The fee structure of different educational institutes under the ministry of HRD are not uniform. There is a huge difference between the fee structures of various central universities (e.g. JNU and Hyderabad Central University) as compared to that of IITs and IIMs.\n\n1.Why there is a difference in tution fees and semester fees for IITs and other central universities\n\n2.What is the criteria for deciding the fee structure for a institute. How is it decided and who are responsible for this. Does the criteria allow to have different fee structure for different courses within the same institute.\n\n3.Are the fees equally subsidized for all the educational institute and what is its criteria. If so why discrepancy in fee structure.\n\n4.How are the hostel charges calculated and who are responsible for it.\n\n5.Some institute collect fees under the name Development Fund. Are they allowed. If so how can a govt. institute collect fees for infrastructure.