An association of scholars selected for the National Fellowship for Persons with Disabilities (NFPwD) has termed the delay in disbursement of fellowships a violation of the fundamental Right to Equality.
In a letter to Social Justice Minister Virendra Kumar, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and University Grants Commission Chairperson Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar, as well as officers of the ministries and UGC, the NFPwD Scholars Association on August 5, said the PhD scholars had applied in December 2020 and the UGC announced results in January 2022.
In the letter, the association wrote: “The UGC took more than a year to process the applications and release the result. After the announcement of the result, a lot of selected candidates have submitted the required documents to Canara Bank. Yet, their fellowships have not been disbursed.”
