The University Grants Commission late on Monday revised fellowship and scholarship amounts for scholars of various schemes under the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
“The Expert Committee for bringing parity among all existing Fellowship and Scholarship Schemes of UGC, in its meeting held on November 17, has recommended revised rates of fellowships/scholarships amount for scholars under various schemes,” it said in a notice on its website.
The revised rates for 15 such schemes are applicable with effect from December 1.
Emeritus Fellowship has been hiked from ₹20,000 to ₹31,000 per month. Similarly, BSR-Faculty fellowship has been raised from ₹30,000 to ₹46,500 per month. Also, Swami Vivekananda Single Girl Child Scholarship for Research in Social Science has been brought up from ₹8,000 in first two years and ₹10,000 for third and fourth year to ₹12,400 and ₹15,500 respectively.
Comments
Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.
We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of TheHindu Businessline and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.