They are supported by the outdated mindset that education should not be a profit-making industry. There is only one real reason why profit continues to be illegal in parts of the education industry—because profit in modern India continues to be a dirty word for some ideologues. Never mind that these ideologues turn a blind eye to politically connected education sector incumbents who want the sector to remain off limits to profit-making, such that their de facto businesses enjoy protection. It is a classic case of bootleggers and Baptists coming together to ban alcohol.
