The Directorate of Higher Education of Delhi Government has sanctioned an amount of Rs35 crore as first instalment of Grant-in-Aid (GIA) under non-plan scheme to Delhi Government fully funded colleges affiliated to University of Delhi for the current fiscal. Under the GIA this amount is sanctioned through first instalment to the 100 per cent Delhi Government funded colleges which are Acharya Narendra Dev College, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, Bhim Rao Ambedkar College, Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences, Keshav Mahavidyalaya, Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women, Maharaja Agrasen College, Bhagini Nivedita College, Maharshi Valmiki College of Education, Indira Gandhi Institute of Physical Education & Sports Sciences and Aditi Mahavidyalaya.
The colleges are thus, liable to take responsibility to ensure the effective implementation of policies of Government of India, and must fulfil the conditions under which the grant is sanctioned, including the furnishing of head-wise monthly expenditure report to the Directorate of Higher Education (DHE). Further it includes the submission of duly signed ‘utilisation certificate’ by the executive head, by the grantee institution within the last week of June.
The grantee institution is not authorised to do or undertake any activity which entails additional financial liability for the government without the approval of Directorate and Finance and Planning Department like creation of posts, grants of pay scales higher than those corresponding posts in the Delhi Government, undertaking of infrastructural projects estimated cost of which is above Rs2 crore and provision/extension of pension to employees.
As per Government order no. F12/3/2010-AC/dsfa/ dsill/914-921 dated 18.07.2011 issued by Financial Department, Principals of the Colleges will ensure observance of procedure and fulfillment of conditions.
The Finance Department of Delhi Government has agreed to release the GIA with condition to submit the proposal for second instalment accompanied with the documents such as Audited Utilisation Certificate for the year 2013-2014, ElFA audit report for the year 2012-13, 2013-14, Achievement-cum performance report up to March, 2013-14 (Non-Plan and Plan), item-wise and financial progress made during 2013-14 and item wise projected expenditure for the remaining period of current financial year.