Delhi Assembly Passes Bill To Curb Arbitrary Fee Hikes In Private Schools
The Bill, introduced by Education Minister Ashish Sood on Monday amid the Monsoon session, is aimed at controlling arbitrary fee increases by private unaided schools in Delhi.
Following a four-hour-long discussion in the Delhi Assembly, the proposed legislation was approved and will now be forwarded to Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena for his assent.
During the voting process, 41 members from the ruling BJP and 17 lawmakers from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) were present in the Assembly.
Although the AAP put forward eight amendments to the Bill, all of them were turned down during the vote.
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