{
  "id": 1392290,
  "title": "MP MBBS Fees 2026: Private College Fee Hiked 10% To ₹18.08 Lakh, Govt Fee Unchanged",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/mp-mbbs-fees-2026-private-college-fee-hiked-10-to-18-08-lakh-govt-fee",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T01:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/mp-mbbs-fees-2026-private-college-fee-hiked-10-to-1808-lakh-govt-fee-unchanged"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Directorate of Medical Education (DME) in Madhya Pradesh has increased the MBBS fees at private medical colleges by up to 10%, raising the annual fee from Rs 16.50 lakh to Rs 18.08 lakh. In contrast, fees at government medical colleges remain unchanged at Rs 1.14 lakh. Additionally, fees for private BDS courses have increased by around 8%. The rise in private medical college fees will require students to pay an additional Rs 1.5 lakh compared to last year's amount.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}