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Organisation : Maulana Azad Education Foundation
Scholarship Name : MAEF Grant-in-Aid Scheme 2017

Notification : https://www.scholarships.net.in/uploads/12666-GIA.pdf
Website : https://www.maef.nic.in/

MAEF Grant-in-Aid Scheme :

To provide basic educational infrastructure and facilities in the area of concentration of educationally backward minorities which do not have adequate provision for elementary, secondary schools and Sr. Sec. Schools / Jr. Colleges / Professional & Vocational Training Institutes.

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Purpose for which grant-in-aid is provided:
** Financial assistance for construction/expansion of Schools working for the educationally backward minorities,
** Financial assistance for purchase of Science/Computer lab equipments/furniture for the Institutions working for the educationally backward minorities,
** Financial assistance for purchase of equipments / construction / Expansion of Vocational Training Centre/ITI/Polytechnic working for the educationally backward minorities,
** Financial assistance for construction of Hostel building in the institutions working for the educationally backward minorities, the educationally backward minorities,
** Financial assistance for construction of Toilets in the Schools assisted by MAEF,

Eligibility criteria For Grant:
(i) Society/Trust (NGO) should be registered under the Societies Registration Act/ Indian Trust Act for the last three years,
(ii) Society/Trust (NGO) should be registered on NGO-DARPAN of NITI Aayog Portal,
(iii) Society/Trust (NGO) must be having properly constituted Managing Committee with its powers clearly defined in its bye-laws,
(iv) Society/Trust (NGO) must be having proper audit reports with Balance Sheet, Receipt- Payment & Income-Expenditure statements reflecting educational activities carried out for the last three years,
(v) Society/Trust (NGO) should be in a position to receive involvement of knowledgeable persons for furtherance of their programmes on voluntary basis,

(vi) Society/Trust (NGO) should not be run for the profit of any individual or a body of individuals/ family and it should not be controlled by any individual or a body of individuals/ family.

The members from one family should not be more than 50% in the Managing Committee. The NGO will have to attach an affidavit on Rs.100/- stamp paper that the members belonging to one family are less than 50%,,

(vii) The institutions for whose construction/ expansion the assistance is required should be in existence and recognized/ affiliated to the concerned State/Central Board/ Council/ University,

(viii) Society/Trust should promote communal harmony and social unity,

(ix) More than 25% of the beneficiary students in the Institution for whose expansion/ strengthen assistance is sought should be belonging to educationally backward minorities/ target group,

(x) For seeking assistance for construction of hostel building, it is necessary that the th Institution for which the hostel is required should be recognized at least up to 12 th standard and 10 standard for North Eastern States and Jammu & Kashmir,

(xi) Society/Trust (NGO) must be having at least 500 sq. yard land (in urban/semiurban areas) or at least half acre land (in rural areas) in its name or on lease for not Financial assistance construction/Expansion of D.Ed/B.Ed. College working for less than 30 years for the proposed project or as per criteria laid down by recognizing/ affiliating body of respective State /Central Board/ Council/University,

(xii) Society/Trust (NGO) should be ready to invest at least 15% of the total cost of project as NGO’s share on the project,

(xiii) Society/Trust (NGO) will not take loan on the building constructed/being constructed with MAEF assistance/on the land on which the building has been constructed with the assistance of the Foundation. However, if it becomes necessary, then prior permission of the Foundation for the same will be necessary,

(xiv) Society/Trust (NGO) will have to inform about the funds received under FCRA, if any, or funds likely to be received under FCRA,
(xv) Institutions recognized by Madarsa Boards or running as Study/ Examination Centres of NCPUL, NIOS, MANNU etc. are not entitled for getting grants from MAEF,

Guidelines for submission of proposal:
(i) Society/Trust (NGO) seeking assistance under the Scheme shall apply for the purposes specified on the prescribed proforma given at Annexure –I to VII,
(ii) Backward areas, particularly areas that are educationally backward should receive appropriate attention/priority,
(iii) Assistance to an individual unit should not exceed Rs.50.00 lakh. For details and ceiling limit see Annexure –A,\
(iv) NGO will display board on the building constructed with the support of MAEF clearly stating “Funded by MAEF, under the aegis of Ministry of Minority Affairs, Govt. of India” on the building constructed,
(v) The Scheme may be revised as and when required and no claim will be entertained from any organization/Institution for consideration as a permanent beneficiary,

(vi) The applications shall be submitted online to MAEF from May 1st to 30th September every year with complete documents. Applications received after 30th September will be considered only after processing of the applications received within due date.

The incomplete proposals will not be accepted, and the same will be returned back pointing out the deficiency. Revised complete application will be treated as fresh application,

(vii) The Checklist available at Annexure –I should be filled carefully and the page numbers of each document should be mentioned properly. No column should be left blank. Each page must be signed,

(viii) Only one proposal will be entertained at a time,
(ix) Each document/enclosure attached to the application must be certified / attested by Society/Trust (NGO) Official or Notary Public,

(x) In case of application for Girls/Boys Hostel building, a note justifying the need of Hostel building in the Institution shall be submitted separately. However while considering the proposals for construction of Hostel buildings, preference will be given to the Institution, which are already running hostels,

(xi) Three post card size photographs / Video / CD, from different angles of the existing School/ College/ Institute building must be attached to the proposal,
(xii) Society/Trust (NGO) must include separate Toilet block for girls/boys, as the case may be, in the site plan of the project proposal,
(xiii) The assisted Society/Trust (NGO) will also submit the soft copies in the form of Video/CDs of various stages of construction along with photographs,
(xiv) Society/Trust (NGO) will furnish the details of foreign funding with FCRA registration number, if any, in their application,
(xv) The applicant Society/Trust (NGO) will furnish UC of any grant received earlier from MAEF/ CWC or any other Government Agency,