
The Delhi High Court recently sought responses from the Union of India, University Grants Commission (UGC) and the National Testing Agency (NTA) to a plea seeking exemption for women from paying for the entrance exams conducted by Central government-funded educational institutions like Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) [Mona Arya v Union of India & Ors].