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North Eastern Council Scholarship.

The Secretary, NEC is pleased to make the following rules to regulate the grant of stipends and book grants to the students of the N.E. region undergoing studies in different disciplines at different levels in institutions inside as well as outside the North East but within the country as specified hereinafter.

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The stipends shall be awarded in subjects which are enumerated in Annexure I and which are found to be the areas/fields in which there is still a shortage of adequately trained manpower in the region.

Scope :

These stipends and book grants are available for studies in India only and shall be awarded by the North Eastern States from the fund allotted by North Eastern Council Secretariat, Shillong.

General Conditions of Eligibility :

Subject to specified conditions mentioned elsewhere, the general conditions of eligibility are stated below :-
** The stipends and book grants are open only to a candidate who is a permanent resident of any of the States in the North East. The certificate to this effect obtained from the Deputy Commissioner of the district in which the candidate is a permanent resident must be produced by the candidate. Certificate from any other authority will not be accepted. However, for SC/ST applicants, the SC/ST Certificate issued by the competent authority can be considered as PRC
** The candidate should possess the relevant qualification from any recognized institution. An original certificate from the Institution of study must be produced by the candidate.
**  A sponsored candidate under full employment during the period of study shall not be eligible to receive the stipend.
** Financial assistance of stipend/book grant shall be admissible to students taking admission in the courses specified hereinafter in all institutes recognized by the Ministry of Human Resource Development/respective Ministry of the Government of India.
** The stipend/book grant shall be tenable for the prescribed duration of a course. A student failing to pass in a particular year shall not receive further stipend till he/she passes the specific year of the course. The Institution shall certify to that effect and make specific recommendations thereto.
** In-service candidates are not covered by this scheme.
** The maximum marks for the grant of stipend should be 55% for General /OBC/MOBC and 50% for SC/ST candidates in the relevant qualifying examination for Diploma, Degree and Post-Graduate courses.
** Selection of students form M.Phil. and Ph.D should be done on the basis of topic of research which has relevance to N.E. Region.
** Selection will be made on the basis of merit in all cases.

The present rate of stipends & Subject/Courses is as under :

(i) Current Stipend Rates Level of study Stipend Book-grant
Diploma Rs. 900/- p.m. Rs. 1000/- p.a.
Degree Rs. 1000/- p.m. Rs. 1400/- p.a.
Post Graduate Rs. 1200/- p.m. Rs. 2000/- p.a.
M.Phil Rs. 1500/- p.m. Rs. 3000/- p.a.
Ph.D. Rs. 1500/- p.m. Rs. 3000/- p.a.

Reservation for OC/SC/ST/OBC :

** All candidates will first be considered under the General category.
** Reservation on the same principles as embodied in our Constitution and as followed by Govt. of India shall be followed in selection of candidates. This reservation will be made according to the percentage of SC, ST & OBC and also limited to a maximum of 50% as ruled by the Supreme Court and as followed by the Govt. of India. However, SC, ST & OBC candidates who are qualified on merit of their own as general candidates would be considered as additionality to the reservation for SC, ST & OBC. Hence, initially all candidates will be considered against the general quota.

Selection and Fund Release :

Selection of candidates for Diploma level upwards shall made by the State Govt. after proper advertisement and following selection procedure as outlined at Annexure V.

Submission of Utilization Certificate & Audit Certificate :
The State Govt. of North Eastern region shall submit every year Utilization Certificate in GFR 19A and Audit Certificate for the amount release from NEC under the Scheme “Financial support to the students of North Eastern Region for higher professional courses”.