Daijiworld Media Network
New Delhi, Jun 29: BTech and MTech courses' fee at the National Institutes of Technology (NITs) may soon be raised to Rs 50,000 a year starting 2012.
The council that decides on such issues considered a proposal to hike the fees from the regular Rs 35,000 on Tuesday June 28. The proposal is still under consideration. The NIT council will decide in its next meeting in November, a source said.
The scheduled caste and scheduled tribe students will continue to get a fee exemption, the proposal said. Education loans will be provided to the needy without being asked for collateral security.
A proposal to raise the age limit of NIT directors from 65 to 70 has been approved by the NIT council chaired by HRD minister Kapil Sibal.