Re: [AI] NFPWDSA Public letter concerning delays in disbursement of National Fellowship for Persons with Disabilities (NFPWD)

2022-08-05 Thread Srinivas Karnati 
Hi Axis Indian friends good morning to all of you my name is Srinivas
Karnati I am from Telangana state. I would like to know that How many
visually challenged are selected for this fellowship

On Fri, 5 Aug 2022, 6:56 pm Vaishnavi Jayakumar, <
jayakumar.vaishn...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> [image: NFPWDSA Logo]
>
>
> Public letter concerning delays in disbursement of National Fellowship for
> Persons with Disabilities (NFPWD)
>
>
> 5 August 2022
>
> -- Forwarded message -
>
> From: NFPWDSA 
>
> Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2022 at 13:35
>
> Subject: Public letter concerning delays in disbursement of National
> Fellowship for Persons with Disabilities
>
> To: , , , <
> officemos...@gmail.com>, , <
> mos.socialjust...@gmail.com>, , <
> beena.elizab...@gov.in>, , , <
> ssingh@nic.in>, , , <
> appointment...@gov.in>, , , <
> md...@canarabank.com>
>
>
> To,
>
> Dr. Virendra Kumar,
>
> Union Cabinet Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment,
>
> Government of India
>
> (offices...@gmail.com)
>
> Shri Ramdas Athawale,
>
> Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment,
>
> Government of India
>
> (mos3-m...@gov.in, mosathaw...@gmail.com)
>
>
> Shri A Narayanaswamy,
>
> Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment,
>
> Government of India
>
> (officemos...@gmail.com)
>
>
> Km. Pratima Bhoumik,
>
> Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment,
>
> Government of India
>
> ( mos.socialjust...@gmail.com)
>
>
> Ms. Anjali Bhawra,
>
> Secretary,
>
> The Department of Empowerment for Persons with Disabilities,
>
> Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment,
>
> Government of India
>
> (secretaryda-m...@nic.in)
>
>
> Ms. Beena E. Chakravarty,
>
> Deputy Secretary,
>
> The Department of Empowerment for Persons with Disabilities,
>
> Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment,
>
> Government of India
>
> (beena.elizab...@gov.in)
>
>
> Prof. Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar,
>
> Chairman,
>
> University Grants Commission
>
> (cm@nic.in)
>
>
> Prof. Rajnish Jain,
>
> Secretary,
>
> University Grants Commission
>
> (secy@nic.in)
>
>
> Dr. Surendra Singh,
>
> Additional Secretary,
>
> University Grants Commission
>
> (ssingh@nic.in)
>
>
> Ms. Monika,
>
> Deputy Secretary,
>
> University Grants Commission
>
> (monika@nic.in)
>
>
> Mr/Ms. R.I.S. Bharadwaj,
>
> Under Secretary,
>
> University Grants Commission
>
> (bharadwaj@nic.in)
>
>
> Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman,
>
> Union Minister of Finance,
>
> Government of India
>
> (appointment...@gov.in, f...@nic.in)
>
>
> Dr. T.V. Somanathan,
>
> F.S. & Secretary Expenditure,
>
> Ministry of Finance
>
> (secy...@nic.in)
>
>
> Mr. L.V. Prabhakar,
>
> Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer,
>
> Canara Bank
>
> (md...@canarabank.com)
>
>
>
> This is to bring your attention to the following:
>
> 1) The University Grants Commission (UGC) issued a Notification vide F.No.
> 6-1/2020 (SA-III) dated 17.12.2020 inviting applications from eligible
> candidates for the National Fellowship for Persons with Disabilities
> (NFPWD) for the selection year 2020-21. It mentioned that “there are 200
> slots with provision of reservation of 15% for Scheduled Castes and 7.5%
> for Scheduled Tribes.” According to it, the last date to apply for the same
> was 17.01.2021. A copy of the Notification is enclosed in Annexure-I
> 
> .
>
> 2) The UGC announced the result of the aforementioned round of NFPwD on
> 24.1.2022, wherein it provisionally selected 186 candidates for the
> fellowship. The UGC took more than a year to process the applications and
> release the result. A copy of the result notification is enclosed in
> Annexure-II.
> 
>
> 3) After the announcement of the result, a lot of the selected candidates
> have submitted the required documents to the Canara Bank. Yet, their
> fellowships have not been disbursed.
>
> 4) This long delay in disbursement of fellowships has caused several
> issues. Scholars have reported issues of depression and helplessness.
> Adequate and consistent funding is a must for the pursuit of research. This
> delay has left many researchers unable to focus on their research work,
> while some are considering to drop out of their programmes. The effect of
> the delay in disbursement of fellowship amount is more pronounced since the
> scholars are barred from taking up any work as well. 50+ selected
> candidates enrolled at institutions across the country have raised such
> concerns in NFPWD Scholars Association (NFPWDSA).
>
> 5) Prolonged delays in the disbursement of fellowships are observed not
> only for the 2020-21 batch but also for the preceding batches (those of
> 2017-18 and 2018-20).
>
> 6) Such a long delay also violates the fundamental rights to equality
> (since the delay is much longer in NFPWD vis-a-vis other comparable
> fellowships) and to life with dignity (since, without

[AI] NFPWDSA Public letter concerning delays in disbursement of National Fellowship for Persons with Disabilities (NFPWD)

2022-08-05 Thread Vaishnavi Jayakumar 
[image: NFPWDSA Logo]


Public letter concerning delays in disbursement of National Fellowship for
Persons with Disabilities (NFPWD)


5 August 2022

-- Forwarded message -

From: NFPWDSA 

Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2022 at 13:35

Subject: Public letter concerning delays in disbursement of National
Fellowship for Persons with Disabilities

To: , , , <
officemos...@gmail.com>, , <
mos.socialjust...@gmail.com>, , <
beena.elizab...@gov.in>, , , <
ssingh@nic.in>, , , <
appointment...@gov.in>, , , <
md...@canarabank.com>


To,

Dr. Virendra Kumar,

Union Cabinet Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment,

Government of India

(offices...@gmail.com)

Shri Ramdas Athawale,

Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment,

Government of India

(mos3-m...@gov.in, mosathaw...@gmail.com)


Shri A Narayanaswamy,

Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment,

Government of India

(officemos...@gmail.com)


Km. Pratima Bhoumik,

Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment,

Government of India

( mos.socialjust...@gmail.com)


Ms. Anjali Bhawra,

Secretary,

The Department of Empowerment for Persons with Disabilities,

Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment,

Government of India

(secretaryda-m...@nic.in)


Ms. Beena E. Chakravarty,

Deputy Secretary,

The Department of Empowerment for Persons with Disabilities,

Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment,

Government of India

(beena.elizab...@gov.in)


Prof. Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar,

Chairman,

University Grants Commission

(cm@nic.in)


Prof. Rajnish Jain,

Secretary,

University Grants Commission

(secy@nic.in)


Dr. Surendra Singh,

Additional Secretary,

University Grants Commission

(ssingh@nic.in)


Ms. Monika,

Deputy Secretary,

University Grants Commission

(monika@nic.in)


Mr/Ms. R.I.S. Bharadwaj,

Under Secretary,

University Grants Commission

(bharadwaj@nic.in)


Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman,

Union Minister of Finance,

Government of India

(appointment...@gov.in, f...@nic.in)


Dr. T.V. Somanathan,

F.S. & Secretary Expenditure,

Ministry of Finance

(secy...@nic.in)


Mr. L.V. Prabhakar,

Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer,

Canara Bank

(md...@canarabank.com)



This is to bring your attention to the following:

1) The University Grants Commission (UGC) issued a Notification vide F.No.
6-1/2020 (SA-III) dated 17.12.2020 inviting applications from eligible
candidates for the National Fellowship for Persons with Disabilities
(NFPWD) for the selection year 2020-21. It mentioned that “there are 200
slots with provision of reservation of 15% for Scheduled Castes and 7.5%
for Scheduled Tribes.” According to it, the last date to apply for the same
was 17.01.2021. A copy of the Notification is enclosed in Annexure-I

.

2) The UGC announced the result of the aforementioned round of NFPwD on
24.1.2022, wherein it provisionally selected 186 candidates for the
fellowship. The UGC took more than a year to process the applications and
release the result. A copy of the result notification is enclosed in
Annexure-II.


3) After the announcement of the result, a lot of the selected candidates
have submitted the required documents to the Canara Bank. Yet, their
fellowships have not been disbursed.

4) This long delay in disbursement of fellowships has caused several
issues. Scholars have reported issues of depression and helplessness.
Adequate and consistent funding is a must for the pursuit of research. This
delay has left many researchers unable to focus on their research work,
while some are considering to drop out of their programmes. The effect of
the delay in disbursement of fellowship amount is more pronounced since the
scholars are barred from taking up any work as well. 50+ selected
candidates enrolled at institutions across the country have raised such
concerns in NFPWD Scholars Association (NFPWDSA).

5) Prolonged delays in the disbursement of fellowships are observed not
only for the 2020-21 batch but also for the preceding batches (those of
2017-18 and 2018-20).

6) Such a long delay also violates the fundamental rights to equality
(since the delay is much longer in NFPWD vis-a-vis other comparable
fellowships) and to life with dignity (since, without the timely
disbursement of NFPWD, the selected candidates cannot afford goods and
services pertinent to a life with dignity) of the selected candidates.

7) It has been communicated to the members of NFPWDSA from multiple sources
that the delay is currently because the

“Department of Expenditure has laid down revised procedure for flow of
funds under Central Sector Schemes which mandates, inter alia, designation
of a Central Nodal Agency (CNA) to implement the scheme before release of
any fund under the scheme”

and that,

“The matter is being taken up with the concerned authorities to resol