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Punjab govt to set up regulatory committee for school fees

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Press Trust of India Jalandhar
Punjab government will set up a committee to regulate school fees and other charges, a senior BJP leader said today.

BJP leader Manoranjan Kalia said the BJP-SAD state government will constitute a regulatory committee to check the rising fees and other charges in schools across the state.

The decision was taken by Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, who is on a visit to the city, after a meeting over the issue with members and president of parents' association, who were accompanied by Kalia, today.

To a query, Kalia said Badal had assured that the committee would be set up soon but added that no time framework was set for it.

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First Published: May 21 2016 | 11:22 PM IST

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