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Thursday, August 28, 2025
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Topic: fee hike

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.

After protests, IIT Delhi partially rolls back 115% fee hike. MTech students say it’s not enough

PhD scholars also faced fee hike before partial rollback was announced Friday. Students says they've already paid increased fees and no refund has been announced.

Private unaided schools on govt land don’t always need govt nod for fees hikes: Delhi HC

Delhi HC has ruled that private unaided schools on govt land only require Department of Education’s approval for fees hikes if it’s an explicit condition for the transaction.

Civil servant-parents of Delhi’s elite Sanskriti School want CAG audit after fee hike

In a representation to Sanskriti School, parents have demanded an immediate rollback of the fee hike, which is ‘exorbitant for everyone’ and particularly ‘for honest civil servants’.

On Camera

How economic planning stifled India’s growth and talent

The Indian planning system did not encourage individuals based on ‘what they knew’, but on ‘whom they knew’. Many left for countries that recognised their talent.

All bets off as online gaming bill shakes industry & key players suspend ‘gambling’ on their platforms

The new law, which the government has framed as a moral duty, forced major platforms like Dream11 & Zupee to shut operations, wiping out hundreds of crores in market capitalisation. 

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.