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Raitha Sangha president Kodihalli Chandrashekar too welcomed the idea. "Students will get an experience of rural areas," he said.

Medical students too
Medical students went on a strike last year, opposing union health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss's proposal that medical students will have to serve in rural government hospitals for at least a year after their MBBS.
Last month, Ramadoss announced that the one-year service would come into effect from 2010.