| Criteria for
Grants |
The voluntary institutions/organisations
and society should be registered as a Society under Societies Registration
Act (XXI of 1860) or similar Acts;
Only those organisations which are mainly devoted to Buddhist/Tibetan
studies and have been functioning at least for the last three years
will qualify for applying for a grant;
The organisation should be of regional or all-India character;
The grants will be ad-hoc and of non-recurring nature;
Grants from this scheme will be given only to those organisations
which are not in receipt of grants from any other source for similar
purposes;
Financial assistance may also be given for construction of hostel
building; and
Organisations which are doing good work in the field and having
resources for meeting the matching funds will be given preference. |
Purpose and quantum of Assistance
|
Financial assistance may be given for all or any
of the items listed below upto a maximum of Rs. 5.00 lakhs per year
for any single organisation. In case of the organisations of all-India
character and running a school for imparting monastic education, the
financial assistance may be given beyond the ceiling on the recommendation
of the Expert Advisory Committee and approved by the Secretary Culture
in consultation with the FA, Department of Tourism and Culture.
i Maintenance/Research Project Rs.1,00,000/- p.a
ii Repairs, restoration, renovation of ancient Rs.1,50,000/- p.a.
monasteries etc. of historical and cultural importance
iii Award of fellowships/scholarships/holding of Rs.1,25,000/-
p.a. special courses
iv Purchase of books, documentation, cataloguing Rs.1,25,000/-
p.a.
v Financial assistance may also be given for Rs.5,00,000/-p.a.
construction of hostel building
vi Salary of teachers where organisation is running Rs.7,00,000/-
p.a. a school imparting monastic education.
The maximum grant admissible to an organisation would be 75% of
the total expenditure to be incurred on any item subject to maximum
ceiling fixed. The remaining 25% expenditure or more should be met
by the State Govt./U.T. Administration failing which the grantee
organisation could contribute the amount from their own resources.
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Procedure for application
|
The organisation could if they so
desired send one copy of the application directly to the Department of Culture and another copy to the State Govt./U.T. Administration
for their recommendation.
The Department of Culture on receipt of the application would write
to the State Govt./U.T. Administration for their recommendation. If
no communication was received from the State Govt./U.T. Administation
within one month then the case for release of grant would be examined
by the Department of Culture on merit.
The organisation should furnish ,interalia the following documents
to
judge the eligibility of thr organisation:
a)
Constitution of the organisation, if applicable.
b)
Constitution of the Board of Management, if applicable.
c)
Copy of the latest available Audit and Annual Report, if applicable.
d) Details of each project for which assistance
has been sought.
e) Details of the funds available
and the sources from which the balance counterpart funds will be obtained.
e) Details of grants received from various sources
during the last three years and current year and the purposes for
which these have been received.
f) Application
should be made in the prescribed proforma. |
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