 bill no xxxi of  2012 the teaching of sanskrit as a compulsory language in schools bill, 2012 a billto provide for the teaching of sanskrit as a compulsory language in schoolsbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-third year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and commencement1 (1) this act may be called the teaching of sanskrit as a compulsory language in schools act, 20125(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, bynotification in the official gazette, appoint2 the sanskrit language should be taught as a compulsory subject in every school from first to tenth standardteaching of sanskrit as a compulsory language in schools103 the central and the state governments shall equally share the expenditurelikely to be incurred on the implementation of the provisions of this actexpenditure to be shared by central and state governments power to make rules statement  of  objects  and  reasonssanskrit has been the language of india's soul it is also said to be the mother of all languages our rishi munis called in devabhasha or the language of the godsno one can truly understand and appreciate the spirit of indian culture, if he does not know the sanskrit language as all the major ancient texts are written in this language sri aurobindo, while speaking of the importance of the sanskrit language for india, says: "it is of the utmost value to a nation, a human group-soul to preserve its language and make it a strong and living cultural instrument a nation, race or people which loses its language cannot live its whole life or real life"jawaharlal nehru has also said "the past has gone and the present is with us and we work for the future but i have no doubt that whatever the shape the future may take, one of the biggest, the strongest, and the most powerful and the most valued of our legacies, will be the sanskrit language" sanskrit is the only language which was spoken all over india in the past and it is the only language which can still unify the countrythe versatile literary creations in the sanskrit language have evoked a deep sense of awe and wonder among scholars of the world all the profound spiritual wisdom of india embodied in our ancient scriptures like the vedas, upanishadas, bhagwad gita, puranas and shastras are expressed in the sanskrit language no wonder great indian sages like sri aurobindo and swami vivekananda viewed sanskrit language as the most perfect medium for expressing spiritual and philosophical ideas but interestingly, even some of the modern scientists in the high-tech field of computers, have discovered that sanskrit is the best language for the latest generation of artificial intelligence machine-systems but the people of india  are turning away from this treasure house of our ancient indian culture and do not realize its valueit 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 every school will enable the younger generation to enrich their personality and the noble traditions and thoughts of indians and make better citizenshence this billparshottam  khodabhai  rupala financial  memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides for the teaching of sanskrit as a compulsory languages in schoolsclause 3 of the bill provides that the total expenditure incurred on the implementation of the provisions of this bill shall be borne equally by the central and 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 at this stage, a recurring expenditure of twenty crore rupees per annum is likely to be involvedno non-recurring expenditure is likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 4 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 rajya   sabha————abillto provide for the teaching of sanskrit as a compulsory language in schools————(shri parshottam khodabhai rupala, mp)gmgipmrnd—3941rs(s3)—07-12-2012