• The rates of scholarship at different stages are given as under:

• The rates of scholarship shall vary according to the income of the parents in the following manner: 

• The awardee will have to submit income certificate/income affidavit of his/her parents for the preceding financial year at the time of submitting the claim in the beginning of each course if parents’ income is below 1,50,000/- p.a. while submitting the claim form.

• A simple declaration from the awardees whose parents’ income is beyond the limit will be enough for claiming 50% scholarship.

  Mode of Payment

• The payment of scholarship shall not be made direct to the awardee. The payment shall be made only through the Head of the Institution concerned.

• The payment of scholarship shall be made to the Institution on the receipt of a bill from the awardee on a prescribed proforma sent to the NCERT through the Head of the Institution and accompanied by the academic progress report of the preceding year.

• The scholarship shall commence from the month an awardee joins the Institution and shall continue up to the month prior to the month of his/her leaving studies subject to the condition for the maximum period of duration of the specific course.

• The Institution shall be paid the scholarship in lump sum in advance for a total period of 12 months. The awardee shall, however, get his/her scholarship on a monthly basis at the end of each month.

• The payment of scholarship during leave shall be governed by relevant leave rules.

  Leave Rules Applicable to all the Awardees

• Leave must be got sanctioned from the Head of the Institution/Department before it is availed of. Any absence from studies/research without leave shall lead to discontinuation of scholarship.

• Generally no leave with scholarship shall be granted to awardees except on medical grounds.

• Medical leave up to a maximum of four months in an academic year shall be admissible, if recommended by a competent medical authority, as Full scholarship if the absence does not exceed two months, Half scholarship for a further period of two months, No scholarship for the absence beyond four months.

• For married women, scholarship will be admissible at full rates up to three months, for absence on grounds of maternity.

• The awardees working at the Ph.D level shall, however, be allowed casual leave with scholarship up to a maximum of 30 days in an academic year. The Ph.D. Supervisor will grant this leave.

• Applications for medical leave, including maternity leave, should be referred to the NCERT within a fortnight of the illness/Confinements.