The Union Ministry of Minority Affairs announced on Thursday that the payment is pending for seven months under Maulana Azad National Fellowship (Manf). Fellowships for research scholars of minority communities were not left from January this year.
In December 2022, the scholarship was closed by the ministry, but the current scholars were to be given fellowships until the conclusion of his tenure.
The six notified minority communities by the MANF Center-Muslim, Buddhist, Christian, Jain, Parsis and Sikhs have a five-year fellowship provided by the Center as financial assistance-to pursue Mill and PhD.
Announcing the release of the pending arrears, Union Minister of Union Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju posted on X: “A small step which means many. Right from participation There is no slogan, this is a mission. ,
Last week, Rijiju in an interview The Indian Express It was said that complaints of scholars of delay in disbursement of money are being reviewed.
The scholars who had been waiting for money for months welcomed the government’s decision. A research scholar Azam Ali said, “It is good that funds have been issued. The government should ensure that there is no further delay and funds are issued every month.” The Indian Express,
Razia Khatoon, another recipient of Manaf, said: “We really hope that we do not need to run anymore and there is no delay. We should receive our scholarship every month.”
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Khatoon also tried to find out whether “the revised home fare allowance, which has already been given to UGC JRF-SRF scholars, should be given to Manf scholars”. This is the collective demand of Manf scholars for some time.
The Congress MP of Bihar Mohammad Jabde recently wrote to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitarman that his attention was attracted to delay the disbursement of money.
There are about 800 Manf scholars all over India.
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