Scholarship Policy for Pharmacy and Pharma-D courses

SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT – Scholarship Policy – Reimbursement of Tuition Fees to

Pharmacy and Pharma-D courses for 2013-14– Orders – Issued.

SOCIAL WELFARE (EDN.2) DEPARTMENT G.O. Ms. No. 84 Dated:29-10-2013

O R D E R:

Government vide the reference first read above have issued detailed instructions for Post-Matric Scholarships which includes the administration of scholarships and the procedure for scholarships and also orders have been issued vide reference second read above for Reimbursement of Fee to Pharmacy and Pharma-D Courses for 2012-13. This G.O shall be read with the instructions contained in the references first to third read above.

2. The Higher Education Department vide reference 2nd read above has notified fee for Under Graduate Pharmacy and Pharma-D courses in Private un-aided colleges in the State of Andhra Pradesh for the block period 2013-14 to 2015-16. The fee notified and reimbursable for 2013-14 is as under:

G.O. Ms. Number	Annex ures	Course	No. of Colleges detailed in the annexure	Fees prescribed per student per year	Fees reimbursable
G.O. Ms.No.62 Higher Education (EC/A2) Dept., dt. 18-07-2013.	I	B. Pharmacy	86	Rs.26,500/- to Rs.30,000/- (adhoc)	* Rs.26,500/- to Rs.30,000/- or actual fee as finally notified by Govt. subject to a maximum of Rs.31,000/-
-do-	II	Pharmacy	165	Rs.31,000/- to Rs.88,000/-	* Rs.31,000/- or as per para (6)
-do-	III	B. Pharmacy	5	Rs.54,700/- to Rs.65,200/-	For students joining Second Year in the Academic Year 2013-14 and completing the course in the Academic Year 2015-16. * Rs.31,000/- or as per para (6)
-do-	IV	B. Pharmacy	1	Rs.35,000/-	Rs.31,000/-
G.O. Ms.No.62 Higher Education (EC/A2) Dept., dt. 18-07-2013.	I	Pharma-D	5	Rs.57,800/- (adhoc)	* Rs.57,800/- or actual fee as finally notified by Govt. subject to a maximum of Rs.68,000/-
G.O. Ms.No.62 Higher Education (EC/A2) Dept., dt. 18-07-2013.	II	Pharma-D	41	Rs.68,000/- to Rs.1,04,200	* Rs.68,000/- or as per para (6)
-do-	IV	Pharma-D	9	Rs.68,000/-	Rs.68,000/-

* SC & ST students are eligible for full reimbursement of fees in view of the partial reimbursement from

Government of India.

3. The Tuition Fee for each College for those students joining the Second Year in the Academic Year 2013-14 and completing the course in the Academic Year 2015-16 is revised and recommended by the Admission and Fee Regulatory Committee (AFRC) vide Annexure-III to the references third read above in respect of B. Pharmacy Courses.

4. The subject of fee fixation by the AFRC has been discussed in the Meetings of the Group of Ministers. After detailed discussions and deliberations on the implications of the fee fixation consequent to the introduction of the uniform fee for the year 2013-14 in pursuance of the orders of the Hon’ble High Court and Supreme Court, the Government hereby issues the following Order:

5. Henceforth, the scholarship policy shall be delinked from fee fixation done by the Higher Education Department. Hereafter, the Government shall notify the scholarship policy separately which shall specify the quantum of fee to be reimbursed. 

6. In partial modification of para 4 I (ii) of reference first read above, the fee reimbursement for the year 2013-14 is as follows.

B. PHARMACY COURSES

(i) All students other than SCs and STs, are eligible for a fee reimbursement of up to Rs.31,000/- in respect of B.PHARMACY Courses for studying in any of the colleges listed under Annexure II, III & IV as specified in G.O.Ms.No.62 Higher Education (EC/A2) Department, dated: 18-07-2013.

(ii) In respect of Colleges notified in Annexure-I to G.O.Ms.No.62 Higher Education (EC/A2) Department, dated: 18-07-2013 an adhoc fee of Rs.26,500/- to Rs.30,000/- has been notified and is likely to be revised on submission of documents to the AFRC. Pending the final fee to be notified by the Government for these colleges in Annexure-I, the fee to be paid for all categories other than SC & ST shall be the notified adhoc fee of Rs.26,500/- to Rs.30,000/-. In the event of a final fixation of fee the maximum amount reimbursable shall not exceed Rs.31,000/- or the actual

fee notified whichever is less.

(iii) All eligible SC and ST students shall be eligible for full tuition fee reimbursement regardless of the college of study as specified in the reference third read above. 

PHARMA-D COURSES

(i) All eligible students other than SCs and STs, are eligible for a fee reimbursement of up

to Rs.68,000/- in respect of PHARMA-D Courses for studying in any of the colleges listed under Annexure-II & IV as specified in G.O.Ms.No.62 Higher Education (EC/A2) Department, dated 18-07-2013.

(ii) In respect of Colleges notified in Annexure-I to G.O.Ms.No.62 Higher Education (EC/A2) Department, dated: 18-07-2013, an adhoc fee of Rs.57,800/- has been notified and is likely to be revised on submission of documents to the AFRC. Pending the final fee to be notified by the Government for these colleges in Annexure-I, the fee to be paid for all categories other than SC & ST shall be the notified adhoc fee of Rs.57,800/-. In the event of a final fixation of fee the maximum amount reimbursable shall not exceed Rs.68,000/- or the actual fee notified whichever is less.

(iii) All eligible SC and ST students shall be eligible for full tuition fee reimbursement regardless of the college of study as specified in the reference third read above.

7. The administration of scholarships shall be administered online at http://epass.cgg.gov.in. The Project Monitoring Unit shall ensure that all the fee structures for colleges as specified in G.O.Ms.No.62 Higher Education (EC/A2) Department, dated 18-07-2013 are updated on the ePASS website to enable processing of scholarship claims for 2013-14. The Project Monitoring Unit shall confirm the validity of the fees before releasing fee reimbursements to the college accounts through the e-PASS online system.

8. The Commissioner of Social Welfare / Commissioner of Tribal Welfare / Commissioner of B.C. Welfare / Commissioner of Minorities Welfare / Director of Welfare of Disabled and Senior Citizens / VC & MD, Minorities Welfare, AP, Hyd. are directed to take action accordingly.

9. The Commissioner of Social Welfare, AP, Hyderabad / Project Monitoring Unit shall ensure that the fees reimbursable in respect of Annexure-I Colleges under G.O.Ms.No.62, Higher Education (EC/A2) Department, dated 18-07-2013 in respect of B. Pharmacy Courses shall be initially fixed at Rs.26,500/-(for 7 colleges) and Rs.30,000/- (for 79 Colleges) and in respect Pharma-D courses at Rs.57,800/-. Based on the final fee to be notified by the Higher Education Department, the differential fee if any shall be  populated in the ePASS and claimed separately and paid to the respective Colleges. Extreme care and caution shall be taken in this matter so as to avoid any financial loss to the Government. CGG shall make separate field entries for the differential claim to be enabled to the PMU for incorporating the fees.

10. Copy of this order is available on internet and can be accessed at address

http://www.ap.gov.in/goir.

(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNER OF ANDHRA PRADESH)

J. RAYMOND PETER  PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT