New Delhi — The government of India plans to tighten its control over private higher-education institutions by deciding their tuition structures, imposing quotas, and determining who is admitted into as many as three-quarters of their seats, The Hindustan Times, a local newspaper, reported on Sunday.

The Times reported that the soon-to-be-passed law states that it is aimed at bringing openness to the admissions process and curbing the practice of paying money — known as capitation fees — to gain admission.

The article says the likely aim of the draft law is to impose quotas, which in India are largely determined by caste and are now limited to public universities and colleges.

The draft law will also give the government the power to decide who will be admitted to professional colleges, like engineering, medicine, and management. That job is now done by state government panels, which have faced accusations of corruption. —Shailaja Neelakantan