NRI and management quota medical seats get costlier

Bengaluru | Sunday | 23rd July, 2017

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“The demand for dental seats is less compared to medical seats. Increase or decrease in the fees for management quota seats will be around 5%,” said A.V.S. The cost of a four-and-a-half-year medical course in 26 private medical colleges ranges from ?22 lakh to ?41.98 lakh per annum. Colleges reserve 15% of the seats for Non-Resident Indians, Persons of Indian Origin, Overseas Citizen Of India and foreigners under the NRI quota, and another 5% are admitted under the management quota. A parent of a medical seat aspirant, who was hoping to get a seat in the management quota, said, “We understand these are not merit seats and are expensive..