India, April 30 -- New Delhi

Parents across the Capital and school principals on Tuesday welcomed the Delhi government's Delhi School Education (Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fees) Bill, 2025, saying it would provide much-needed clarity on the issue of unauthorised fee hikes.

In a press conference on the day, Delhi education minister Ashish Sood said that schools will not be allowed to increase fees "arbitrarily" hereon and that all decisions on fee hikes will be taken in consultation with parents, while the government retains the authority to regulate fees.

Minakshi Kushwaha, principal of Birla Vidya Niketan, Pushp Vihar, said: "To align with NEP 2020... needs investment, so schools hiking fee is not with bad intention an...