{
  "id": 4805397,
  "title": "Odisha Waives Fees For SC, ST Students In Government Medical And Engineering Colleges For Six Months",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/odisha-waives-fees-for-sc-st-students-in-government-medical-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T06:05:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/education/odisha-waives-fees-for-sc-st-students-in-government-medical-and-engineering-colleges-for-six-months"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has announced that Scheduled Tribe and Scheduled Caste students will not have to pay any fees for admission to government medical and engineering colleges during the next six months. This decision came after the Chief Minister learned that many meritorious students from these communities face financial hardships even after successfully clearing rigorous entrance exams, according to an official release. The release quoted Majhi as saying, \"To solve this problem, CM Majhi has directed that students belonging to ST and SC communities will not have to pay any fees at the time of admission, and for a period of six months after admission.\" The state government plans to issue a formal guideline to implement this directive soon.",
  "summary": "Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has said students belonging to ST and SC communities will not have to deposit any fee at the time of admission in government medical and engineering colleges. Also Watch: Majhi issued the direction on Monday after learning that many meritorious Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students face financial difficulties during admissions even…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV - India News",
        "title": "No Admission Fee For SC, ST Students In Odisha Government Medical, Engineering Colleges",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/no-admission-fee-for-sc-st-students-in-odisha-government-medical",
        "published": "2026-09-01T04:03:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "No admission fee for ST, SC students in government medical, engineering colleges: Odisha CM",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/no-admission-fee-for-st-sc-students-in-government-medical-engineering",
        "published": "2026-09-01T05:17:27.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "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."
}