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account after 6 months of securing admission in Ph.D. Subsequent funds
would be transferred after every 6 months accordingly. 9. PROCEDURE FOR APPLICATION : 9.1 Ministry of Minority Affairs will invite proposals in prescribed format for
selection through an advertisement in newspapers and official website of the Ministry from organizations/institutions. The Ministry may also directly sponsor the projects to expert organizations who submit projects in prescribed format, and are renowned for their experience in the relevant field or on the panel of Ministry of Culture for curating works. Similarly, the Ministry may also award fellowships in the relevant field, provided the candidate fulfills the eligibility
criteria prescribed in Para 5.2 of this guidelines. 9.2 The project proposals will be screened on the basis of operational guidelines,
the prescribed pre-determined point-based system for mandatory criteria and
will be placed before the Project Approval Committee (PAC) of the Ministry. 9.3 However, Ministry reserves the right to cancel the selection at any stage without
notice. 9.4 The Ministry may verify the credentials of the PIAs through any authorized
organization/institution. 9.5 The proposals of selected PIAs will be considered with the approval of the
competent authority i.e. Secretary (Minority Affairs). 10. Project Approval Committee (PAC): 10.1 The project submitted by organizations including the project cost may be
examined and considered by a Project Approval Committee (PAC) under the Chairpersonship of Joint Secretary (Concerned). The PAC may also have members from Ministry of Culture, Archaeological Survey of India, National Museum and National Gallery of Modern Arts. The PAC may co-opt the expert
institutions as per requirement. 10.2 The PAC will have the power to examine, and recommend the project(s). 11. Project Monitoring : (i) Monitoring is a continuous measurement of progress while the project is on
going which involves checking and measuring progress, analyzing the situation
and reacting to new events, opportunities, and issues. (ii) Ministry may authorize an independent agency or the knowledge partner to
conduct concurrent monitoring and random checking. (iii) Ministry's officials may also monitor the projects. The information gathered
from this will be fed into the decision making process for release of funds and
sanctions of project proposals. (iv) 3% of the total cost will be spent on professional services for Administration
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