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TopicFee hike

Topic: fee hike

Drawing line on govt role in fee regulation, how HC settled key question in Delhi School Education Act

Delhi HC dismissed appeals challenging a previous ruling that Directorate of Education was not empowered to exercise unrestricted control over fees charged by unaided pvt schools.

Student protests against AMU fee hike gather steam. Proctor says hike ‘minimal & important’

Students allege ‘up to 40% hike in some courses’, demand rollback. Proctor says fee increased between Rs 500 & Rs 1,500 for different courses, mainly to improve infra.

Discontent brewing since 2020, Punjab MBBS students protest Rs 5 lakh fee hike in 5 yrs, stagnant stipend

Protesters argue that despite rising costs and longer working hours, Punjab govt's support for its young doctors remains inadequate.

HC struck ‘middle path’ with relief for DPS Dwarka students. But unpaid hiked fees saga far from over

In interim order, high court said students can pay a portion of raised fee to resume attending classes. The parents have been at loggerheads with school admin over the hike.

Furious parents are rallying outside Delhi schools over ‘arbitrary fee hikes, segregation over AC charges’

Protests are ongoing outside several private schools while BJP-led govt in Delhi and previous AAP administration play blame game, leaving parents and students in limbo.

ATM withdrawals to get costlier from 1 May. What you need to know

RBI lifted ceiling on interchange fee on ATM withdrawals through circular issued Friday. Interchange fee is amount one bank pays another to facilitate ATM transactions.

Indian parents trapped in a spiral of soaring private school costs. Aspiration fuels eduflation

Parents complain of hidden costs, with some turning to loans, while private schools justify 10% annual fee hike to improve infrastructure and attract, retain qualified permanent faculty.

Poor infra & ‘retrospective fee hikes’ — issues plaguing ‘A++’ rated Gorakhpur university

Students from economically weak backgrounds complain about fee hike, others want better infra, while DDUGU administration either dismisses concerns or blames lack of funds.

On Camera

Savitribai Phule made space for radical women misfits. She pioneered Satyashodhak modernity

The distinctiveness of her writing is evident in her compositions—women, shudras, and atishudras are at the center. Her poetry challenges the aesthetics of 'modern' Marathi literature.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.