 bill no  55  of  2016 the compulsory teaching of sanitation and cleanliness in schools bill, 2016 by shri om birla, mp a billto provide for free and compulsory teaching of sanitation and cleanliness in all schools as part of swachh bharat abhiyan and for matters connected therewith or incidental theretobe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the compulsory teaching of sanitation and cleanlinessin schools act, 2016short title, extent and commencement(2) it extends to the whole of india except the state of jammu and kashmir5(3) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appointdefinitions2 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) "elementary education" means the school education from first standard to eighth standard;5(c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act; (d) "sanitation and cleanliness" means maintenance of hygienic conditions and includes safe disposal of human urine and faeces;(e) "school" means—10(i) a school established, owned or controlled by the appropriate government or a local authority; or(ii) an aided school receiving aid or grants to meet whole or part of its expenses from the appropriate government or the local authority;(iii) a school belonging to specified category; or15(iv) an unaided school not receiving any kind of aid or grants to meet its expenditure; or(v) an educational institution managed by a private entity, society or a trust, which imparts elementary education203 from such date, as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette specify, sanitation and cleanliness shall be taught as a compulsory subject in all schoolscompulsory teaching of sanitation and cleanliness in schools254 (1) the appropriate government shall, immediately after issuance of the notification under section 3, issue directions for compulsory teaching of sanitation and cleanliness in all schools within its jurisdiction(2) while issuing directions to include a subject on 'sanitation and cleanliness' as part of the school curriculum, the appropriate government shall ensure that—appropriate government to issue directions for compulsory teaching of sanitation and cleanliness in schools(i) lessons on personal hygiene and community cleanliness are made part of the teaching on the subject; and30(ii) the values enshrined in the constitution and all round development of the child's knowledge on health and sanitation have been taken into considerationpromotion of sanitation and cleanliness5 every school shall, at least twice in every year, conduct exhibitions aimed at promoting sanitation and cleanliness at community level and once in every year conduct cleanliness drive to promote importance of sanitation and cleanliness35teacher training manual6 (1) the appropriate government shall, in consultation with central government, publish a teacher training manual which shall prescribe the best practices and methods to be applied while teaching about sanitation and cleanliness40(2) it shall be compulsory for every school to conduct a teacher training programme on sanitation and cleanliness every year to ensure effective implementation of the provisions of this act7 notwithstanding anything in this act, the provisions of this act shall apply to minority schools only if the management of such schools convey to the appropriate government their willingness to include sanitation and cleanliness in its school curriculumact to apply to minority schools in certain situationimplementation of the act8 the appropriate government shall monitor the implementation of the provisions of this act5 9 the central government shall, after due appropriation made by parliament by law in this behalf, provide adequate funds to the state governments for carrying out the purposes of this actcentral government to provide funds punishment10 the appropriate government shall derecognise a school which does not comply with the provisions of section 4 or 5 and may impose a fine of rupees one lakh after giving such school a reasonable opportunity of being heardpower to issue directions1011 the central government shall issue such directions to the state government or, as the case may be, the local authority, as it may deem fit for the purposes of implementation of the provisions of this actpower to remove difficulties12 (1) if any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this act, the central government may, by an order published in the official gazette, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act:15provided that no such order shall be issued after expiry of two years from thecommencement of this act(2) every order made under this section shall, as soon as may be after it is made, be laid before each house of parliamentpower to make rules2013 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act25(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 reasonsone of the commonly recalled statements about hygiene is one that by mahatma gandhi: "sanitation is of more importance than political independence" however, even after sixty-nine years of independence, we are yet to realise the goal of a clean india keeping this in mind, the bill proposes to make young minds in india realise the value of health and sanitation as future leaders of the country, it is essential for students to be nurtured with importance of sanitationthe bill proposes inclusion of a subject on sanitation and cleanliness in elementary school curriculum by virtue of this move, the bill ensures that children grow up knowing the importance of cleanliness which will help to achieve mahatma gandhi's vision of a clean india apart from achieving cleanliness, such curriculum will play a vital role in understanding the concept of germs and reduce the spread of several communicable diseases that can be controlled through clean habits education is an investment in unearthing the country's potential in the longer run similarly, inclusion of subject on cleanliness will help to achieve clean india by raising citizens with cleanliness as part of their core valuesmoreover, by virtue of having a teacher training manual and training programme, the concept of sanitation will be dynamic keeping in touch with reality rather than sticking with one laid down curriculumthe bill seeks to achieve the above mentioned objectivesnew delhi;om birlafebruary 9, 2016 financial memorandumclause 6 of the bill provides for publication of a teacher training manual that prescribes best practices and methods to be applied while teaching about sanitation and cleanliness clause 9 provides that the central government shall provide adequate funds to the state governments for carrying out the purposes of this act the expenditure relating to state governments shall be borne out of the consolidated funds of states concerned the expenditure in relation to union territories shall be incurred from the consolidated fund of india the bill, therefore, if enacted would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a recurring expenditure of about rupees three hundred crore per annum would be involved from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees twenty crore is also likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 13 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill as 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 teaching of sanitation and cleanliness in all schools as part of swachh bharat abhiyan and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto————(shri om birla, mp)