IIT fees hiked from Rs 90,000 to Rs 2 lakh The annual fee for undergraduate courses in the IITs will be hiked to Rs 2 lakhs from Rs 90,000, from the upcoming academic session, according to officials of the Human Resource Development Ministry.

No weightage to Class XII marks in JEE ranking from 2017: HRD ministry HRD ministry officials said the decision was taken by the ministry after a committee set up by IIT council submitted recommendations on changes in the JEE pattern, which were put in the public domain for wide consultations.

NEW DELHI: All IIT students will have access to interest-free loan for the entire tuition fee under government's 'Vidyalakshmi' scheme at the time of admission, the HRD ministry has proposed.The proposals will be ratified by the IIT council shortly. "As chairperson of the IIT council, the HRD minister is entitled to take the decision," a source said.In case of JEE, some tweaking has taken. Performance of students in Class 12 examination will still be crucial for JEE eligibility. To qualify, students will have to secure minimum 75% marks or be in the top 20 percentile in the class XII examination. For SC, ST students, it will be 65%.The ministry said rationale for the hike is that cost of maintenance of IITs should be met largely from fees. IIT council had also said the hike would ensure that salary and maintenance bills, that come to over Rs 2,000 crore annually, are met.