In 2015, the commission announced the annulment of non-NET fellowships owing to shortage of funds, which prompted nationwide protests.
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Retired professors and international students will not be allowed to attain non-NET research fellowships for MPhil and PHD programmes.
The notification was announced by the University Grants Commission (UGC) on Tuesday.
“The UGC has been receiving requests from various individuals… regarding admissibility of the scheme of UGC non-NET fellowships to retired professors for doing MPhil/PhD programme as well to foreign/NRI/overseas students,” the UGC circular said.
“It has been decided as a policy decision that retired professors and foreign students are not eligible to receive fellowship under the UGC scheme of non-NET fellowships,” the circular added, as reported in The Indian Express.
Scholarship:
While senior research fellows are awarded with Rs. 28, 000 per month, 30 per cent house rent allowance, and a contingency grant, non-NET fellows receive Rs. 8, 000 on a monthly basis for PhD and Rs. 5, 000 for MPhil.
Junior research fellows are awarded with Rs. 25, 0000 per month, 30 per cent of house rent allowance, and avails a contingency grant under the National Eligibility Test (NET) fellowships for the period of two years.
Brief stint of the background
In 2015, the commission had announced the annulment of non-NET fellowships owing to shortage of funds, which prompted nationwide protests
source”cnbc”