New Delhi, Sept. 12 -- Nepali students pursuing post-graduate medicine degrees in various medical colleges in India will now get the stipends that they had been deprived of for the last six years.

In a letter issued on Tuesday, the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research in Chandigarh stated that all foreign students would be given stipends on par with Indian students.

The decision will benefit more than 150 Nepali students studying at All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research in Chandigarh and Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research in Pondicherry.

If the decision is implemented, Nepali students will receive approximately IN...