The Ranchi University (RU) is yet to finalise the exact amount that will be given to the newly elected office bearers of student union poll. The funds have been collected over the years for carrying out several student welfare activities on campus premises.
The much awaited student union election that got over recently at the varsity where ABVP and AJSU alliance won the student union poll after a gap of nine years here will take the charge of their respective posts from January 2017.
Disclosing the amount collected from January 2012 to January 2016 by the varsity, former Finance Officer of RU, KK Verma, stated, “In four years, approximately Rs four lakh was collected. From each student, Rs150 is collected every year for student welfare fund. Rs10 is utilised for election and the rest is kept for the purpose of sports and other cultural purposes and also for BPl student stipend.”
On the other hand, regardless of, issuing the guidelines to the constituent college principals to upload all the details of their student fund collections immediately after issuing the election notification, so far none of the colleges has furnished the fiscal details on its official websites. Approximately, 16 constituent colleges participated in the student union election this year.
“As per the RU statute norms, it is mandatory to prepare a budget before declaring the amount. The general council comprising seven advisors, staff advisors including elected office bearers will together draft the budget. It is expected that in the second week of January, a blueprint containing all the details of income and expenditure will be ready. The amount will be dispersed according to the funds collected over the years, as the general council have the right to decide from which year they will utilise the funds,” said Dean of Student Welfare at the university Dr SC Gupta.
“Furthermore, all the colleges have been instructed to give the student fund collection details on their college website at earliest. We cannot go beyond this. As far as RU fund collection is concerned, the details will be uploaded soon on website,” added Gupta.
Due to time constrain and with various areas to be covered, all elected representatives too feels that disclosure of financial details at earliest will help them in initiating the welfare work easily from January. “The officials are not ready to disclose the amount; neither they are compelling the colleges to upload the details.
At present, none of the five office bearers has any clue about the student welfare fund. lack of finance will create hurdle in carrying out all the welfare tasks,” Nitish Singh elected for the post of general secretary pointed out.
Moreover, constituent colleges under RU like JN College Dhurwa including SS Memorial College have earlier mentioned that they do not collect funds in the name of student union poll or student welfare, so they are not liable to provide any such details.
According to the norms, Rs20 is collected annually from each college student for student election procedure. Out of Rs 20 collected from each candidate, Rs 5 is transferred to university fund while the respective colleges utilize the rest amount during student poll.