Question

    The Children's Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act came into effect from 1 April 2010, which received Presidential assent and was notified as law on ___________ 

    A 26 August 2009 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 05 September 2009 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 2 October 2009 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 14 November 2009 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The bill was approved by the cabinet on 2 July 2009. Rajya Sabha passed the bill on 20 July 2009 and the Lok Sabha on 4 August 2009. It received Presidential assent and was notified as law on 26 August 2009 as The Children's Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act. The law came into effect in the whole of India except the state of Jammu and Kashmir from 1 April 2010, the first time in the history of India a law was brought into force by a speech by the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

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