The meeting chaired by Prime Minister and Medical Education Commission Chairman KP Sharma Oli has decided to proceed with the process of increasing the seats and fees of MBBS, BDS.

In a meeting held at the Prime Minister's Office, a member said that Oli had instructed to increase the fees and seats of MBBS contrary to the Medical Education Act. It is a regular procedure of the Commission to assign fees and seats as per the criteria. But the prime minister formed a task force under the coordination of education secretary Deepak Kafle to redistribute seats and fees.

The Prime Minister's Secretariat has informed that the process of determining MBBS seats and fees has proceeded based on the recommendations of the task force. In order to provide living allowance to resident doctors, the private medical college owners have demanded that the seats and fees of graduate level including MBBS and BDS should be reviewed . A member of the commission said that the decision was made according to the demand.

Private medical college operators have agreed to give subsistence allowance to postgraduate (PG) resident doctors on the condition of increasing the seats and fees of graduate level in medical education . From the date of the decision, the Prime Minister's Secretariat has informed that it has been decided to request the return of resident doctor's movement and to start the process of reviewing the number of seats and fees for private medical colleges. It has also been decided that increased subsistence allowance should be given to the resident doctors from the date of decision and the resident doctors should return the protest and return to their work and studies .

The 16th meeting of the commission on January 25th decided that the private medical college should pay 48 thousand seven hundred and thirty-seven per month subsistence allowance to the resident doctors of PG as well as the government. According to the commission, the 11-member working group formed to review the number of seats and fee structure of undergraduate MBBS and BDS has accepted the report with suggestions, taking into account the demand of private medical colleges. The

report has recommended the formation of a technical committee in accordance with the provisions of the Medical Education Act, 2075 to review the number of seats and fees on the basis of standards and standards. According to the Act, a technical committee has been formed under the coordination of Sujanbabu Marhatta, director of the Commission's Planning, Coordination and Academic Upgrading Directorate. The committee will consist of Divya Singh Shah, Senior Chartered Accountant Mahesh Guragai, Chartered Accountant Santosh Khanal from the private medical college, Deputy Secretaries of the Ministry of Education, Health and Finance.