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Education not business to earn profit, fees shall always be affordable: SC

Education is not a business to earn profit and tuition fees shall always be affordable, the Supreme Court has said while upholding the Andhra Pradesh High Court order quashing the state government's decision to enhance the tuition fee in medical colleges to Rs 24 lakh per annum. A bench of Justices M R Shah and Sudhanshu Dhulia imposed a cost of Rs 5 lakh on the petitioner, Narayana Medical College, and Andhra Pradesh to be deposited with the court registry within a period of six weeks. "To enhance the fee to Rs 24 lakh per annum i.e., seven times more than the fee fixed earlier was not justifiable at all. Education is not the business to earn profit. The tuition fee shall always be affordable," the bench said. The top court's observation came while dismissing a plea filed by the college against an order of the Andhra Pradesh High Court which set aside the government's decision to enhance the tuition fee of MBBS students. The high court had held that considering the provisions of

Assam to have 24 medical colleges in next five years, says CM Sarma

He said the state government is working with a vision to set up one medical college in each district in Assam

Plans to open medical college, hospital in each district in Bihar: Nitish

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said that his government is planning to open at least one medical college and hospital in each district.The Chief Minister made this remark during the distribution of appointment letters to 9,469 selected health employees at the Bapu Sabhagar convention hall in Patna.The new employees, appointed by the state health society, include auxiliary nursing midwives (ANMs), health counsellors, senior treatment supervisors, health managers, district community promoters and others.He also laid the foundation stone of two new government medical colleges and hospitals at Buxar and Begusarai which will be built at cost of Rs 515 crore each.Along with this, the 'Mukhyamantri Digital Health Scheme' was also launched. Under this scheme, senior doctors and experts will see the patients at home and will also give suggestions.The Chief Minister also inaugurated 24 other projects of the health department, worth Rs 224 crore at the same event.Addressing the ...

Medical education in Hindi will bring big positive change in country: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the beginning of medical education in Hindi will bring a big positive change in the country. Lakhs of students will be able to study in their language and doors for many new opportunities will also open for them, he said. He was reacting to the launch of such a course by Home Minister Amit Shah in Bhopal. Shah on Sunday released textbooks for three subjects in Hindi for MBBS students as part of an ambitious project of the Madhya Pradesh government to impart medical education in Hindi language. Calling it an important day in history, Shah said Madhya Pradesh has become the first state in the country to start the MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) course in Hindi.

Shah to launch MP govt's Hindi-medium medical education project tomorrow

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be on a day-long visit to Madhya Pradesh on Sunday during which he will launch the state government's ambitious project to impart medical education in Hindi. The senior BJP leader will also lay the foundation stone of a new airport terminal in Gwalior, according to official information. He will unveil Hindi medical textbooks at a programme at Bhopal's Lal Parade Ground around 12 noon. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will preside over the program. Around 3.15 pm, Shah is scheduled to lay the foundation stone for the new terminal building and expansion at Gwalior's Vijayaraje Scindia Airport. He will later participate in a programme at Mela Ground. Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia will also be present. The union minister will also inaugurate a gallery on Maratha history at the Scindias' Jai Vilas Palace before leaving for Delhi around 7.15 pm, officials said.

NEET UG Counselling 2022 registrations starts tomorrow: Check details here

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) will start the counselling process for NEET-UG 2022 on Tuesday, October 11

LBS rank list 2022 released for BSc Nursing, Paramedical programmes

Candidates who had applied for admission can now check and download the provisional LBS rank list 2022 through the official website - lbscentre.kerala.gov.in

Number of medical colleges in Assam increased under BJP: CM Himanta Sarma

Taking an indirect jibe at the previous Congress governments in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed that the healthcare sector in the state has got a powerful boost under the BJP regime

NEET PG Counselling choice filling starts today; here's how to apply

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) started the NEET PG 2022 Counselling Choice filing process from Tuesday, September 20

FMGE 2022 exam date declared; step-by-step guide for registration process

FMGE 2022 exam date out. Candidates can check the official website for full schedule

NEET answer key 2022 announced: Check all important details here

National Testing Agency (NTA) released the answer key on Wednesday, August 31. The initial date for the NEET answer key announcement was August 28, Sunday. Read this article to know more

Telangana, Centre in war of words on Twitter over medical colleges

Mandaviya stated that the Centre always requested and guided Telangana state to send a formal proposal with DPR as per scheme requirements

Twitter war between Mandaviya, KTR on medical colleges in Telangana

After Telangana Minister K T Rama Rao alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not sanctioned any medical college for the state, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday said no formal proposal was ever received from the state for setting up new medical colleges there. Minister for IT and Industries K T Rama Rao, who is Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao's son, in a series of tweets on Sunday said the chief minister has sanctioned 16 new medical colleges and 13 more are in the pipeline. "Now, let me tell you how many medical colleges our PM Modi Ji sanctioned to Telangana -- zero, the TRS leader said. In response, Mandaviya on Monday said in a tweet, "How many proposals for medical colleges have been sent by your Telangana State Government? 'Zero'." He further said Prime Minister Modi has sanctioned the highest number of government medical colleges in the shortest time, "without partiality, to those states who made proposals". Reacting to Mandaviya's tweet, KTR poste

Medical students back from Ukraine stuck between a rock and a hard place

Protests and strikes by students seeking accommodation in Indian medical colleges have so far not yielded any assurance from the NMC, Ministry of Education or the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Kerala's Idukki Medical College gets NMC approval for 100 MBBS seats

The National Medical Commission (NMC) has accorded sanction to open the government medical college in Kerala's high range district of Idukki with the admission of 100 MBBS students

JEECUP Polytechnic Result 2022 to be announced today, check details here

The UPJEE(P) is a state-level entrance exam for admission into various government and private polytechnic colleges in Uttar Pradesh

NEET 2021 counselling: SC quashes plea to hold stray round for vacant seats

The bench said that granting a stray round of counselling for NEET 2021 would have public health implications

NEET-PG counselling: SC reserves order on pleas seeking special stray round

The Supreme Court reserved its order on petitions seeking special stray round of counselling to fill 1,456 seats in NEET-PG-21 which have remained vacant after conduct of stray round of counselling

Medical aspirants urge PM for postponing NEET PG 2022 examination

The development came even as a medical students' association moved the Supreme Court on Thursday for postponement of the examination citing its clash with the ongoing counselling for NEET PG 2021

TN medical college dean relieved of post after students take 'Charaka' oath

The dean of a Tamil Nadu medical college was relieved of his post and put on waiting list as 'Maharshi Charak Shapath' instead of the Hippocratic oath was administered to new students, the govt said