, across a country of over 12 billion populationindia's official education policy specifically mentions that facilities for the intensive study of sanskrit have to be encouraged still, the apathy, neglect and propaganda against sanskrit went on to such an extent that the supreme court of india had to intervene in 1994 to declare that sanskrit had to be a part of education however, the various states of india are still disadvantaging, discouraging and discriminating with teaching of sanskrit language at school, college and university levelit is absolutely essential that sanskrit be taught as language in all schools and institutions of higher learning state must ensure that institutions of higher learning produce good sanskrit teachers and that all vacancies of sanskrit teachers in schools are filled-up immediatelyit is highly deplorable that such a language which has a vast literature is being neglected in its own country it is high time now to make sincere efforts to increase awareness in the younger generation about the importance of sanskrit teaching of sanskrit as a compulsory language in schools at least upto eighth standard will enable the younger generation to enrich their personality and to be aware of the noble traditions and thoughts of india which would help them become better citizensnew delhi;at nana patilfebruary 23, 2017 financial memorandumclause 5 of the bill provides that the total expenditure incurred on teaching of sanskrit as a compulsory language in every school upto eighth standard shall be borne equally by the central government and the state governments the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india although, the exact amount of expenditure cannot be estimated, however, it is estimated that a recurring expenditure of about twenty crore rupees per annum is likely to be involved from the consolidated fund of indiano non-recurring expenditure is likely to be involved memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 6 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the provisions 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 the teaching of sanskrit as a compulsory language in schools————(shri at nana patil, mp)gmgipmrnd—4821ls(s3)—16-03-2017