LUCKNOW, April 19 -- A day after Lucknow University released the admission forms for undergraduate courses with a 50% increase in the admission form fee and a substantial increase in the semester fee at the time of admission, students associated with the National Student Union of India (NSUI) staged a protest at the university's administrative building on Saturday.

The semester fee at the time of admission for the BA (NEP) self-financed courses was between Rs.5,527 and Rs.8,527 last year. Now, it will be Rs.16,330-a rise of 195.45% to 91.50% respectively. Similarly, for B Com (SF) and B Com (Hons) the semester fee at the time of admission has increased by 43.60% and 42.01% respectively.

The semester fee at the time of admission for BCom...