{"license":"Free to use with attribution to Vaada Meter (license terms to be finalised)","methodVersion":"1.0","generatedAt":"2026-10-06T07:29:06.626Z","data":{"id":"nda-ls-1999-016","text":"Make primary education free and compulsory up to Class V","quote":"We will implement the constitutional provision of making primary education free and compulsory upto 5th standard.","quoteIsExact":true,"quoteLanguage":"en","quoteEnglish":null,"page":null,"sector":"education","measurability":"measurable","importance":"major","deadline":"2004-05-22","deadlineType":"implied","status":"partial","rating":5,"ratingRule":"partial_yesno","provisional":false,"confidence":"high","reason":"The 86th Amendment (assent 12 December 2002) inserted Article 21A, a right to free and compulsory education for ages 6-14. It took effect only from a notified date. That date came on 1 April 2010 with the RTE Act, after the term.","evidence":[{"date":"2002-12-12","sourceType":"gazette","publisher":"PRS Legislative Research (Act text)","title":"The Constitution (Eighty-sixth Amendment) Act, 2002","url":"https://PRSINDIA.org/files/bills_acts/bills_parliament/2008/bill206_20090212206_86th_Amendment_to_the_Constitution.pdf","quote":"[12th December, 2002.] ... (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. ... \"21A. The State shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of six to fourteen years\"","stance":"supports"},{"date":"2009-08-26","sourceType":"other","publisher":"CaseMine","title":"Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009","url":"https://www.casemine.com/act/in/5a979df44a93263ca60b76e4","quote":"Enforcement Date 1 Apr 2010 ... 1st April, 2010, vide notification No. S.O. 428(E), dated 16th February, 2010","stance":"context"}],"tags":["rte","primary-education"],"sensitive":false,"review":{"state":"ai_draft","draftedBy":"research-agent","draftedAt":"2026-10-05","reviewedBy":null,"approvedBy":null},"manifestoId":"nda-ls-1999","partyId":"nda","electionId":"ls-1999"}}