Private Medical College in Uttarakhand has hiked MBBS, MD fees

Private Medical College in Uttarakhand has hiked MBBS, MD fees by almost 4 times of the current fees. A protest has been conducted by the huge number of Medical Students in Uttarakhand after a shocking decision taken by state Cabinet. The Uttarakhand Cabinet has decided to free their hands from the fee structure of all three state private medical colleges and let them decide their own fees. The effect of this unfair decision is that one of the three private medical colleges in Uttarakhand has decided to increase their undergraduate and post-graduate course. The fee for the undergraduate course has been hiked up to Rs.19.76 lakhs which earlier was Rs. 5 lakhs.

Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Science, Dehradun Uttarakhand have hiked their fees by almost 4 times of their current fees. The increased figure of course fee of Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Science is given in the following table.

Private Medical College in Uttarakhand has hiked MBBS, MD fees

Private Medical College in Uttarakhand has hiked MBBS, MD fees - Key Highlights!

• The above-mentioned fee amount of Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Science is for the first year of their MBBS and MD in General medicine courses.
• A huge protest against the hike of medical course fee has been conducted by the students since it was announced and demanding the university to withdraw its decision.
• Students have been protesting against the hike ever since it was announced on Monday and are demanding the university to withdraw its decision.
• One of the officials of the university said that the students last year had signed an affidavit stating that the fees would be paid by the candidates once the matter is resolved from the court
• Chief minister Trivendra Rawat said that we have allowed medical institutes to decide their fee but the government will intervene if they charge exceptionally high amount

What Students have to say about the Hiked Fees?

A first-year MBBS Student of “Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Science” said that majority of medical students had to opt for student loans to pay the fee. They paid Rs 5 Lakh for the first year and now college is asking them to pay the revised fee which is more than 20 Lakh for the second year. College also asked to pay an additional amount of Rs 15 Lakh to match the new fee of Rs 19.76 Lakh for the first year. Students can’t afford to pay this increased amount of fee.

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