New Delhi: Union ministry of human resource development is closely monitoring the fee deposits in some of the private engineering colleges after several complaints against the institutes demanding advance fees from students.
Sources stated that some of these colleges have collected advance fees from students for succeeding years as well which is not the usual practice. Such a practice is not as per norms. It also needs to be seen whether any of these transactions have been made to park black money, he said.
It is understood that the All-India Council for Technical Education is looking at the issue and if the need arises, the details may be forwarded to the authorities concerned.
Over the last few weeks, the HRD ministry has been focusing on making many of its own institutions go cashless following the Modi government’s demonetisation decision to curb the menace of black money.
The ministry is conducting a month-long campaign, to spread awareness about digital transactions among university students and teachers across the country.
Union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar recently also held a meeting through video conferencing with vice-chancellors and senior officials dealing with higher education in states and said that the initiative — Vittiya Saksharta Abhiyan (VISAKA) — is getting a very enthusiastic response from students.
As part of the campaign, each student will join digital platform and initiate their family as well as 10 others towards cashless transactions.
