According to MHRD circular no. F.No 17-2/2014-TS.1 dated 2-3-2015, all the MHRD funded institutes (IITs and NITs) are hiked fellowship to their students. Most of the institutes are paying the hike fellowship rate to their doctoral students of all departments. But problem is with the departments of Management (MBA), humanities and social sciences. Some institutes (NIT Rourkela (Odisha) NIT Bhopal (Bihar)) are not agreeing to pay the hike fellowship rate for management, humanities and social sciences departments. These institutes say that in the aforesaid MHRD circular there is nowhere mentioned that this fellowship is meant for Management, Humanities and social sciences departments. Hence provide the information of below requests 1.Is there any special notice to each and every institute and their departments regarding the hike in fellowship 2.On the basis of above said circular, most of the institutes are giving hike fellowship to their doctoral students belongs to management, humanities and social sciences departments. My question is, do the departments of management, humanities and social sciences of all NITs are coming under this circular or not If not, please provide information why. 3.And also please provide the information regarding each and every IITs and NITs the amount of scholarship they are paying to their doctoral students of Management, humanities, and social sciences.