The Social Justice and Empowerment Department, Government of Gujarat, on June 03, 2024, issued a notification regarding a Fellowship scheme for M.Phil. and Ph.D. students of the Socially and Educationally backward class.
The following has been stated: -
•Under the Scheme, Rs.25000/- for M.Phil. Students and Rs.100000/- for Ph.D. Student fellowships are given to the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes students by the Implementing Agency as per the Scheme guidelines.
•Now, Therefore, in pursuance of the powers conferred by section 7 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits, and Services) Act, 2016 the Government of Gujarat has notified the following, namely:
(i)An individual eligible for receiving benefits under the Scheme shall hereby be required to furnish proof of either possession of an Aadhaar number or undergo Aadhaar authentication.
(ii)Any individual desirous of availing benefits under the Scheme, who does not possess the Aadhaar number or, has not yet enrolled for an Aadhaar, shall be required to make an application for Aadhaar enrolment before registering for the Scheme provided that he is entitled to obtain Aadhaar as per section 3 of the Act, and such individuals shall visit any Aadhaar enrolment center.
(iii)In order to provide benefits to the beneficiaries under the Scheme conveniently, the Department through its Implementing Agency shall make all the required arrangements to ensure that wide publicity through the media shall be given to the beneficiaries to make them aware of the requirement.
(iv)In addition to the above, in order to ensure that no bona fide beneficiary under the Scheme is deprived of his due benefits, the Department through its Implementing Agency shall follow the exception-handling mechanism as outlined in the Office Memorandum of DBT Mission, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India dated December 19, 2017.
(v)This notification shall come into effect from June 03, 2024.
The detailed notification is given in the document below.
[Notification No. GL/24/2024/SJED/MIS/e-file/17/2022/0008/A-1]
