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Regulations pertaining to Admission and Fee Structure:

(iii) For the purpose of carrying out its functions effectively the Committees shall
lay down a.time bound ‘action-calendar’ and ‘dead-lines’ for compliance by the
institutions concerned and for completing tasks of the Committees.
(6) The Committees may determine different rates or scales of fees for different classes
of institutions, if a classification is justified on intelligible and objective criteria. In
particular, the Committees shall be free to fix different rates for institutions located in
rural areas and urban areas.

(7) The Commission may at any time call for information and clarification from the
Committees and the Committees shall be bound to furnish such information or
clarification.

(8) While determining the fee chargeable, it shall be the duty of the Committees to ensure
that the fees does not become a source of profit or commercialisation for the institutions
concerned.
7. Procedure for determining fees.- (1) (i) Fees or the scales of fees once prescribed under these
regulations shall be valid for a period of three years.

(ii) The fees when revised shall be applicable only to new entrants.
(2) (i) A professional institution shall submit to the Commission at least six months
before the advertisement for admission, authentic data on the basis of which the
tuition and other fees are to be determined.

(ii) The concerned Committee may seek any data or clarification from the concerned
professional institutions and may also allow the institution to supplement or
modify the data submitted by it originally.

(iii) While deciding the fee structure for Free Seats, Payment Seats and NRI, Foreign
students, the concerned Committee shall, take into consideration, the parameters
which affect the cost, the total expenditure of the institution for running the
professional course as computed on the basis of audited statements of the previous
two years and reasonable projected estimation for the next three years.
(iv) The fees to be charged shall have two broad categories, namely, tuition fee and
development fee.
(v) The management of the institution may realise the actual cost of board and
lodging from the students subject to the relevant Committee being satisfied about
the reasonableness of such costs.
(vi) The tuition fee shall be to meet the actual cost of imparting education.
(vii) While assessing a fair tuition, fee, the Committee shall take into account the
following, namely :-

(a) Salary and allowances including bonus, if admissible, payable to teaching
and non-teaching employees;
(b) expenditure on administrative services;
(c) cost of maintenance of laboratories including consumables;
(d) contingent expenditure including statutory requirements like audit fee,
and the like;
(e) cost of acquisition of books and journals for libraries;
(f) maintenance of buildings and other assets including rents and tariffs;
and any other recurring expenditure to be determined by the competent
authority, from time to time.

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