A bill to provide for uniform education to all the students from primary level to senior secondary level in the country. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-first Year of the Republic of India.

Statement of Object
All parents or guardians have a dream of providing good education to their children. However, poverty stricken parents are not able to provide even the basic education to their children. On the other hand, children from rich families get very good quality education and can take up any responsibility in the society after they complete their education. It appears, therefore, that we have dual system of education-one for the rich and quite another for the poor. Ours is a democratic country and every citizen of the country has equal rights. Thus, this dual nature of education system is not justifiable. There should be such an education system wherein all students, irrespective of their economic status, get uniform education so that they may enjoy equal opportunities in life. Moreover, uniform system of education would also remove the feelings of discrimination, inferiority complex and denial of equal opportunities in matters of career advancement amongst students. Therefore, it is proposed to provide for free and uniform education to all children in the country. Hence this Bill. J. P. AGARWAL New Delhi; December 10, 2009 FINANCIAL MEMORANDUM Clause 4 of the Bill provides that the appropriate Government shall provide free, compulsory and uniform education to every child from primary school level upto senior secondary school level. It further provides for facilities like breakfast and mid day meal, uniform, books, etc. free of cost to all students and scholarships to economically poor students. Clause 5 provides that the appropriate Government shall establish and maintain adequate number of schools in every district. The expenditure relating to States shall be borne out of the Consolidated Funds of the respective States. However, the expenditure in respect of Union territories shall be borne out of the Consolidated Fund of India. The Bill, therefore, if enacted, is likely to involve expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of India. It is estimated that a sum of rupees ten crore will be involved as recurring expenditure per annum from the Consolidated Fund of India. A non-recurring expenditure of about rupees fifteen crore is also likely to be involved. MEMORANDUM REGARDING DELEGATED LEGISLATION Clause 9 of the Bill empowers the Central Government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the Act. The matters in respect of which rules may be made are matters of administrative details and procedure and, as such, the delegation of legislative powers is of a normal character.

Uniform Education Bill, 2010