APPLICATION FOR GRANT IN AID UNDER THE CENTRAL SCHEME OF ASSISTANCE TO VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ETC., FOR PRESERVATION OF MANUSCRIPTS/ RARE BOOKS

From :
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To :
The Joint Secretary,
Ministry of Culture,
Government of India,
Shastri Bhawan,
New Delhi - 110001.

Subject :- Grant-in-aid under the Central Scheme of Financial Assistance to Voluntary Organisations, Educational Institutions, Libraries, etc., for
preservation, listing, cataloguing, evaluation, publication, etc., of manuscripts/ rare books.

Sir

I submit herewith an application (in duplicate) for a grant under the scheme named above. I certify that I have read the rules and regulations of the Scheme and I undertake to abide by them on behalf of the Institution/Management/University. I further agree to the following conditions.

  1. All assets acquired wholly or substantially out of the Central grant shall not be encumbered or disposed of or utilized for purposes other than those for which grant is given. Should the Institution/Organisation cease to exist at any time, such properties shall revert to the Government of India.
  2. The accounts of the project shall be maintained properly and separately. They shall always be open to check by an officer deputed by the Government of India or the State Government. They shall also be open to a test check by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India at his discretion.
  3. Progress report on the project will be furnished at regular intervals as may be specified by the Government.

The institution/organization will bear 25% of the approved expenditure on the project.


Yours faithfully,

Signature :
Name :
Designation :
Office :

APPLICATION FORM FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE SCHEME OF PRESERVATION OF MANUSCRIPTS/ RARE BOOKS


1.

Name and complete postal address of the Institution/ Organisation/ Individual, etc. (including Telephone no.)

 

2.

Date of establishment/ registration as a Society or Trust under Indian Societies Registration Act, 1860. Details of Board of Management.

 

3.

Nature and number of manuscripts/ holdings, their languages, subject and period to which they belong.

 

4.

Audited accounts for the last three years along with copy of last year’s Balance Sheet and latest Annual Report.

 

5.

A statement giving details of financial assistance received during the last five years from the Central/ State Government or any other source

 

6.

Details of the project for which assistance is sought along with details of expert(s) to be engaged.

 

7.

Estimated cost of the project, with item-wise details of financial assistance sought.

 

8.

Source from where 25% cost of the project would be met.

 

9.

Financial assistance expected from any other source for the project.

 

10.

Concerned State Level Screening Committee (SLSC)/ State Archives Recommendation to be attached with the application.

 

 

 

 

Place :

Signature :

Date :

Name :

 

Designation :

 

Office Stamp :

N.B. Applications received in incomplete form will not be entertained

Duly filled in application forms are to be sent to the Deputy Director of Archives, National Archives of India, Janpath, New Delhi - 110001, who is Member-Secretary of the Grants Committee for the sake of convenience.