The Haryana government’s department of medical education and research has revised the fee for MBBS, BDS, and some other courses in the state’s private unaided medical colleges.
Haryana government had increased the MBBS course fees to Rs 10 lakh per annum which worked out to be Rs 40 lakh for the full course.
With the revision of the fee structure, every MBBS student will now have to shell out Rs 3.71 lakh fees in four years. Apart from this, the students will also have to pay Rs 36,28,270 for the loan amount.
Earlier, the government-run medical colleges have a fee structure of around Rs 53,000 per annum besides the hostel fees of Rs 15,000-20,000, while private colleges charge Rs 12 lakh per annum. With the new policy unveiled by the government, students seeking admission in MBBS courses will have to adhere to the revised structures.
The total fees for becoming an MBBS doctor in Haryana were about Rs 3 lakh.
According to a notification by the state government, a policy regarding incentivizing doctors” profession has been brought in so that they opt for Haryana government medical service in public health institutions or government medical colleges.
Under this policy, a candidate selected for the MBBS degree course shall have to execute an annual bond of Rs 10 lakh which shall be paid at the start of each calendar year.
With giving an option of facilitating the education loan for the bond amount to the candidate, the state government shall repay the installment of the loan in case the candidate gets employment with the public health institution after completing the MBBS course, it said.
The Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar described the fee hike as marginal and said there had been no fee hike for several years.
“The course fee is less than that being charged in Punjab, and bonds have been included so that after pursuing MBBS, students can work in the state and provide their services to people,’’ he added.
AICC general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala termed the state government”s decision of revising the fee structure for the MBBS course for 2020-21 as ”tughlaki farmaan” (diktat).
खट्टर सरकार का यह निर्णय युवा विरोधी व गरीब विरोधी है तथा प्राईवेट कॉलेज की मदद के लिए किया गया है!
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“… it will shatter the dreams of many aspiring children of poor parents,” he said.
Surjewala also claimed that the fees for MBBS courses in private medical colleges in the state ranged between Rs 15 to 18 lakh.
He said with the government’s “anti-youth” move, aspiring students will be forced to take admission in private medical colleges.
He added that private colleges would also follow the footsteps of the state government.
“If the government did not withdraw this decision, we will challenge it in the court,” the Congress leader added.