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Sub :Revision of emoluments and guidelflnes on senice conditions for the researchpersonnel employed on R&I) prqgrammes in Central GovernmentI)epa rtmernts/Agencies-reg.

The Institute lns received a letter vide F.No. |7-212014-TS.I Governrnent of India,Ministry of Human Resource Developmerlt, Department of Higher Education, TechnicalSection-I , Sha.stri Bhawan, New Delhi, Dated the 28ft November,2Al4 from MHRD,Govt. of India on the above mentioned subject (copy enclosed) as 4gg@ for readyreference. The O.M is applicable to the research personnel working on R&D programmesfunded by the Central Government Department/Agencies, MTs, Centrally FundedTechnical Instilutions (CFTIs).The revision olf emoluments are applicable w.e.f. l*t Octoberr 2014. Also the researchcandidates who are receiving scholarship from CFTIs as of now may please be treated in

future as Junior Research Fellow (JRf) & Senior Research Fellow (SR$ as per theGovt. of India policy. It is pertinent to mention that the arrears of the JRF & SRF may be

claimed according to the above mentioned O.M. All HODs,Co-ordinators (Schools) arehereby requested to strictly abide by the Govt. of India Policy. The Deputy Registrar(Accounts) is also requested to make a budget provision and convey to the Ministry(Ifi.D) accordingly.

Copy to :1. All fIODs, Co-ordinators2. All @eans)3. Co-ordinator (TEQIP) for kind information & n.a. please.4.D.R (Accounts) for make a budget provision and release the arrcars of

JRF & SRF accordingly.

5. D.R (GA & Legal) for kind information please.6. Sr. Secretary to Direetor for kind information please

7. Sr. Secretary to Registrar for kind information please.

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The.Directors,IITs, IISc-Bangalore, IISERS,I{ITIE, Bombai', ISIVI Dhanbad,SLIET, Longwal NII;FT, Ranchi.

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Revision of emoluments a4tC guidelines on serviceconditions for the research personnel employed on R&D

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and I.IIFFT, Ranchi. A copy'of the Frequently Asked Queiiions (FAQsl

on the revision conveyed l;ide the aforestatecl:0M is also enclosetl for

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i+ttention is invitred to the O,ffiee,rMemorandum (O.M,) No. 4_2002 AfitftZ-.rFA,dared'i1'03'2010 issuerj iry the oepartment ois1519.lF.Tg.chn,grogy, Government of tndia on thei'rbcve subject' 'ihe nnatter has been rurtfier consiuer.ed. by tn.ig.ou*r*,ent and the folowing ,revised emsluments l-"lr.'uu:^ l,re**ii. rne o.rr,r. islppr'il"ure to the,.research personnelwc rkin,r on R& D progra rn me s 11, il:*' # th; ffi ; 6il;#;i6;pl,idia rn ii;i'ijili,. .

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{ix} Obf igation of JRF/SRF/RA:a) He/She shall be govemed by ihe disciplinary regulations of the host lnstltute whereheishe is wcrking, ' 'b) .The JRF/SRF/RA must send a detailed consolidated report of tne research work doneduiing:the eniire period of Fellowship sn completion of the tenur,elresignation of the Fellowshipat $''e earliest,-1. Central Government Departments fi\gencies are requested tp ensure thet the abovegrriiultrres are followed: in reg-ard iortng":ieniuneiation and other benefits to the researchJ",'*rsennel engaged in R&D projects fundEd by'fhem, They are also requested to cir:culate theseorders to their attached,and sub"ordinite 6'ffices,and,also'tothe autonornous,insiitutes frJnded bythem.

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4. lrrrlividual DepartrtrentSTlrrstitutes ere not allowed to top'up the fellowslrip amount fromr^haii i niernal resources,

5. Departments/Agencies like ICMR, ICAR, DAE, DST, DBT etc, which conduct nationali*vei examinations may adopi the revised.Htes provideii the existing rates conialng6 i6; theC fr4. dated 3'1,03.2010 have been adopted by them on ihersame terns & conditions. However,iir'r i'evised i'ates are not applicable tofellows.of IOAR pursuing M.Sc. and Ph.D'in Agricultureancl Alii+d $ciences.

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5, Date sf Effect: The revised emolumentS'willlake,effect from 1.10,2014. The individuaid*pariments rnay project the requirement oJ.necssary funds in RE 2014-15lBE 2015"''16.1 . Thi;' issues with the coneurrenC of the Deparlment cf Ex,penditure, l*inistl.' of Financevlrie thelr i.'J. l{c. i$4695fi4 dated 15'10.2A14.

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3. 'What are the Professional degrees for the purpose of granting feliowship underthis OM?

D egre es in Engineerin g/Techno logy, M edicine, P lzarma, Veterinary andIAgriculture

-4. What are NET examinations?

The previou,s (2010) OM mentioned only CSIR-UGC NET and GATEexaminations. This has now been expanded. Now, any national level examinationsgnldUcted by the cgntral governmenldnpott*"progr"am ?re considere{_NEL The following are the list of NET Examinations(may not be comprehensive)

CSIR - CSIR- UGC National Eligibility TestMHRD - Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineeting AdmissionDBT - Biotechnology Eligibility Test &,Test conducted in Bioinformatics by

Bioinformatics National Cons ortium

' FrequenttryAsked eruestions {FAesJ on Felxowship RevisionOffice Memorandum [OM]

{The FAQs and answers given ber+w attenlpt to answer the mai;lqueries anrongst the large nunaber receiverl on the oM on FellowshipR.evision. Researchers are advised to;tpproacli respective fundingagencies for further clar.ifications and durirritiuu sraiements.;

1 ' what categories of research personnel do the oM on revision of fellowshipcover?

Tlte OM is applicable to hnzior Researclt Fellows (JRF), Senior ResearcltFellov's (SRF) and Research Associates (RA). Otlzer designations such as projectFellav,, Project Assistant, DS Kothari post doctoral fellow, Fast Track yiurgScientist , Women Scientisl etc. are not covered in the OM. Fundirzg agenciesconcerned may consider revising the entoluments for these other catigorles alsoin view,of the revision infellowshipfor JRF, SRF and M,

2. ts tbe rJh{ is apnlicable to the l{umanities and;Social Sciences?

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'['heJbLlows working in DST (including SERB) and DBT projects can be paid tlze ,

enltan.ce.dfellowshipfrom the available project grantfi.im Oct. 2014 onu,ards b),the implementing institutions provided thefellows satisfy requirements mentionedin clause 5 of the OM and eligibility c.onditions. Prtncipal livestigators arecdui.sed to send the detail,s of addtttoial b;udget requiriments duito enhancementto the Program off;cer concerned to sanction additional budget.

/-i. Is there no distinction in emoluments bet'ween graduate degree holders and postgraduate.degree holders in professional codrses?

The oM does not disiinguish between Postgraduate degree in'science andPro,fessional degree holders. Howeuer, Post graduate ie.gree holder in Scienceand graduate deg'ee holder in Frofessional Course need to qualify NETexamtnation to get tlze same emoluments as PG degree holder in ProfessionalCaurse.

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1 I ' wili the revised fellow.ship be paid oniy to researchers working in IITs and nor toNITs and other ipstitutioni? = . 1t

r.he .oM is applicable.to..rey,eqrchers (JR-F,ilNF and RA) working in ail types ofinstitutions - academic (colleges, universities includlng deemed. universiies uotlr.,publicfunded andprivatefu;ded, intstitutes of nattinoT i*p,oosonru1, nationallaborator.ies and NGOs etc.

12' I did not get any details'egarding the fellowship hike for spM-SRF. Kindl5,lg1me know the details for ljpM feliowship hike.

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l'hi.c oM doe.c not cover spM feilowship. cslR is tlte appropriate body to decideabout the SPMfellowship. :

13' when wiil researchers start getting the revised fellowship amount?

The fellows gettirtg stipeTtd from DST and, DB.T will get it imntediately, but.forilttt,se gettittg'emolunien.tl fi'om other depaitnrenls/oieixcies,'tha.t, wili be info:meditt ' t i iei i respelt iveJund.ing.agenciesq :;, : : , , ; ; , . ' : ,1 ; : . .

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