Fee Regulatory Committee hikes MBBS, PG Medical Fees in Gujarat

Medical education in Gujarat has become costlier as the Fee Regulatory Committee (FRC) has announced a fee hike of 7 to 12 percent for the medical colleges in the State. The revised fee structure, announced by the FRC, will apply for the next two years, and it will cover 19 MBBS and 10 MD-MS medical colleges across Gujarat.

Due to the fee increase, the cost of medical education will increase around Rs 1 lakh for government quota seats and up to Rs 1.5 lakh for the management quota seats. The fee for MD-MS courses under the government quota has increased by around Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh per year. For the management quota, the hike is even higher- between Rs 3 lakh and Rs 4 lakh annually.

Now, the minimum government quota MBBS fee at NHL Medical College is Rs 8.3 lakh per annum, while the highest fee is Rs 11.20 lakh at Parul Medical College, Pramukhswami Medical College and Karamsad Medical College. The govt quota PG seat at NHL Medical College, which previously cost Rs 7.93 lakh annually, now costs Rs 8.88 lakh. At the higher end, the govt quota fee at H M Patel Institute increased from Rs 20.28 lakh to Rs 21 lakh. The fee for management quota seats at NHL rose from Rs 26.94 lakh to Rs 30.17 lakh, while the most expensive management quota seat is now at Surat Municipal Corporation Medical College, which increased from Rs 37.15 lakh to Rs 41.61 lakh - a spike of Rs 4.46 lakh, reports TOI.

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MBBS, PG Medical Education Get Costlier in Gujarat