Maharashtra among 5 costliest states for MBBS course
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Maharashtra: Maharashtra has been enlisted among the top five states with the highest amount of MBBS fee in the Government Medical Colleges with almost a 50% hike in the last 5 years only.
Along with Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, Maharashtra has one of the highest fee structures at GMCs for MBBS course amounting to pver 1 lakh per year.
Despite the fact that many of the Government colleges in several states are charging from Rs 9000 to 40000 and Delhi is charging just above rupees 1350, there is a steep increase in the medical course fee of Maharashtra and it has raised concern among the medicos.
TOI reports that during 2010 the state government took the decision to increase fees by 10% each year. Dr. Praveen Shingare, the Directorate of Medical Education and Research stated that the annual fee for government engineering colleges was around rupees 40000 then and the medical education minister decided that it cannot be any less for MBBS especially when the state spends more on its account. " It was therefore decided to increase the fee by 10% every year. But the fee-paying population in our state colleges is only 25% and it has never been opposed', stated Shingare. He confirmed that almost 65% of the state's budget invested for government medical colleges is used to clear the salary of the staff itself.
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