By IANS
New Delhi : India will provide fellowships worth Rs.1,600 million to help 600 tribal students to take up higher education.
The ministry of tribal affairs Tuesday said the fellowship was provided under the Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship Scheme for pursuing higher studies such as M.Phil and Ph.D degrees at universities and institutions recognised by the University Grant Commission.
Financial assistance of Rs.8,000 per month is provided for the initial two years to Junior Research Fellows and Rs.9,000 per month for the remaining period of the fellowship.
Beside this fellowship amount, a contingency fund for humanities and social sciences is also provided at the rate of Rs.10,000 per annum for the initial two years of the fellowship and Rs.20,500 annually for the remaining period of research work.