Can a Retirement Home in Kerala Increase Fees Without My Consent?

The governing body of the home is "at liberty to revise its fee structure, but should publicise it at least two months before it takes effect," and "a revised fee structure shall not have retrospective effect." This is a notice-and-transparency requirement, not a consent requirement — you're told with two months' warning, not asked to agree. See what a senior living contract should include and are maintenance fees capped for the fuller picture on this, since this guide focuses specifically on the consent question.

Because there's no statutory ceiling on the increase itself, ask for the home's fee-increase history over the last few years before committing, if it has been operating long enough to have one. If a specific cap on annual increases matters to you, ask whether the operator will agree to write one into your own contract — this isn't legally required of them, but some will agree to it, and it becomes enforceable once it's in your agreement even though it isn't in the state guidelines.