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5.2 Fellowships: Fellowship will be awarded as per following eligibility criteria : (a) The candidate should be a notified minority and Post Graduate with
minimum 50% marks from a recognized institutionin the relevant field in which he/she wants to avail the Fellowship to meet the above mentioned
objectives. (b) He/she should have secured admission in a University/Institution for a
regular M. Phil/Ph.D. (c) He/She should not be more than 35 years of age. (d) 33% seats of annual targets will be earmarked for minority girls/women
candidates. 6. Implementation of the Scheme : 6.1 The scheme will be implemented for curating rich heritage of 6 (five) notified
minority communities under National Commission for Minorities Act 1992
(viz. Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Parsis and Jains). 6.2 The scheme can be taken up in the entire country. 6.3 The scheme may be implemented during remaining 3 years of 12th Five Year
Plan period from 2014-15 to 2016-17. 7. Pattern of Assistance and Quantum : 7.1 This is a 100% Central Sector Scheme and will be implemented by the Ministry
directly through selected PIAS. 7.2 Assistance under the scheme will be provided in form of Recurring grants and
Non-recurring grants including the capital cost for infrastructure development, with a view to address areas critical for conservation and propagation of all
forms of rich heritage of minorities and curating them. 7.3 Since, curating and preservation of heritage may involve a variety of activities
depending on specific requirements, it may not be appropriate to identify items and fix an item- wise cost. The cost would depend on the kind of work being
undertaken. 7.4 The projects recommended by the Project Approval Committee (PAC) will be
approved by the competent authority. The Secretary (Minority Affairs) will be the Competent Authority to approve the recommendation of Project Approval
Committee (PAC). 7.5 Assistance will also be provided for fellowship, research and development
works of rich heritage and its presentation, promotion as well as for projects in the field of heritage education, popularization and publication works ctc. The fellowship may be awarded as per prevailing financial norms of UGC for
Senior Research Fellows. 8. Release of Funds
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