Financial Support

The Scheme for Promotion of Yoga Education and Practice and Positive Health in Universities

1. Introduction

Yoga promotes physical and mental health. It disciplines the mind and improves the power of concentration. Therefore, it is ideally suited for those who are involved in intellectual pursuits. The concepts of positive health and lifelong learning are relatively new and need to be strengthened. Yoga is a discipline, based on meticulous practice and requires very modest infrastructure and money. The Commission has formulated a scheme for promotion of yoga education and practice in the X Plan and a new component of positive health is being added to this scheme.

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2. Objectives

To impart special education in various areas like yoga, positive health, career, personality development etc. for the overall development of students, teachers and non-teaching staff of universities.

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3. Eligibility/Target Group

All eligible universities, which are included under Section 2(f) and have been declared fit to receive central assistance under Section 12(B) of the UGC Act of 1956, are covered under the scheme. The target group is students, teachers and non-teaching staff of universities.

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4. Nature of Assistance and Duration

The UGC will provide grants to the selected universities up to the end of X Plan period only i.e. 31st March 2007. Thereafter the scheme is required to be taken over by the concerned universities under its maintenance budget. The UGC will provide financial assistance as under :

4.01 Yoga

S.No.	Items	Financial Assistance under the Scheme
1.	Equipment/furnishing.	Rs. 1,00,000/- (One-time grant)
2.	Honorarium to instructors- maximum two (2)	Rs. 1,80,000/- p.a. @ Rs.7500/- p.m. (Rs.7500 x 12 x 2 = Rs.1,80,000/-.

The universities may charge Rs. 50/- p.m. per head as a token fee from the students/teachers non-teaching staff interested to participate in its yoga centre activities for meeting the recurring expenditure.

The minimum qualifications for yoga instructors shall be as under :

Post-graduate degree (full time course) in Yoga/Yogic Science/Yoga Therapy/Yoga Studies etc. from a recognised university.

Or
Post-graduate diploma (full time of at least one year course) in Yoga/Yogic Science/Yoga Therapy/Yoga Studies etc. from a recognized university or an eminent institution with a well established reputation in the field of yoga, with a minimum experience of two years in yoga teaching and practice.

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4.02 POSITIVE HEALTH

Assistance will be provided for organising 3-5 days awareness programme by inviting guest speakers/experts etc. These programms could be from amongst the following :

General counselling.
AIDS.
Drug abuse.
Sex education and reproductive health.
Art of healthy living.
Stress management.
Sound body and mental health.
Any other programme on similar subject/nature can also be covered.

S.No.	Activitiy	Financial Assistance
1.	For organising 3-5 days awareness programme.	Rs. 25,000/- per programme. *

*A university can organise a maximum of 2 (two) programmes per calendar year.

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5. Procedure for Applying for the Scheme

The proposals may be sent to the UGC in the prescribed format Annexure-I only. To avail assistance under this scheme, a university will have to approach an eminent yoga institution with an established reputation in the country and persuade it to manage and run the yoga centre of the university. After entering into an agreement Annexure-II with the yoga institution on a stamp paper of Rs. 50/- , the university may apply to the UGC with a copy of the agreement under this scheme. Operational expenses have to be limited to the money received by way of fees from the participants. Universities having already enjoyed the benefit under the similar scheme of IX^th plan and earlier will not be eligible under this scheme during the X^th Plan period.

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6. Procedure for Approval by the UGC

The UGC would examine and approve the proposal through a duly constituted expert committee which will meet in the month of June/Dec. of each calendar year. As such, proposal under the scheme, should reach UGC by the end of April/October accordingly.

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7. Procedure for Release of Grants by the UGC

On receipt of consent of the concerned university for establishing a yoga centre, the first installment including the full grant for equipment/furnishing will be released with the letter of approval. For payment of fees to the instructors appointed by the university, 50% of the grant towards honorarium will be released for the first six months. This will be done on the university furnishing the names along with their bio-data and a copy of appointment letter of the instructors.

The next instalment of 40% will be released on receiving the utilisation certificate Annexure-III of the funds released as the 1st instalment.
The balance 10% of the grant would be released on the receipt of the Utilization Certificate of the earlier grant together with statement of income and expenditure ( Annexure IV).

The scheme will end with the end of Xth Plan period.

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8. Procedure for Monitoring

The work of each yoga centre would be evaluated by an assessment expert committee constituted for the purpose by the UGC after two years and the programme would be allowed to continue or otherwise on the basis of recommendations of this evaluation.

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9. Annexures

Fromat for Submitting Proposals for Receiving Financial Assistance from the UGC for Promotion of Yoga Education and Practice/for Organizing 3-5 Days Awareness Programme on 'Positive Health' in the Universities During the X^th Plan Period.

Agreement

Utilization Certificate

Statement of Expenditure

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