Question : Fee for PG Medical Courses

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has taken note of different fee amount being charged for Post Graduate (PG) Medical Examination in different All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) of the country, if so, the details thereof;

(b) the fee amount fixed for AIIMS at New Delhi and the fee amount charged from students in AIIMS Rishikesh; and

(c) the details of the AIIMS institutions where higher fee was charged from students in comparison to AIIMS, New Delhi, State/UT-wise along with the reasons therefor?

ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND
FAMILY WELFARE
(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)
(a) to (c): AIIMS New Delhi conducts common PG Medical Entrance Examination for all new AIIMS and the candidates pay entrance examination fee to AIIMS New Delhi which is same irrespective of the AIIMS Institute they apply for.

Six new AIIMS except AIIMS Rishikesh and AIIMS Jodhpur charge same fee for PG medical examination as that of AIIMS New Delhi.

The comparative position of amount of examination fee charged by AIIMS Delhi and AIIMS Rishikesh is brought out in the table at the Annexure.

Higher Medical examination fee for PG exam in comparison to AIIMS New Delhi is charged from students by following AIIMS:
State Name of AIIMS
Uttarakhand Rishikesh
Rajasthan Jodhpur

All six new AIIMS at Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Jodhpur, Patna, Raipur and Rishikesh, where PG courses are conducted, are autonomous bodies.

The medical examination fee is decided by the respective Institutes with the approval of their Academic Committee/Standing Finance Committee/Governing Body, keeping in view the Institute specific factors and cost considerations.