Uttarakhand: Fees of non-clinical PG courses decreased to Rs 1 lakh per year in govt colleges

DEHRADUN: The state government on Friday decreased the fees of non-clinical postgraduate (PG) courses in government colleges. It has been brought down to Rs 1 lakh per year from the earlier Rs 5 lakh.
The decision was taken as the students were "not taking interest in non-clinical PG courses due to high fees".
According to the orders issued by secretary, health, Amit Negi, this would be applicable in anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology, forensic medicine, microbiology and community medicine courses.
Earlier, Rs 60,000 was the fees per year for non-clinical PG courses for the students who used to sign a bond with the state government to give their services to the state for five years after the completion of course. For the rest of the students, the fee was Rs 5 lakh per year. Mostly, non-clinical courses are of three-year duration.
“There was less interest of students in non-clinical PG courses in government colleges due to some reasons. It has been hence decided that the fees of all the non-clinical PG courses will be Rs 1 lakh per year,” said the orders from Negi which also mentioned that the state has already done away with the bond system for non-clinical courses in 2019.
“Students will take more interest in non-clinical courses after the reduction in fees,” said Negi.