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Organization : Mizoram Scholarship Board
Scholarship Name : NEC Stipend/ Scholarship Scheme
Applicable For : North Eastern Region Students
Applicable States : Mizoram

Website : https://scholarships.mizoram.gov.in/

Mizoram NEC Stipend

1. The rules may be called “Rules for award of stipend and book grant from NEC”. These rules shall come into force from the year 2004-05 and will supercede the previous rules on the above subject.

Related / Similar Scholarship : Mizoram Scholarship Board Portal 2020-21

2. Scope : These stipend and book grants are available for studies in India only and shall be awarded by the North Eastern States from the fund allotted by North Eastern Council Secretariat, Shillong.

3. General Conditions of Eligibility :
Subject to specified conditions mentioned elsewhere, the general conditions of eligibility are stated below:
(i) The stipend and book grants are open only to a candidate who is a permanent resident of any of the States in the North-East. The Certificate to this effect obtained from the Deputy Commissioner of the district in which the candidate is a permanent resident must be produced by the candidate. Certificate from any other authority will not be accepted. However, for SC/ST applicants, the SC/ST Certificate issued by the competent authority can be considered as PRC.

(ii) The candidates should possess the relevant qualification from any recognized institution. An original certificate from the Institution of study must be produced by the candidates.

(iii) The student must not be in receipt of any other financial assistance from any other source, except National or State Merit Scholarship. A sponsored candidate under full employment during the period of study shall not be eligible to receive the stipend.

(iv) The stipend/bookgrant shall be tenable for the prescribed duration of a course. A student failing to pass in a particular year shall not receive further stipend till he/she passes the specific year of the course. The Institution shall certify to that effect and make specific recommendations thereto.

(v) In-service candidates are not covered by this scheme.

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(vi) The minimum marks for the grant of stipend should be 55% for General/OBC/MOBC and 50% for SC/ST candidates in the relevant qualifying examination for Diploma, Degree and Postgraduate courses.

(vii) Selection of students for M.Phil and Ph.D should be done on the basis of topic of research which has relevance to NE Region.

(viii) Selection will be made on the basis of merit in all cases.

4. The present rate of Stipend and Subject/Course is as under:-
(i) Level of Study | Stipend | Book-grant

Diploma | Rs. 900/- p.m | Rs. 1000/- p.a
Degree | Rs. 1000/- p.m | Rs. 1400/- p.a
Postgraduate | Rs. 1200/- p.m | Rs. 2000/- p.a
M.Phil | Rs. 1500/- p.m | Rs. 3000/- p.a
Ph.D | Rs. 1500/- p.m | Rs. 3000/- p.a

The rates are subject to revision from time to time. A committee will be appointed by the Secretary, NEC for the purpose.

(ii)(a) The various courses of studies at different levels for which NEC’s financial assistance is admissible would be those as decided by the NEC from time to time keeping in view the requirements of specialized manpower of the North Eastern Region. The current list of courses are outlined in Annexure.

(iii)(b) The subjects/topics for M.Phil should invariably be directly, specifically and currently relevant to the NE Region. Basic and theoretical research shall not be favoured in general. The stipends for M.Phil will be available initially for 18 months extendable by a period of six months/one semester and for Ph.D stipends shall be initially for three years, extendable later by a maximum period of another one year on the basis of recommendations from the Guide of the Institute. The grant of stipend for M.Phil and Ph.D would after the registration of the student with the University.

5. The number of stipends to be awarded every year to candidates at different levels may be decided by the State Govt. keeping in mind the fund allocation to the State Govt. However, the number may be increased or decreased at level of study depending upon the market demand and availability of fund.

6. Reservation for OC/SC/OBC:
(a) All candidates will first be considered under the General category.

(b) Reservation on the same principles as embodied in our Constitution and as followed by the Govt. of India shall be followed in selection of candidates. This reservation will be made according to the percentage of SC,ST & OBC and also limited to a maximum of 50% as ruled by the Supreme Court and as followed by the Govt. of India. However, SC, ST & OBC candidates who are qualified on merit of their own as general candidates would be considered as additional to the reservation of SC, ST & OBC. Hence, initially all candidates will be considered against the general quota.

7. Students pursuing Correspondence Courses are not eligible to apply for this scheme.

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  1. When will we receive our NEC Scholarship 2017-18? Please let me know the exact date.

    1. Kindly wait till the organisation announces the date.

  2. When will we receive NEC scholarship 2015-16?

  3. When the Mizoram nec form 2016-17 will be issuing?

  4. When will we receive our NEC scholarship 2015-2016?

  5. Why haven’t freshers received their scholarship for 2013-2014?

  6. When are we receiving our scholarship?
    2014-15

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