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As per the Cabinet-approved ordinance passed on April 29, the bill will enforce strict penalties on schools that arbitrarily increase fees.
Delhi CM Rekha Gupta (File Image/PTI)
The Delhi government will introduce a bill to regulate fee hikes by private schools in the upcoming Monsoon Session, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced on Saturday. As per the Cabinet-approved ordinance passed on April 29, the bill will enforce strict penalties on schools that arbitrarily increase fees, reported PTI.
For a first offence, schools will face fines ranging from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh, with repeat violations drawing penalties between Rs 2 lakh and Rs 10 lakh. If a school fails to refund within the specified time, the fine doubles after 20 days, triples after 40 days, and continues to increase with every 20-day delay. Continuous violations may result in a ban on holding official positions in the school management and the loss of the right to propose future fee revisions, the report added.
Addressing the media, Gupta said, “Delhi govt will table the education bill to regulate fee hike by private schools, in the Monsoon session of Assembly beginning from August 4.”
“It is a matter of happiness that the Delhi Legislative Assembly will now be paperless. We have also developed the assembly as a model Legislative Assembly, as it is now completely dependent on solar power,” she stated.
The chief minister added that efforts are also underway to make the Delhi Secretariat paperless, as part of the government’s broader digital and sustainable governance agenda.
“We are taking policy decisions to make Delhi developed,” she said.
The Monsoon Session will be the third session of the Delhi Assembly under the Rekha Gupta-led government.
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In June, the Delhi Cabinet approved an ordinance to regulate the fee structure in private schools. This decision was based on the proposed Delhi School Education (Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fees) Bill, 2025. Three committees are to be established to oversee the fee regulation process — one at the school level, one at the district level, and a Revision Committee at the highest level.
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