The government today approved amendments to a proposed bill to curb unfair practices in higher technical education institutions, which includes raising to Rs. 1 crore the fine for demanding capitation fees and provisions for grievance redressal mechanism.
The amendments to the Prohibition of Unfair Practices in Technical Education Institutions and Universities Bill, 2010 were given the nod by the Union Cabinet along with a change in the title of the Bill.
The Bill which was introduced in the Lok Sabha last March, was referred to the Parliament Standing Committee on HRD, which later on submitted its recommendations in May this year.
As per the sources report 41 recommendations of the committee was accepted while seven of them were rejected.
They added that the accepted ones comprises of raising penal provisions for charging capitation fee from Rs. 50 lakhs to Rs. 1 crore.
News reported by AR for Newsvision
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