New Delhi, April 29 -- The Delhi Cabinet has approved the draft bill to regulate fees in private and government schools in the national capital, said chief minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday. The bill will apply to all 1,677 private unaided and government-aided schools in the city.

The latest move comes after the Delhi government's Directorate of Education (DoE) on April 16 said that it has begun action against unaided private schools for illegally increasing fees, after parents of some children studying at a private school in Dwarka protested outside the gates a recent fee hike by the administration.

In a press conference on Tuesday, Rekha Gupta said that the Delhi government had received numerous complaints from parents regarding miscond...