NEW DELHI: Putting an finish to the anxiousness among PHD aspirants, HRD minister Smriti Irani on Sunday made it transparent that the non-NET fellowship isn't being discontinued.
Her statement came on an afternoon when she met an eight-member delegation including representatives from students union of Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University her at her residence.
"Not being discontinued. Need to include state university students and direct benefit transfer (DBT) so that students accrue benefit directly," she tweeted following her assembly with the students.
Irani's tweet came in keeping with a concern raised by way of CPM MP in Rajya Sabha Ritabrata Banerjee who had also written to the minister expressing her concern over the verdict of the University Grants Commission (UGC) to scrap the non-NET fellowship.
UGC, had resolved to discontinue the scheme of non-National Eligibility Test (NET) fellowship, which is equipped to these endeavor analysis in central universities throughout India, in a gathering hung on October 7, contending that the fellowship programme was once discriminatory in nature and lacked uniformity among universities within the variety process.
The commission had also cited shortage of finances as the explanation behind incapacity to provide fellowships.
Under the scheme, monetary assistance was once provided to students endeavor MPhil and PhD, they have been provided Rs 5,000 and Rs 8,000 monthly respectively.
PhD students got assistance for four years and MPhil students for 18 months.
They also got a contingency amount per yr to lend a hand them carry out their analysis.
Hundreds of students from JNU, DU, Jamia Millia, Ambedkar University and other establishments have been protesting since ultimate week on the UGC not easy the authorities to revive the fellowships.
While 100 of them have been detained on ultimate Friday and released later within the night, the UGC officials had confident a student delegation that the verdict will be reviewed.
However, students selected to continue the protest until their demands are met.
Meanwhile, the left-backed All India Students Association(AISA) which has been protesting since ultimate week claimed that the delegation incorporated most effective representatives from BJP's student wing Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).
"We will continue our protest and organise a strike at JNU tomorrow. The protest will go on until a circular is issued by UGC revoking the decision," the party stated in a remark.
Her statement came on an afternoon when she met an eight-member delegation including representatives from students union of Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University her at her residence.
"Not being discontinued. Need to include state university students and direct benefit transfer (DBT) so that students accrue benefit directly," she tweeted following her assembly with the students.
Irani's tweet came in keeping with a concern raised by way of CPM MP in Rajya Sabha Ritabrata Banerjee who had also written to the minister expressing her concern over the verdict of the University Grants Commission (UGC) to scrap the non-NET fellowship.
UGC, had resolved to discontinue the scheme of non-National Eligibility Test (NET) fellowship, which is equipped to these endeavor analysis in central universities throughout India, in a gathering hung on October 7, contending that the fellowship programme was once discriminatory in nature and lacked uniformity among universities within the variety process.
The commission had also cited shortage of finances as the explanation behind incapacity to provide fellowships.
Under the scheme, monetary assistance was once provided to students endeavor MPhil and PhD, they have been provided Rs 5,000 and Rs 8,000 monthly respectively.
PhD students got assistance for four years and MPhil students for 18 months.
They also got a contingency amount per yr to lend a hand them carry out their analysis.
Hundreds of students from JNU, DU, Jamia Millia, Ambedkar University and other establishments have been protesting since ultimate week on the UGC not easy the authorities to revive the fellowships.
While 100 of them have been detained on ultimate Friday and released later within the night, the UGC officials had confident a student delegation that the verdict will be reviewed.
However, students selected to continue the protest until their demands are met.
Meanwhile, the left-backed All India Students Association(AISA) which has been protesting since ultimate week claimed that the delegation incorporated most effective representatives from BJP's student wing Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).
"We will continue our protest and organise a strike at JNU tomorrow. The protest will go on until a circular is issued by UGC revoking the decision," the party stated in a remark.
Non-NET fellowship not to be discontinued, Smriti Irani says
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