On August 10, 2020 Assam Council of Ministers approved “Assam Non-Government Education Institutions (Regulation of Fees) Rules 2020”. It seeks to regulate the fees structure of the private educational institutes in the State of Assam.
Highlights:
i.The state Government will constitute a Fee Regulatory Committee for determination of fees for any standard or course of study in Private educational institutions.
Persons in the Committee:
i.The committee shall consist of five persons – a retired district judge/senior civil servant/senior police officer, chartered accountant, civil engineer, a representative from a non-government educational institution and an academician for a period of three years.
Key Points:
i.The fee to be payable by the students of private schools will be determined by the committee after a proper examination of the fees structure and scrutiny of relevant documents and books of accounts.
ii.The committee shall hear complaints or initiate suo moto hearing with regard to collection of excess fee by private educational institutions.
iii.Before setting the maximum fee the committee shall take into account the location of the school, investment incurred to set up the school, infrastructure, expenditure on administration and maintenance, strength of students, qualification of teaching staff and expenditure incurred on students.
Penalty:
i.The Bill has a provision to impose penalty on erring institutions upto five lakh rupees and also cancellation/withdrawal of the registration of the institution.
Other Launches:
i.The meeting further approved the Assam Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Scheme 2020.
ii.The meeting also approved State Cattle and Buffalo Breeding Policy 2020.
iii.The meeting also took decision for implementation of ‘Uberization’ scheme of Assam State Transport Corporation. Under this scheme, 668 new buses would operate for 5 years.
iv.A decision was also taken to create 2 new companies of State Disaster Response Force.
‘Bajali’ becomes 34th District of Assam
The Assam Cabinet also approved the proposal to make Bajali the 34th district of Assam.
- The Assam Government had sought ‘No Objection Certificate’ (NOC) from the Registrar General of India, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for the creation of the new district.
- Currently, Bajali is a Civil Subdivision under Barpeta district.
Recent Related News:
i.On June 29, 2020 Assam’s Council of Ministers approved an MSME (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) Ordinance to end the process of taking multiple permissions to set up MSME in Assam for the next three years.
ii.On March 24, 2020 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister(CM) Edappadi Palaniswamy announced at the Legislative Assembly that Nagapattinam district will be bifurcated and a new district (38th) will be formed with its headquarters at Mayiladuthurai.
About Assam:
Capital – Dispur
Chief Minister – Sarbananda Sonowal
Governor – Jagdish Mukhi
