Grant NCW for conducting Webinar from June to December, 2020 for the Financial Year 2020-2021
Grant from National Commission for Women for conducting Webinar
Notice and Guidelines for conducting Webinar from June to December, 2020 for the Financial Year 2020-2021
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File No. 13(1)/2020-21/NCW/PMR
National Commission for Women
New Delhi
Issues/Topics/Thrust Areas for organizing Webinars for the Financial Year 2020-21
The National Commission for Women has identified the Issues/Topics/Thrust Areas,
listed below, for organizing Webinars for the F.Y. 2020-21.
1. NRI marriages
I. Issues concerning NRI Marriages particularly harmonizing domestic laws with International
private laws including how pre-nuptial agreements could help address issues in such
marriages.
2. Women Mental Health
I. Mental Health and Quality of Life of Married Working Women in India
II. Workplace mental health and wellbeing.
3. Domestic Violence
I. Implementation of Domestic Violence Act and effectiveness thereof
II. Violence against Women: with special reference to Counselling
4. Cyber Crime
I. Cyber Crime against Women: Precautions and Strategies
II. Harassment of Women in Digital Space
5. Migrant Women Workers
I. Migrant Women Workers: Issues and Challenges
II. Women Migrant Workers and Labour Law: Identifying gaps and exploring remedial
measures
III. Challenges to implementation /analyzing grassroots impact of law and policy measures
2. State Women Commissions, Universities/Research Bodies/Institutions, reputed NGOs
and academic institutions/bodies may upload their proposals for organizing Webinar on the
above topics/issues through online mode at NCW website www.ncw.nic.in or
http://ncwapps.nic.in/eproposalv2 , latest by 12th June, 2020. The webinars may be conducted
upto 31st December 2020.
3. Incomplete proposals or proposals received after the last date will not be
entertained. The Commission reserves the right to select the organization based on their
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eligibility, capability, area of work, expertise, etc. No correspondence on reasons for non
selection of the proposal will be entertained by the Commission. No proposal received by email/
hard copy or by any other mode will be entertained.
4. Organizations / Institutions are advised to go through the guidelines relating to webinars
available on the website of the Commission and also attached as Annexure-A.
Sd/-
Loma Vasisht
(Senior Research Officer)
National Commission for Women
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ANNEXURE-A
Guidelines for grant of Financial Assistance for Webinars
1. Introduction:
The National Commission for Women has been providing financial support for conducting
Seminars by Colleges, Universities, State Commissions for Women, Non- governmental
organisations, etc., with the objective of getting an insight into the relevant subject and also
throwing up recommendations for better implementation or even modification of the existing
policies/ programmes / schemes/projects relating to welfare and empowerment of women. Such
Seminars also provide a forum for sharing knowledge, information and experience of participants
and resource persons on the subject of the Seminars. Such experience sharing could be helpful in
better dissemination of the required information and also lead to better execution of schemes, etc.
at the ground level.
The Commission has, with a view to simplify the procedure to be followed in such cases, and to
ensure improved outcomes of such Seminars, revised the guidelines for conducting/organizing
Seminars for which financial assistance is provided by the Commission. The revised procedure is
detailed in subsequent paragraphs.
These guidelines will be applicable to the Webinar proposals for the Financial Year 2020-21 and
beyond.
2. Time Schedule:
In the ordinary course, the subjects, for conducting Webinars will be identified by the
Commission every year and these will be disseminated through the Website of the Commission
to all concerned. The Commission may, in its discretion, also issue abbreviated advertisements in
appropriate journals/newspapers, etc. for wide dissemination of information in this regard.
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A proposal seeking financial assistance for conducting a Webinar from the National
Commission for Women is to be submitted only through online portal at ncw.nic.in and
http://ncwapps.nic.in/eproposalv2. The proposals received through on-line portal before the
stipulated last date only will be entertained.
The Commission will process and finalize the list of proposals to be funded by the Commission.
In cases, where such proposals are approved by the Commission, the first installment of the
approved amount shall be released before organizing the webinar. The Webinar will also need to
be conducted within the same period as mentioned in the public notice. The second installment,
may, however be released in the subsequently, provided all required documents have been
submitted within one month of the date of organizing the Webinar.
3. Eligibility for financial assistance for Webinars and release of such assistance:
Institutions namely, the State Women Commissions, Universities including Deemed to be
Universities Colleges, Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) having valid registration with
NITI AYOG shall be eligible for grant of financial assistance in accordance with the procedures
stipulated in these guidelines. In case of NGOs, conducting/organizing Webinars on women
related issues should be included as one of its mandate in accordance with its bylaws/
Memorandum/Articles of Association, etc. No organisation blacklisted as per details
specified in the guidelines relating to research studies or Webinars will be eligible to apply.
Similarly, organisations blacklisted by State or Central Government, or any of their statutory /
autonomous bodies shall also not be eligible to apply for grant of assistance for conducting
Webinars. NGO’s must certify that they have not violated the Rules of FCRA Regulations and
that they have not been blacklisted by any Department of the Government of India.
The maximum financial assistance for organizing a Webinar shall be Rs. 65,000/-. (Rupees
Sixty Five thousand only)
Component-wise permissibility of funds has been programmed in the format required to be filled
up on the online portal.
• One organization will be provided financial assistance for one Webinar only.
• The number of participants should not be less than 30.
• The duration of webinar must be at least 03 hours.
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All non-governmental organizations (NGOs) will be required to indicate their registration
number with the NITI Ayog. As stated earlier, no organization without valid registration with
NITI Ayog will be eligible to submit a proposal to the National Commission for Women for
conducting a Webinar.
All proposals should have the details of resource persons proposed to be engaged for the
Webinar and it will be ensured that at least 60% of the resource persons attend the Webinar
and the replacement, if any, are brought to the notice of the Commission and such
replacements are equally competent in the relevant area.
Every proposal submitted should be accompanied by an undertaking that the organisation has
not been blacklisted by any organisation of the Government of India or State Government or
any Constitutional/ Statutory body/other authority under such Governments as in format
mentioned in Annexure II .
The organisation conducting the Webinar shall also comply with all terms & conditions
specified in the sanction letter/order.
4. Assessment of proposals:
The proposals received through the online portal shall be evaluated either by the Commission
on its own or through expert panel(s)/committee(s) selected by the Commission for the
purpose. The expert panel/committee shall, where so constituted, make suitable
recommendations to the Commission for acceptance or revision or rejection of proposals
examined by it.
The expert panel/committee, referred to above and the National Commission for Women shall
while making recommendations, inter alia take into account i) the relevance of the topic of
the Webinar to the area identified by the Commission; ii) capability of the organisation as
evidenced by the qualification, experience and quality of resource persons to be associated
with the Webinar; iii) past record of the organisation in organizing Webinars particularly in
cases where these are undertaken in collaboration with the National Commission for Women;
and iv) quality of the proposal especially from the perspective of women’s welfare and
empowerment.
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In cases, where in the opinion of the Commission, the outcome of Webinar can be improved,
the Commission may suggest changes in the scope or any other parameter. In such cases, the
organization which had applied for approval of the proposal shall be given the opportunity to
modify the proposal in such time-frame as may be specified by the Commission in individual
cases. The proposals where suggested changes are not made shall not be considered for
approval by the Commission.
The Commission shall, keeping in view all relevant facts, upload details of Webinars
approved by it on its website.
The Commission may, where considered appropriate, advise improvement in the report
rendered after completion of the Webinar.
5. Release of Funds and submission of Webinar report:
The funds for organising a Webinar approved by the Commission shall be released in two
instalments, each equivalent to 50% of the sanctioned amount.
The institution concerned shall, in case of approval of its proposal, be required to submit a
‘Bank Guarantee’ equivalent to the amount of the first instalment to be released. The first
instalment of the sanctioned amount will be released only after receipt of a valid bank
guarantee in the prescribed format (Annexure I). The bank guarantee so submitted should be
valid for a period of ONE YEAR after the scheduled date for organising the Webinar. It will
be the responsibility of the organisation conducting the Webinar that, where applicable, the
validity of the required documents such as ‘Bank Guarantee, etc, is extended suitably well in
advance of the expiry of the validity of the bank guarantee.
The bank guarantee shall, however, not be required if the proposal is from a recognized
University, Government organization, ICSSR institution, autonomous body/ research
organization authorized to award academic degrees, UGC approved academic Institutions or a
State Women Commission provided the organization concerned undertakes to ensure that the
Webinar will be conducted / organised within the time permitted by the Commission and also
agrees to refund. The entire amount released by the Commission with interest, if the
Webina r is not conducted within the permitted time, or in the opinion of the
Commission, the outcome of the Webinar in terms of its recommendations, number of
participants and quality of resource persons, etc. is not of the desired standard/quality.
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The Commission shall, in selected cases, depute its representative as observers to the
Webinar.
The organisation shall submit a report within one month of the Webinar having been
organised. The report should include details of the topic(s) discussed, summary of views
expressed by resource persons, their details and the recommendations that emerged from the
deliberations of the Webinar to be implemented at Central, State and local levels. Plagiarism
in any form will lead to summary rejection of the report/proposal and other legal
consequences.
In cases, where the Webinar is not organized within the prescribed time or such further time,
as may be permitted by the Commission, keeping in view the special reasons or where the
report rendered is not assessed to be of the required standard/quality, the Commission shall
have the bank guarantee revoked / encashed to recover the amount released. The Commission
may also initiate proceedings for recovering of the amount released along with interest @
12% per annum in any other manner. Procedure stipulated in the guidelines relating to
research studies shall be followed in regard to recovery of the outstanding amount.
In case of educational/other institutions who are not required to submit ‘Bank Guarantee’, the
institution concerned shall also be responsible for ensuring the quality of the resource persons
and the report rendered after conducting the Webinar and its timely completion. Any
recoverable amount shall be paid by such institution to the National Commission for Women.
In such cases, the designated/authorized authority in such an Institution shall be required to
make an undertaking as per format prescribed in case of guidelines relating to research
studies.
In case of organizations other than those mentioned above, the organization or the members of
the organisation, shall jointly and severally be responsible for paying the recoverable amount
and interest thereon, in the event, the amount cannot be recovered by revoking /encashing the
bank guarantee. Such action can be taken in all cases where the terms and conditions specified
in these guidelines or in the approval/sanction letter/order are not fulfilled.
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On completion of the Webinar, the organisation conducting it shall submit the Report of
webinar to the Commission along with original bills and vouchers and a Utilization
Certificate in GFR-12A under General Financial Rules, 2017 from the Chartered
Accountant/Competent Authority. After receipt of the report, if it is found to be satisfactory
by the Commission and the required utilization certificate and original bills & vouchers or
bank payment Slip are submitted, the bank guarantees, if any, submitted in relation to that
Webinar and the balance amount of 50% shall be released. In case of Government
institutions/organisations, certified photocopies of the bills and vouchers or Bank payment
Slip and the utilisation certificate by the authorised Finance/Accounts Officers will be
acceptable. In cases, where either the utilisation certificate or bills and vouchers are for a
lesser amount, only such lesser amount equivalent to the amount of bills & vouchers shall be
released and the case closed.
The organization receiving financial assistance for Webinar should not publish the
recommendation without prior intimation to the NCW.
The grantee organization will maintain separate accounts in respect of this grant. The accounts
will remain open to inspection to the representatives of the National Commission for Women
including the CAG of India.
Any unspent balance out of this grant will be refunded by the organization within 60 days
from the date of completion of the project failing which such unspent balance will attract
panel interest @ 12% per annum for the period from date of completion of the project to the
date of refund of unspent balance.
The decision of the Commission in all cases relating to the standard of study shall be final. All
disputes relating to any study / grant will be subject to the jurisdiction of courts located in
Delhi. All financial assistance will be released through PFMS only.
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Category-Wise Budget Allocation- Webinar
S.
No
Criteria Description Maximum
Allowed
Value
Maximum
financial
Limit
1 Honorarium to the
Resource Persons
Rs. 5,000/- per resource
person (maximum of 5
resource persons per
programme)
5 Rs. 25,000
2 Miscellaneous
expenditure
(including
Coordination,
Technical,
Logistics
arrangements
and Rapporteur
etc.)
Not more than Rs. 40,000/- Lump Sum Rs. 40,000
Total Rs. 65,000
Rupees Sixty Five Thousand only
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ANNEXURE-I
BANK GUARANTEE FORMAT
Bank Guarantee (BG) No. :
Date of Bank Guarantee :
Date till which BG is valid:
Bank Guarantee amount :
Pay and Accounts Officer, National Commission for Women
Plot No.21, Jasola Institutional Area, New Delhi-110025.
This bank guarantee is being issued in consideration of the National Commission for Women,
which expression shall unless repugnant to the context or the meaning thereof include its
successor, administrator and assign having awarded a financial assistance vide letter
No………… dated …………….. to ……………with its registered head office at
…………..hereinafter referred to as the Grantee Institution/Organization or to
Dr./Professor/Ms./Mrs./Mr. ……….. address …………… hereinafter referred to as guarantee,
which expressions shall unless repugnant to the context or the meaning thereof include their
successors, administrators, and assigns and the same having been unequivocally accepted by the
Grantee Institution/Organization/individual resulting in a contract bearing No………………….
valued at Rs…………. (Rupees………….only) for …………………. (scope of contract)
and the Grantee Institution/Organization having agreed to provide a Contract Guarantee for
faithful performance of the Webinar equivalent to the approved amount of the grant viz. Rs…….
(Rupees…….only) to the National Commission for Women on demand.
2. We, …………………….. (Name of the Bank) do hereby undertake to pay the amount due and
payable under this guarantee without any demur, merely on a demand from the National
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Commission for Women stating that the amount claimed is required to be recovered on account
of amount due or likely to be due from the said contractor. Any such demand on the Bank shall
be conclusive as regards the amount due and payable by the bank under this Bank Guarantee.
However, our liability under this Guarantee shall be restricted to an amount not exceeding
Rs………….. (Rupees… …………. only).
3. We undertake to pay to the National Commission for Women any money so demanded
notwithstanding any dispute or disputes raised by the Grantee Institution/Organization/person in
any proceeding(s) pending before any court or Tribunal relating thereto. Our liability under this
document, shall be absolute and unequivocal. The payment to be made by us under this BG shall
be valid discharge of our liability for payment thereunder and the contractor/grantee shall have
no claim against us for making such payment.
4. We, ………………………(Name of the Bank) further agree that the Guarantee herein
contained shall remain in full force and effect during the period that would be taken for the
performance of the said award letter and that it shall continue to be enforceable till all the dues of
the National Commission for Women by virtue of the said Agreement have been fully paid and
its claims satisfied or discharged or till the Joint Secretary, National Commission for Women or
any other officer so authorized, on behalf of the National Commission for Women certifies that
the terms and conditions of the said work have been fully and properly carried out by the said
grantee and accordingly the Guarantee is discharged.
5. We, ……………..(Name of the Bank) further agree that the National Commission for
Women shall have the full liberty without our consent and without affecting in any manner our
obligation hereunder to vary any of the terms and conditions of the said contract or to extend the
time for the performance by the said grantee from time to time or to postpone for any time or
from time to time any of the powers exercisable by the National Commission for Women
against the said grantee and to forbear or enforce any of the terms and conditions relating to the
said Webinar and we shall not be relieved from our liability by reason of any variation, or
extension being granted to the said grantee or for any forbearance act, or omission on the part of
the National Commission for Women or any indulgence by the National Commission
for Women to the said Grantee Institution/Organization/individual or by any such
matter or thing whatsoever.
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6. The Grantee will not be discharged due to the change in the constitution of the bank or
grantee.
7. Lastly, we, (Name of the Bank) undertake not to revoke this guarantee except with the
previous consent of the National Commission for Women in writing.
8. This guarantee shall be valid upto ……………… unless extended on demand by the National
Commission for Women. Notwithstanding anything mentioned above, our liability against the
Guarantee is restricted to Rs……….(Rupees… …….. only) and unless a claim in writing is lodged
with us within six months of the date of expiry or the extended date of expiry of this Guarantee,
all our liabilities under this Guarantee shall stand discharged.
Dated:
Signature ………………
Name …………………..
Designation …………..
(Name of the Bank and its branch)
(Seal of the Bank)
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ANNEXURE-II
(On Stamp paper for Rupees One Hundred only)
DECLARATION CUM UNDERTAKING
1. I,………… (Name), Son of …………. Aged …… years working as…………………
..(Designation) hereby solemnly declare that I am competent and authorized to sign and execute
this declaration cum undertaking on behalf of …………. (Name of the organization and the address
of the organization/institution) ………………………………………
2. I, Ms./Mr./Dr./Prof…………………………………….. hereby declare on solemn affirmation that
the organisation has neither been blacklisted by the Government or any public body/semigovernment/
autonomous organization nor any action has been initiated by any such body to
blacklist it.
3. I, on behalf of the organization, undertake to:
(i) ensure proper administration and management of funds exclusively for the work for
which financial assistance has been granted by the National Commission for Women;
(ii) refund full amount with interest thereon in case of misuse or unauthorized use of funds
for purposes other than those indicated in the Sanction Order of the National Commission for
Women or for withholding or suppressing any information regarding the funds/grants from other
official sources in respect of this project for which sanction has been accorded by the National
Commission for Women;
(iii) the organization is not receiving any funds from any other source for undertaking this
project/research study “or” partial funding is being received from… ………….. to the extent of Rs
………… ……….…………… and a ‘No Objection Certificate’ from the said organization for
seeking financial assistance from the National Commission for Women is enclosed
Signature
Name
On behalf of
(Name of the organization and seal)
With full address, telephone & PAN No.
Signature of Witnesses:
1. Name
Address
Contact Number of Witness
Signature of the Witness
2. Name
Address
Contact Number of Witness
Signature of the Witness
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HELPLINE
For any query or clarification,
You may please contact us on the following numbers:
011- 26944886 Extn: 218, 229
M0bile: 7503134819
NOTE
The whole process of inviting proposals is
online. Therefore, you are requested NOT TO
send hard copy of the proposal or any other
related documents to the Commission.