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Kerala
By Our Special Correspondent
The Chief Minister, A. K. Antony, told presspersons that the Cabinet had approved the recommendations of the Committee of Government Secretaries in this regard. The managements would not be allowed to collect any other fee from students admitted on merit. (Last year, the Government had suggested a fee of Rs. 1.5 lakh a year). The Chief Minister said the Government stood by its stand that admissions to 50 per cent of the seats in private medical colleges should be on merit. The proposed Universities Bill would have provision for enforcing this. He said that the All India Medical Council had issued guidelines regarding admissions and this too gave the Government powers to fix the quotas. Mr. Antony said the Cabinet had asked the Chief Secretary to hold discussions with the employees' organisations on the recommendations of the Administrative Reforms Committee regarding the formation of a Kerala Civil Service and related matters. The Cabinet would take a decision on the recommendations only after this. The Cabinet, the Chief Minister said, decided to allocate Rs. 1.90 crores for fighting the spread of Dengue fever. Urgent steps would be taken to prevent accumulation of waste in towns and cities with the cooperation of local self- Governments. He said the Centre would be urged to bring an Ordinance to reverse the exclusion of Vettavar/Pulayavettavar from the Scheduled Caste list. Meanwhile, the State Government would continue to provide educational benefits to the community for one year. A Bill would be introduced in the Assembly to remove the ban on cutting of trees in Wayanad district. He said that four more aided higher secondary schools would be sanctioned in the State on the basis of a directive from the Supreme Court. He said the Government was trying to get a sitting judge from outside the State to probe the Marad massacre. Asked whether this would not help lock-up torture, he said the jails were now more open than before. Representatives of various organisations were now being allowed to visit jails. Besides, the Human Rights Commission was also making frequent visits.
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