The Punjab Department of Medical Education & Research has notified a modified policy providing for a uniform fee structure for postgraduate medical courses in 4 private medical institutes in the state from the current academic session.
The decision comes over a week after the department informed all medical & dental colleges in the state about the amendment to the Punjab Private Health Sciences Institution (Regulation of Admission, Fixation of Fee & Making Reservation) Act, 2006, which empowers it to fix the fee structure for all medical & dental colleges.
According to the modified notification, fee for MD/MS clinical courses in the Dayanand Medical College (DMC), Christian Medical College (CMC), both in Ludhiana, Sri Guru Ram Das University of Health Sciences (SGRDUHS), Amritsar, & Adesh University, Bathinda has now been fixed at Rs 6.5 lakh per annum.
The fee for the 3-year MD/MS basic science courses has now been fixed at Rs 2.6 lakh per annum.
The amendment will impact the Adesh University which will have to bring down the fee for clinical MD/MS courses from the current Rs 14.9 lakh per annum to Rs 6.5 lakh per annum now.
The fee for the 3-year MD/MS basic science courses in the university will come down from the current Rs 5 lakh to Rs 2.6 lakh per annum now.
Notably, DMC, CMC & & SGRDUHS are already abiding by this fee structure.
“The policy has been modified to reduce the financial burden on the students,” said OP Soni, Medical Education & Research Minister
DK Tiwari, principal secretary, medical education, said that as per the amended Act, the state government will regulate admissions, fix fee & make reservation for different categories at private health sciences educational institutions, including all medical, dental, ayurvedic & homoeopathic colleges in the state.
Meanwhile, Jagdev Singh, registrar, Adesh University, said they have not received the copy of the fresh notification on fee structure so far.
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