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NGO claims 457 schools defied Delhi govt order to refund excess fees, asks HC to attach their bank accounts
Kangkan Acharyya •As many as 457 private schools have defied a Delhi government order to refund excess fees collected from students within a week, claimed a public interest litigation (PIL) filed in the Delhi High Court on Monday.
Delhi govt orders over 500 private schools to refund excess fees charged with 9% interest; gives 7 days to comply
Fp Staff •The Delhi government has directed 575 private schools in the city to refund the excess fees charged by them citing implementation of the 6th pay commission recommendations.
JNU accuses students of manhandling dean; students' union denies charge
•The JNU administration has alleged that the varsity's students union members manhandled the Dean of Students, a charge denied by the students' body.
AAP government to act against Delhi private schools for arbitrarily increasing fee
Ians •Delhi govt decided to act strictly against private schools that arbitrarily increased school fee citing the Seventh Pay Commission revision as a reason.
AAP govt's plan to take over 449 private schools in Delhi is an attack on years of financial malpractice, unjustified fee hikes
Atishimarlena •Private schools in Delhi, so far, got protection for their financial malpractices from the political-bureaucratic class in the capital.
Fee hike in AP, Telangana medical courses: Lobbying politicians force students to pay through their noses
Gsradhakrishna •Andhra Pradesh & Telangana governments join hands with private medical & dental colleges to impose up to 600 percent hike in fees for postgraduate seats.
100% fee hike for medical courses in AP, Telangana to follow suit: How do Chandrababu Naidu, KCR justify it?
Tssudhir •The decision to go in for the steep fee hike will mean that PG medical education in Andhra and Telangana will become unaffordable for the middle and lower middle income groups, with the possibility that students who qualify may even have to drop out.
HRD ministry asks IITs to develop revenue model
•The HRD ministry is of the view that a revenue model needs to be worked out before any further discussion on recent IIT fee hike and concessions
India taking up visa fee issue with US authorities: Nirmala Sitharaman
•India has been constantly taking up the US visa fee hike matter with the American authorities and the country has also raised the matter in the WTO's dispute settlement body, Parliament was informed on Monday.
School fee hikes loot parents; AAP govt only blowing its own trumpet: Child rights' lawyer
Debobrat Ghose •Consistent fight against arbitrary fee hike should continue. Education comes under the Concurrent list and this is an all-India problem.