06-10-2006, 09:49 AM
<b>Brinda brainwave: no to private, foreign universities; yes to exit tax for students going abroad </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->NEW DELHI, JUNE 9:<b>Want to go abroad for higher studies? You have to pay an âexit tax.â Want to hire a college graduate in India? Pay a âgraduate tax.â Allow foreign universities but subject them to stringent controls. Bring about a new law to regulate the private sector in higher education. </b>
If you thought these recommendations of a Parliamentary standing committee, chaired by Congress MP Janardan Dwivedi, submitted last month make little sense at a time the Prime Minister has called for more private participation in education, read the lone two-page dissent note by member and CPM MP Brinda Karat.
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Please tax Brinda brain and every word comes out of her mouth.
If you thought these recommendations of a Parliamentary standing committee, chaired by Congress MP Janardan Dwivedi, submitted last month make little sense at a time the Prime Minister has called for more private participation in education, read the lone two-page dissent note by member and CPM MP Brinda Karat.
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Please tax Brinda brain and every word comes out of her mouth.