Relief for MBBS aspirants as Haryana scraps bond fee in govt medical colleges

NEW DELHI: The Haryana chief minister, Manohar Lal Khattar, announced that the students taking admission in bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery (MBBS) courses need not pay a bond amount of Rs 10 lakh while taking admission in government medical colleges. The announcement comes amid the students' protest against the bond policy.

“Instead, students will now only have to enter into a bond-cum-loan agreement of the amount with the college and the concerned bank. The state government will finance the bond amount if MBBS and MD pass-out students wish to join government service as a doctor and serve for a specified period of seven years,” the chief minister said in his official Twitter handle.

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In case a student does not wish to join the government service as a doctor in Haryana, they will have to pay the Rs 10 lakh amount. MBBS degree will only be awarded to the students after the candidates have met all the financial liabilities to the college, the chief minister said.

The Haryana government has taken this step to allow MBBS students to work in government hospitals and provide services to the people of the state. Haryana CM also said that the state government is aiming to provide health facilities to every citizen, especially the underprivileged.

Earlier, as per the 2020 policy, the government said that a bond of Rs 10 lakh annually must be signed by students pursuing MBBS course in government medical colleges and that the bond would be a prerequisite for getting a government job.

“The manner in which the bond condition had been imposed in MBBS admissions, it is a direct attack on the interests of students who have dreams to become doctors on sheer merit. It’s a tall order for any meritorious student coming from an ordinary and poor background to arrange for Rs 40 lakh (for four-year course).” said senior Congress leader and former Union minister Kumari Selja in September 2022.