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India to extend affordable education to diaspora: Vayalar Ravi
India will take necessary steps to extend affordable education for NRI students to reduce disparities in the fee structure in Indian universities, Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi said here Tuesday.
We want to make education in India affordable for our overseas students, Ravi said at the two-day Economic Editors Conference that began Tuesday.
Ravi said the government was aware that huge disparities existed in the fee structures for NRI students in private professional colleges. In some colleges it is almost five times more than the general category.
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