India, Aug. 8 -- New Delhi

Fee regulation norms that only applied to select schools under the Delhi Development Authority's (DDA's) land clause will now apply to all government and private schools, once the bill introduced in the assembly is passed, education minister Ashish Sood said on Thursday.

Speaking at the sidelines of the ongoing Monsoon Session of the Delhi Assembly, the minister said the Delhi School Education (Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fees) Bill, 2025, is likely to be passed on Friday. He said the biggest benefit of the bill will be its equitable applicability, ending a "decade of unchecked profiteering" by private institutions.

"This bill replaces a toothless, reactive framework with a proactive, empowered...