HRD may release fellowship amounts to research fellows

New Delhi: The human resource development ministry is preparing to relax its current rules and provisions to release, in advance, significant fellowship and scholarship amounts to doctoral, post-doctoral and research fellows in universities and colleges.

ET gathers that the government is also considering options to keep salaries going to thousands of ad-hoc teachers. These measures are being considered due to the ongoing lockdown which has stalled academic activities across educational institutions.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) disburses a range of monthly fellowships and scholarships to doctoral and post-doctoral candidates. These include fellowships for female candidates, candidates from the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes, OBC sections, minorities, persons with disabilities, single girl child, university rank holders and meritorious candidates from the North East.