An IIT panel has recommended raising tuition fee of undergraduate programme from 50,000 rupees to 90,000 rupees per annum. The Standing Committee of the IIT Council, which met in Mumbai on Monday, however, decided not to burden students from the weaker sections with the fee hike. IIT Council, the highest decision making body of these institutes, will take a final call on the recommendations at its meet on January 7 next year. The development comes as an empowered task force is still considering the details for implementation of the Kakodkar Committee which had recommended last year a steep hike of 2 to 2.5 lakh rupees per annum from the existing 50,000 rupees.