University Grants Commission — irregularity of fellowship disbursal

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New Delhi, Delhi, 110024

I am a research scholar entitled to ugc jrf. I have not received my fellowship since the last 3 months (This is after the announcement of monthly disbursal was made). Even prior to that whenever i had received the money, the disbursal of funds has never followed any regular pattern. Sometimes the amount includes the fellowship and the hra but at other times it is only the basic fellowship. This results in serious financial uncertainities for the scholars and the problem is further aggravated by the fact that the beneficiaries of this fellowship are not allowed to take up 'any paid assignment'. The concerned authorities must understand that a large number of research scholars are living as outstation students in rented accomodations depending on the fellowship as a sole source of income which makes their situation very vulnerable to financial insecurities.