Controversy Surrounding ‘Selling’ of MBBS Seats in AP Government Medical Colleges Continues

The TD-led alliance government is likely to continue with the policy introduced by the Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy-led government to ‘sell’ MBBS seats in government medical colleges under the garb of self- finance and NRI categories in AP.

The state government’s counsel reportedly informed the AP High Court recently that the government had not taken any decision on the MBBS fee issue in government medical colleges and intended to continue with the same for the time being.

The YSRC government had issued GO 108 on July 19, 2023, on fixation of the fee structure per annum for the undergraduate medical courses in government medical colleges in AP from the academic year 2023-24.

Accordingly, the fees per annum was fixed at 15,000 for general category (50 per cent seats), 12 lakh for self- financing category (35 per cent seats) and 20 lakh for NRI category (15 per cent seats). It also issued GO 107 dated July 19, 2023, detailing on amendments carried out to AP Government Professional Institutions (Regulation of admissions into Undergraduate Medical and Dental Professional. Courses) Rules, 2004, stating that 15 per cent of seats will be allocated to All India Quota and the remaining 85 per cent seats to the general category, self-financing and NRI category.