India, May 14 -- The Maharashtra higher education department has directed colleges and higher educational institutions to prominently display details of all fees, including "other fees", on notice boards as well as in admission prospectuses, amid complaints of unauthorised charges being collected from students during admissions.

In a circular issued on May 13, director of higher education Shailendra Deolankar said institutions must transparently disclose the complete fee structure approved by competent authorities and ensure that students and parents are informed in advance about every charge being levied.

The circular instructed colleges to put up the approved fee structure on "notice boards on the institution premises" and also publis...