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A+ A-NEW DELHI: The Jawaharlal Nehru University’s executive committee on Wednesday rolled back the proposed hostel fee hike and also has now proposed a scheme for economic assistance to students from Economically Weaker Sections (EWS). The move comes as a huge success for the agitating students who have been on strike for over 15 days now. “Executive Committee announces major rollback in the hostel fee and other stipulations. In the proposed hostel draft manual, the JNU administration had massively hiked the hostel, mess and security fee by a reported 400 per cent. On Monday, thousands of JNU students clashed with the police as their protest over the steep fee hike escalated, leaving Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ confined for over five hours at the venue of the university’s convocation..