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The Rajasthan government revised the coaching institute regulations, removing the minimum age limit and easing compliance efforts, addressing the coaching industry concerns about reduced student registrations. The new bill includes stricter penalties for false advertising and mandates mental health resources in coaching centres. IANS The revised bill comes amid rising suicides among coaching center students in the state. The Rajasthan government has presented a revised bill on coaching institute regulations in the assembly, easing several provisions from the Centre’s guidelines.
In a major relief for the state’s Rs 7,000 crore coaching industry, the Rajasthan Coaching Centres (Control and Regulation) Bill, 2025 has diluted several provisions of the Centre’s guidelines. The revised bill comes amid rising suicides among coaching center students in the state. As per reports, seven students have died by suicide this year alone. In 2024, 17 students died by suicide, compared to 23 the previous year.
Coaching establishments offering intensive exam preparation for IIT-JEE and NEET had opposed the Union government’s January 2024 guidelines, particularly the age limit, which they claimed caused a 30-40% decline in student registrations and significant financial losses last year.
“Last year, Kota alone saw a decline of nearly 40,000 students, leading to revenue losses running into hundreds of crores,” said an industry insider. “This impacted coaching centres, hostels, transport serv
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