 bill no 29 of  2009 the free and compulsory education bill, 2009 by shri jp agarwal, mp a billto provide for free and compulsory education to all children upto intermediate levelbe it enacted by parliament in the sixtieth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the free and compulsory education  act, 2009(2) it extends to the whole of indiashort title, extent and commencementdefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires, "appropriate government" means in the case of a state, the government of that state and in other cases, the central government3 the appropriate government, under the provisions of this act, shall provide free and compulsory education to every student upto the intermediate levelfree and compulsory educationexplanation:—for the purpose of this section, "free education" includes:—(a) all fees including admission and tuition fee;(b) books, note books and stationery materials; (c) free hostel facility, wherever necessary; and5(d) scholarships in such cases, as may be prescribed4 the appropriate government shall establish at least one school in every area having a population of one thousand peopleestablishment of  one school for a population of one thousand5 the provisions of this act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other law for the time being in force regulating any of the subject matters dealt with in this actprovisions of the act not to be in derogation of any other law for the time being in force10power to make rules6 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act15(2) (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 any thing previously done under that rule statement of objects and reasonsarticle 45 of the constitution provides that it is the responsibility of the state to provide free and compulsory education to all children until they complete the age of fourteen years although, government has taken many steps in this regard but they are inadequate we have not been able to provide education to all children even after sixty-two years of independence our education system is very expensive and all citizens cannot afford it poor parents with meagre incomes are unable to send their children to schooltherefore, it is necessary to provide textbooks, scholarships, hostel facilities, etc to the poor students so that their parents are encouraged to send them to school therefore, it is necessary to provide for free and compulsory education upto higher secondary level and for scholarships to meritorious studentshence this bill financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for free and compulsory education to all children upto higher secondary level clause 5 provides that the appropriate government shall establish one school each for a population of one thousand the exact number of schools required for this purpose is not known the expenditure in respect of the schools being set up in the states will involve expenditure from the consolidated funds of respective states however, some aid may have to be provided by the  central government in this regard the expenditure to be incurred in respect of the schools in union territories will be incurred from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a recurring expenditure of about rupees fifteen crore is likely to be involveda non-recurring expenditure of about rupees twenty five crore is also likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 6 of the bill gives power to the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of  this bill since, the rules will relate to matters of  detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character————a billto provide for free and compulsory education to all children upto intermediate level————(shri jp agarwal, mp)gmgipmrnd—2318ls(s5)—26062009