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Haryana Government to bring policy to stop arbitrary sale of school books

On Saturday, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced that the government will be implementing a policy to prevent private schools from arbitrarily selling books to students, which will help provide relief to parents.
 
To provide relief to the parents, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday said the government will implement a policy to prevent private schools from selling books to students arbitrarily. He said the new policy will fix the rates of the books, besides specifying the quality of the books. The Chief Minister announced this while hearing grievances at the meeting of the District Public Relations and Grievance Redressal Committee in Faridabad. A total of 14 complaints related to various departments were placed in the meeting, out of which 12 complaints were disposed of. On a complaint regarding private schools charging higher rates of books from the parents, the Chief Minister while talking to Secondary Education Director Anshaj Singh directed to formulate a policy to prevent the financial loss of the parents. Also, orders were issued by the Chief Minister to charge fees according to the prescribed slab by the private schools. Redressing another complaint, the Chief Minister directed the officers concerned to settle the disputes regarding the size of the plots allotted earlier under the Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) with immediate effect. Talking to the HSVP Chief Administrator, over the phone, he directed that a policy should be formulated to re-allot the plots of the right size according to the demand of the plot holders, whose plots are less than or more than 20 per cent in size. All such plot holders of the state will get relief, he added.

On Saturday, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced that the government will be implementing a policy to prevent private schools from arbitrarily selling books to students, which will help provide relief to parents. The policy will establish fixed rates and specify the quality of the books.

This announcement was made during a meeting of the District Public Relations and Grievance Redressal Committee in Faridabad where 14 complaints were placed on the table, out of which 12 were resolved. One complaint about private schools charging exorbitant rates for books was addressed by the Chief Minister. He directed the Secondary Education Director Anshaj Singh to formulate a policy to prevent financial losses to parents. He also ordered private schools to charge fees according to the prescribed slab. Another complaint was about the size of the plots allotted earlier under the Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP).

The Chief Minister directed concerned officers to settle these disputes and formulate a policy to re-allot plots of the right size according to the demand of the plot holders whose plots are less than or more than 20 percent in size. This will provide relief to all such plot holders in the state. The Chief Minister spoke with the HSVP Chief Administrator over the phone to ensure that the policy is implemented promptly.