Summary on National Fellowship for Students with Disabilities

The aim of the programme is to broaden the range of options available to students with disabilities who wish to pursue higher education and earn degrees such as a Master of Philosophy or a Doctor of Philosophy.

On April 1, 2012, the programme will officially begin its operation. The programme is designed to assist students with disabilities in meeting the prerequisites necessary to pursue a research degree at universities, research institutions, and scientific institutions. This will not only make them eligible for employment to the posts of Lecturers that are currently vacant in a variety of colleges and universities, but it will also equip them to effectively take advantage of the growing opportunities at both the national and international level within the context of the new economic order.

The Scope of the Plan

The programme makes available, on an annual basis, a total of two hundred places for students who have disabilities. The programme is administered by the University Grants Commission (UGC), and it is open to all universities and institutions that are recognised by the University Grants Commission (UGC), as well as non-universities and institutions. The programme is modelled after the UGC Fellowship programme, which provides financial support to research students who are pursuing an M.Phil. or Ph.D.

Students with disabilities who fall under the purview of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, which was passed in 1995, will be eligible to apply for these fellowships and receive funding. Therefore, in order to be eligible for the benefit provided by the Act, a person who is disabled and who desires to do so is required to get a disability certificate from the medical authority that has been notified for the purpose.

Eligibility

Any student with a disability who is already registered to pursue a Master of Philosophy or Doctor of Philosophy degree at a university or academic institution after completing the necessary admissions requirements for that university or academic institution is eligible for the award of a Fellowship, subject to the provisions of the scheme as outlined in the advertisement provided by the University Grants Commission (UGC).

After the first two years, the term of the awardee will be extended for an additional period of three years as Senior Research Fellowship if it is discovered that the advancement in the awardee’s research efforts has been found to be satisfactory (SRF). 

A committee consisting of three people, which was established by the university, will evaluate the research effort. 

The Committee will be made up of the Head of the Department, the Supervisor, and an outside consultant who is an expert on the issue.

If the committee feels that the candidate is not making adequate progress, the Joint Research Fellowship (JRF) could be cancelled. 

On an annual basis, the SRF will be sanctioned based on the recommendation of the candidate’s Supervisor, 

which will then be accepted or rejected by the Head of the Department and finally approved by the Vice-Chancellor. 

Five years is the maximum amount of time that can pass between receiving a Junior Research Fellowship or a Senior Research Fellowship.

Contingency

In the fields of philosophy and logic, the status of propositions as contingent refers to the fact that they are neither true under every possible valuation (i.e. tautologies) nor untrue under every possible valuation (i.e. contradictions). 

The truth or falsity of a contingent proposition cannot be determined with absolute certainty. The truth value of a proposition can be determined by looking at the truth value of any one of its atomic pieces, as well as any logical connectives that are present in the proposition. This can cause certain propositions to be considered contingent. To put this another way, we might argue that the truth value of the proposition depends on the truth values of the sentences that make up the proposition. While analytic propositions are true regardless of the facts about which they talk, contingent propositions are only true in the event that the events about which they speak occur.

HRA

A house rent allowance, often known as HRA, is a component of an employee’s income that is paid by the employer to help the employee meet the accommodation costs associated with renting a residence for residential use. 

The HRA is an essential part of a person’s total compensation package. The HRA applies to people who are paid by an employer as well as those who are self-employed.In accordance with rule 2A of the Income Tax Rules, the HRA deduction for salaried individuals must be claimed under subsection 10(13A) of section 10 of the Income Tax Act. Individuals who are self-employed, on the other hand, are not eligible for the HRA exemption provided by this provision, but they are eligible to claim tax benefits under section 80GG of the Income Tax Act.

Conclusion

Under the auspices of the Indian government, the University Grants Commissions have initiated the Persons with Disabilities (PwD) National Fellowship programme. This programme is intended to support individuals who have disabilities. The National Fellowship for Persons with Disabilities (NFPwD) is the official moniker given to the programme that was initiated by the national government. This programme strives to give children with exceptional needs with equal chances and to assist those youngsters in pursuing higher education, such as a Master of Philosophy or Doctor of Philosophy degree.