Delhi government releases 1st instalment of Rs 35 crore grant-in-aid to fully funded government colleges

NEW DELHI: Delhi Government has sanctioned Rs 35 crore as first instalment of grant-in-aid under non-plan scheme to the fully funded government colleges, affiliated to University of Delhi, for the current fiscal.

The colleges have to ensure the effective implementation of policies of Government of India and also fulfil the conditions under which the grant was sanctioned, including the furnishing of head wise monthly expenditure report to the Directorate of Higher Education ( DHE), a statement by Delhi government said today.

Also, the institutions receiving grants would not be authorised to do or undertake any activity which entails additional financial liability for the government without the approval of Directorate and Finance and Planning Department like creation of posts, grants of pay scales higher than those corresponding posts in Delhi government and undertaking of infrastructural projects estimated to be worth above Rs two crore, it said.

The colleges for which funds have been released include Achrya Narendra Dev College, Deen Dayal Upadhaya College, Bhim Rao Ambedkar College, Bhaskracharya College of Applied Sciences, Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, Maharaja Agrasen College, Bhagini Nivedita College, Maharishi Valmiki College of Education, Indira Gandhi Institute of Physical Education and Sports Sciences.