Agartala, 15th October 2026 : Tripura State Committee of the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) submitted a memorandum to the Director of Medical Education, raising concerns over fee hikes in private medical colleges, infrastructural deficiencies and the results of students who failed their examinations.
The student organisation submitted the memorandum with a three-point charter of demands, urging the authorities to intervene and address the problems faced by medical students across the state.
According to SFI, 50 per cent of the total seats in private medical colleges should have a fee structure equivalent to that of government medical colleges. The organisation also demanded a review of the results of students who failed their examinations and appropriate action based on the findings.
In addition, SFI called for the immediate withdrawal of the increased fees imposed by private medical colleges.
The organisation stated that rising medical education costs were placing an additional financial burden on students and their families. It also stressed the need to address infrastructural shortcomings in private medical colleges and examine issues related to examination results.
SFI Tripura State Committee Secretary Srijan Deb submitted the memorandum to the Director of Medical Education, highlighting the organisation’s three key demands.
The student body urged the concerned authorities to take prompt and effective measures to safeguard students’ interests and ensure transparency, fairness and affordability in medical education.
SFI maintained that the concerns of medical students must be addressed with due importance and called for appropriate intervention to resolve the issues raised in the memorandum.Tripura Jute Mill Workers, Retirees Demand Settlement of Long-Pending Financial Dues
Demanding the speedy settlement of long-pending financial dues and benefits of Tripura Jute Mill workers and retirees, representatives of the Tripura Senior Citizens and Pensioners Association and the Jute Mill Employees’ Manch (BMS) submitted a deputation to the mill’s Managing Director, Binay Bhushan Das.
During the deputation, the representatives urged the management to properly calculate and release all outstanding financial benefits due to serving employees and retired workers without further delay.
The delegation raised several issues, including payment of outstanding salaries, interest on pending dues, leave encashment and Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) benefits, among other financial entitlements.
The representatives also appealed to the authorities to ensure that the legitimate rights of workers and pensioners are protected and that their dues are settled in accordance with the relevant court directions.
The delegation included Ranjit De, president of the Jute Mill Employees’ Association; Adhir Bhowmik, general secretary; Amitabha Das, secretary of the Jute Mill Employees’ Manch; Jaykumar Das, secretary of the Jute Mill branch; and Swapan Mandal, president, along with other representatives.
The delegation members highlighted the prolonged difficulties faced by workers and retirees due to the non-settlement of their financial claims. They urged the mill authorities to take prompt and effective measures to resolve the pending issues and ensure that eligible beneficiaries receive their rightful dues.
The representatives expressed hope that the management would take the matter seriously and expedite the process of settling the long-pending claims of employees and pensioners.
