Clause 6.1 of the University Grants Commission (institutions Deemed to be Universities) Regulations, 2016, states: “No institution deemed to be university shall, for admission in respect of any courses or programme of study conducted in such institution, accept payment towards admission fee and other fees and charges:
(a) Which is a capitation fee or donation in whatever nomenclature or form;
(b) Other than such fee or charges for such admission, which has been declared by the institution in its prospectus issued for admission against any such seat and on the website of the institution concerned; provided if there are any fees prescribed in accordance with the Fee Regulations framed by the government or by the commission from time to time, then the fees or other charges for admission shall not exceed the same;
(c) Without a proper receipt in writing issued for such payment to the student concerned admitted in that particularly institution.”
