Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 31: University Grants Commission has informed the Governor, who is Chancellor of the State Universities, as well as of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, that it has sanctioned a General Development Assistance Plan Grant of Rs. 1987.60 lakh to the four Universities in J&K.
These grants, under the XII Plan, are against a tentative allocation of Rs. 4969 lakh to the four Universities. The amount sanctioned so far is 40% of the total XII Plan allocations made by UGC for Jammu University, Kashmir University, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University and Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University, Rajouri.
The communication received from the University Grants Commission, New Delhi, intimates that out of a tentative XII Plan allocation of Rs. 1404 lakh for Jammu University, an amount of Rs. 561.60 lakh has been sanctioned till date; against Rs. 1761 lakh allocated for Kashmir University, Rs. 704.40 lakh has been so far sanctioned; against an allocation of Rs. 1004 lakh, an amount of Rs. 401.60 lakh has been sanctioned for the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University and for the Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University, against an allocation of Rs. 800 lakh, the amount sanctioned is Rs. 320 lakh.
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