Indraprastha University fee hike row: Future of students at stake as IPU demands arrears
India TV NewsAs Indraprastha University demands fee arrears, the future of thousands of students of the University remains uncertain. In 2013, the Delhi government formed a committee State Fee Regulatory Committee to check and regularise the fee structure of the various colleges of Indraprastha University. Notification issuing the rescinding order reads as under: “And further in exercise of the powers conferred by subsections and of section 6 of the said Act, the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi had notified the proposed fees for the academic year 2013- 2016 given by the State Fee Regulatory Committee for the academic year 20142017 and for the year 2014-2018 for four years course and 2014-2019 for five years course respectively vide Extra Ordinary Gazette Notification NO. F.DHE4/SFRC/1415/9728 dated 19.02.2016” Siddhant Inderjeet, law student, University School of law and legal studies said, "This fee hike issue is prominent in the colleges which have an affiliation of IPU not in the university's campus colleges. This year, On 22 April, after the Supreme Court dismissed Special Leave Petition filed by students, the colleges affiliated to IPU had sent fee arrear notifications.