Hello Dear Friends, following is the detail of financial help provided by
University Grants Commission to visually challenged College Teachers for the
current financial year. Hope it will be helpful to all concerned friends.
Warm Regards.
Yogesh.
(ii) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO VISUALLY CHALLENGED
TEACHERS DURING XI PLAN
1. INTRODUCTION
The Scheme has been formulated to help visually
challenged permanent teachers to pursue teaching
and research with the help of a Reader and by
using teaching and learning aids by way of
providing Reader's Allowance and funds for
purchase of Braille books, recorded materials etc.
2. OBJECTIVE
To provide facility to help visually challenged
permanent teachers to achieve self- dependence
by using variouüY aids for teaching, learning
and research.
3. ELIGIBILITY/ TARGET GROUP
All the visually challenged teachers who are
working in colleges of India, which are included
under Sections 2(f) and 12B of the UGC Act, are
covered under the scheme.
4. NATURE OF ASSISTANCE
Allowance to visually challenged permanent
teachers will be Rs.18000/- p.a. The amount is to
be utilized for the following purposes:
(a) Payment to Reader
(b) Purchase of Braille Books/ Material
(c) Purchase of recorded materials
(d) Any other related/ required material/
equipment for research, teaching and
learning.
The amount payable to Reader shall not exceed
Rs.50/- per hour. The College shall reimburse the
amount to visually challenged teachers on receipt
of the actual amount received by the Reader and
actual expenditure incurred by the visually
challenged teacher subject to a maximum of
Rs.18000/- per annum. Bills, in original, will be
required to be submitted by the teacher to the
college. However, these are not required to be
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submitted to the UGC. The scheme will end with
the Plan period.
5. PROCEDURE FOR APPLYING
The proposal may be sent directly to the
respective Regional Offices/ NRCB of the UGC
along with the proposal for XI Plan General
Development Grant showing the consolidated list
of all the visually challenged teachers in the
Institute.
6. PROCEDURE FOR APPROVAL BY THE UGC
The UGC would analyze and approve the proposal
at its own level. Once the proposal is approved,
the first installment of the admissible grant will be
released by the UGC.
7. RELEASE OF GRANT BY THE UGC
The first installment will be released with the letter
of approval. However, subsequent installments
would be paid on receipt of Utilization Certificate of
the previous grant together with the Statement of
Expenditure incurred in the previous year. Details
pertaining to visually challenged teachers be
appended with it.
8. PERFORMA FOR SUBMITTING PROPOSAL
The Colleges are requested to submit their
proposal in the prescribed format only
(ANNEXURE-G).
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