Government Evades Reply on University Fee Hike, Cites Institutional Autonomy
01 August 2025 | The Telegraph
The Centre has evaded questions in Parliament on sharing data related to the fee hikes by universities, with academics and students attributing the raise to a reduction in government support to publicly funded institutions.
Samajwadi Party member in the Rajya Sabha, Ramji Lal Suman, on Wednesday asked the government for details of fee hikes in universities across the country, including Delhi University (DU), for undergraduate, postgraduate and certificate programmes over the past five years, and whether any studies have been conducted on the impact of the fee increase on the education of poor children….