Sitting fee allowance to the officials of the Ministry/Attached Institutions: UGC Circular

UGC Circular reg: Sitting fee allowance to the officials of the Ministry/Attached Institutions.  Ministry of Human Resource Development, (Department of Higher Education) Office Memorandum No. M.11018/15//2015-CDN dated. 31st December, 2015:-

UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION

BAHADURSHAH ZAFAR MARG

NEW DELHI-110 002

No.F. 3-2/2015(Admn.I/A&B)

5th January, 2016

CIRCULAR

The undersigned is directed to circulate the following Office Memorandum No. M.11018/15//2015-CDN dated. 31st December, 2015 received from the Govt. of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development, (Department of Higher Education) (copy enclosed). All the Bureau Heads in University Grants Commission are requested to instruct all Higher Educational Institutions under their purview not to pay any Sitting fee allowance to the officials of the Ministry or attached institutions who are nominated as Government representatives in the Governance structure of these institutions such as board of management, board of Governors, Syndicate, Executive Council, Finance Committee, etc. Further, for Government nominees attending meetings in private institutions (such as deemed universities) these institutions may be requested to remit the sitting fee amount (due to Govt. nominees) in the Consolidated Funds of India.

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(Ajay Kumar Khanduri)

Deputy Secretary

Ministry of Human Resource Development, (Department of Higher Education) Office Memorandum No. M.11018/15//2015-CDN dated. 31st December, 2015

No. M.11018/15//2015-CDN

Government of India

Ministry of Human Resource Development

(Department of Higher Education)

Shastri Bhawan

New Delhi the 31st December, 2015

It has been observed that the Higher Educational Institutions under the Government of India follow a practice of giving sitting fee allowance to the officials of the Ministry Or attached institutions who are nominated as Government representatives in the governance structure of these institutions such as Board of Management, Board of Governors, Syndicate: Executive Council, Finance Committee, etc.

2. Since the nominated officers are attending these meetings only in their official capacity as Government nominee/nominee of Secretary or on. ex-officio basis it may not be appropriate to receive sitting fee for doing routine official work.

3. In View of above, all the Bureau Heads in Department of Higher Education are requested to instinct all Higher Educational Institutions under their administrative control. not to pay any sitting fee to such government servants. Further, for Government nominees attending meetings in private institutions (such as deemed universities etc), these institutions should be asked to remit the sitting fee amount (due to the Government nominees) in the Consolidated Fund of India.

4. This issues with the approval of the Secretary (Higher Education).

(Praveen Kumar)

Joint Secretary (CDN)