The 12.5% hike in fee by Panjab University has stood out as truly newsworthy in the tricity, giving the feeling that it is preposterous. In any case, in all actuality the oldest university in the area is gasping for funds to remain stay afloat, and needs to do everything conceivable to wipe up fee for its survival. The hike, which will bring the varsity an extra total of Rs 12.5-13 crore, may not be sufficient for the varsity to hold over its emergency yet it is a decent begin.

The university’s catchment zone is prosperous without a doubt. A stray take a gander at the number and sorts of autos utilized by the understudies gives an adequate evidence of their monetary status. The understudies who can manage the cost of such swanky wheels can surely spend a heftier expenses. Additionally, PU has effectively taken care to guarantee that it doesn't imperil the eventual fate of monetarily weaker understudies by proposing a refund of half for understudies with a yearly family salary of up to Rs 5 lakh.

Any progression to shore up the university’s  accounts must be commended as it won't just guarantee that the varsity keeps up its scholastic measures, additionally help in redoing its foundation, other than boosting research. The grimness measures proposed by congresspersons on Sunday demonstrate that the educators have their heart in the correct place. Presently it's the turn of the understudies and the state governments to contribute.

A year ago, the varsity had expanded the charge by 5%, which had helped it gather Rs 38 crore. The PU think tank, set up to propose measures to enhance the varsity's funds, had recommended a hike of educational cost charges and examination expenses by 20% for 2016-17, 25% for 2017-18 and 25% for 2018-19. The main university’s that are charging not as much as PU are focal university’s, for example, Aligarh Muslim University, Banaras Hindu University and Jawahar Lal Nehru University (JNU), which have a significantly higher spending portion.

It's lamentable that the university, whose graduated class incorporate any semblance of previous PM Manmohan Singh and a universe of industrialists doing marvelously well over the world, hasn't possessed the capacity to get any assistance from them. PU is in a profound budgetary emergency — its financial plan for 2017-18 demonstrates a shortfall of Rs 244 crore — the graduated class must meet the challenge at hand and protect the university. So should the state administrations of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, which feast upon this varsity.