7.

 
 CONDITIONS OF GRANT
 

7.1

The Grantee shall execute a Bond (in the attached proforma) prior to the drawal of the sanctioned grant, to the effect that the work to be undertaken with the grant shall be completed within a reasonable time not extending beyond a year from the date of sanction of the first installment or the deadline as extended by the Government on the grantee's prior request, and that the grant shall be utilized only for the purpose for which it is sanctioned. Failure to do so will render the organization liable to refund to the Council the grants released in full, with such interest thereon as the Council may decide.

7.2

In the case of publication, the approved grant shall be released in suitable instalments decided by the Council depending on the nature and progress of the project, and in no case shall be released in a single instalment.

7.3

It shall be open to the Council to issue from time to time to the grantee such suggestions/directions on the format and contents of the approved publications as found necessary, and it shall be binding on the grantee to comply with the same. In the case of critical editions of manuscripts such instructions may cover notes, comparable recensions, a study of the authenticity of available texts, appendices/indices/ biographical note on the author, etc.

7.4

The release of the final instalment (being not less than one-third of the total approved grant) shall be considered only after receipt of the following from the grantee :
 

i.	The accounts in respect of the total expenditure on the entirety of the project, as certified by a chartered accountant, (and in the case of the universities, certified together by the Finance/Audit Officer and the Registrar);
ii.	The utilisation certificate in respect of the previous instalments, as certified by the same Chartered Accountant;
iii.	The report of satisfactory completion of the project duly signed by the grantee over his seal, if any; and
iv.	Five complimentary copies of the book as finally published.

7.5

The listed price of the book/publication brought out with assistance under the scheme shall be determined with the prior approval of the Council.

7.6

Once the estimates etc. of a project have been approved as reasonable and the grant determined on the basis of such estimates, they shall not be modified by the applicant without the prior approval of Council.

7.7

No asset created out of the grant paid by the Council shall be transferred to any person/institution without the concurrence of the Council. Should at any time, the grantee organization/institution cease to exist, the equipment purchased out of the Council's grant shall revert to the Council.

7.8

The accounts of the organization/institution will be properly maintained and submitted and shall be open to check by a representative of the council or the State/UT Government, as and when required.

7.9

If the Council or the State/UT Government has reason to believe that the affairs of the organization/institution are not being properly managed, or that the sanctioned money has not been utilised for approved purposes, the Council may then forthwith stop payment of further instalments of grant, and also recover from the grantee such money as the Council may decide in relation to the Sanctioned grant.

7.10

7.11

7.12

If the grant released exceeds 80% of the actual expenditure on approved items after deducting the State Government grant, if any, from the total expenditure, then the difference shall be refunded to the Council.

7.13

The title page of each of the publications should bear the following entries :
"Published with financial assistance from the National Council for Promotion of Sindhi Language, vide Sanction No._________________________ dated __________________ " Copyright vests with _____________________ ".

7.14

The grantees provided with assistance under the scheme shall, in respect of their publications in Sindhi fully implements the Official Language Policy of the Union Government as enunciated in the Constitution of India, the Official Languages act of 1963 and the official languages (Use for the Official Purposes of the Union) Rules of 1976.

7.15

The foregoing provisions, read with the proformas attached herewith, shall together constitute the rules of the scheme.

The price should be fixed at three times of the book of the remaining expenditure after adjusting the financial assistance given by the NCPSL by dividing the number of copies published (For example if the cost of 500 copies of a book is Rs. 10,000/- and the amount received is Rs. 08,000/- as financial assistance. Then the price of the book should be fixed as Rs. 12/- (i.e. Rs. 10,000 - Rs. 08,000/- = Rs. 02,000 * 3 = Rs 06,000 / 500 (copies) = Rs. 12/- per copy) 

NOTE:

The financial assistance for publication of Manuscripts, etc. should be given keeping in view to get the work published in both the Scripts ( i.e. Sindhi Arabic & Devanagari)