A week after minister for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh put a question mark on research in Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institutes Management (IIMs), the government is contemplating one of the many steps that are required to push universities on the road to quality. As reported in Mint on Monday, the government may agree to an automatic 10% increase in the fee payable by students who attend the 450-odd universities under state control.