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Strongly oppose steep fee hike in IITs: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday opposed the Centre's decision to increase annual fees for undergraduate courses in IITs.

|Apr 08, 2016, 08:13:14 IST

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday opposed the Centre's decision to increase annual fees for undergraduate courses in IITs from existing Rs 90,000 to Rs 2 lakh, saying the "steep" hike will make the institutions "out of reach" for the poor."I strongly oppose steep fee hike in IITs. Pl don't make IIT out of reach for poor. I couldn't hv studied at IIT if fee were this high (sic)," Kejriwal tweeted.

The hike in IIT fees is of 122 percent. The HRD Ministry has also decided to give a total fee waiver to the differently-abled, students from SC and ST communities and those belonging to families with annual income less than Rs 1 lakh, officials in the Ministry said.The HRD Ministry issued an order in this regard this evening, saying the implementation of the decision will happen after ratification by the IIT Council.

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