 bill no 29 of  2015 the  free and compulsory education for disabled and needy children bill, 2015 byshri gopal chinayya shetty, mpa billto provide for free and compulsory education from primary to intermediate level to disabled and needy children and for matter connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—needy children act, 2015(2) it extends to the whole of india(3) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—definitions5(a) ''appropriate government" means in the case of a state, the government of that state and in all other cases the central government;(b) ''child" means a male or a female who has not attained the age of eighteen years;(c) ''disabled and needy child" means a child who requires special treatment or attention because of physical impairment or monetary constraints;10(d) ''education" means the education from primary level to the intermediate level; and(e) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act3 the appropriate government shall provide free and compulsory education to every disabled and needy child15explanation— for the purpose of this section ''free education" includes:—free and compulsory education to disabled and needy child(a) any fee including admission and tuition fee;(b) books, note-books and stationery materials free of cost;(c) free hostel facility wherever necessary; and (d) scholarships, in such cases, as may be prescribed204 the appropriate government shall establish at least one school in each area having a population of one thousand peopleappropriate government to establish schools5 the central government shall, after due appropriation made by parliament, by law in this behalf, provide adequate funds to the state governments for effective implementation of the provisions of this actcentral government to provide adequate funds to the state governments256 the provisions of this act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other law for the time being in forceact not in derogation of any other law power to make rules7 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act30 35(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 reasonsaccording to article 45 of the constitution, it is the duty of the state government to provide free and compulsory education to every child till he attains the age of fourteen years even though the government has taken many steps in this direction, yet, they are insufficient even after sixty-seven years of independence, we are not able to provide education to all children moreover, our education system is too costly for the disabled and needy childrenhence, it is necessary to provide free and compulsory education upto the intermediate level including free meal, uniform, books and scholarships to the disabled, poor and needy children in order to encourage their parents to send their children to the schoolshence this billnew delhi;gopal chinayya  shettydecember 18, 2014 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for free and compulsory education to every disabled and needy child clause 4 provides for establishment of a school in each area having a population of one thousand people clause 5 provides for providing of adequate funds to the state governments for effective implementation of the provisions of the act the expenditure in respect of schools to be established in the states will be met from the consolidated funds of the respective states however, some financial assistance may have to be provided to the state governments by the central government in this regard the expenditure to be incurred in respect of schools to be established in union territories will be borne by the central government the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a sum of rupees twenty-five crore would be involved as recurring expenditure per annuma non-recurring expenditure of about rupees thirty-five crore is also likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 7 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill since the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character lok  sabha———— a billto provide for free and compulsory education from primary to intermediate level to disabled and needy children and for matter connected therewith————(shri gopal chinayya shetty, mp)gmgipmrnd—4372ls(s3)—20-02-2015