Odisha govt asks private medical colleges to send proposals for fee structure

Related to NMC's guidelines for 50% seats in private medical colleges and deemed universities to be at par with the fee in the government medical college of that particular state & UT, Odisha government has issued notice.

The National Medical Commission (NMC) had issued guidelines for the determination of fees that stated that it has decided that 50% of the seats in the private medical college and deemed universities should be at par with the fee in the government medical college (GMC) of that particular state & UT. Going by that guideline, now the Odisha government has issued notice to the private medical colleges deemed to be universities in the state and asked them to submit their proposal for the proposed fee structure with all relevant documents in respect of MBBS and PG courses.

Fees proposals must be with proper justifications, says Odisha govt

The proposal must be submitted with proper justification for determination of fee structure to the State Fee Structure Committee under the provision of OPEI (Regulation of Admission and Fixation of Fee) 2007 & OPEI Amendment Act, 2021 for fixation of their fee structure in respect of 50% seats of the college from the academic session 2022-23. 

The official notification says, "In case of institutions(s) who fail to submit its/their proposals (s) for revision/determination of their fee structure within the stipulated date as mentioned below, the committee after taking into account all relevant materials available with it and /or to be gathered, shall determine the fee to the best of its judgement and same shall be binding on those institution(s). The last date of receipt of the proposal at this Directorate is 15.07.2022 and no proposal will be entertained thereafter. The proposals should be submitted in hard copy through speed post/registered post at Director of Technical Education & Training, Odisha, Cuttack & Member Secretary, Fee Structure Committee, Killa Maidan, Buxi Bazar, Cuttack - 753001."

PM Modi had also said that the new guidelines for fees determination by NMC would benefit the poor and middle-class medical aspirants.

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