Application of General Fund

31. The General Fund shall be utilized for the following objects, namely:-

1. (1) for the repayment of debts including interest charges thereto incurred by the University for the purpose of this Act and the Statutes, the Ordinances, the Regulations and the Rules made thereunder with the prior approval of the Board of Governors;
2. (2) to upkeep the assets of the University;
3. (3) for the payment of the fee for audit of the funds;
4. (4) to meet with expenses of any suit or proceedings by or against the University;
5. (5) for the payment of salaries, allowances, Provident Fund contributions, gratuity and other benefits to officers, employees and members of the teaching, non-teaching and research staff;
6. (6) for the payment of travelling and other allowances of the members of the Board of Governors, Senate (Academic), Senate (Administrative), other authorities or bodies so established by the University, and the members of any committee appointed by any of the authority or the Chairperson of the Sponsoring Body or the President or the Vice President;
7. (7) for the payment of fellowships, freeships, scholarship, assistantships and other awards to the students belonging to economically weaker sections of the society or research associates, trainees or, as the case may be, to any student otherwise eligible for such awards under the Statutes, the Ordinances, the Regulations or the Rules;
8. (8) for the payment of any expenses incurred by the University in carrying out the provisions of this Act or the Statutes, the Ordinances, the Regulations or the Rules;
9. (9) for the payment of the cost of capital, not exceeding the prime lending rate from time to time of any bank or financial institute, corporate body, trusts, societies, or individuals incurred by the Sponsoring Body for setting up the University and the investments made therefor;
10. (10) for the payment of any other expenses including relevant fee payable to the Implementing Partner as laid down in the Contract Agreement;
11. (11) for the payment of charges and expenditure relating to the consultancy work undertaken by the University in pursuance of the provisions of this Act and the Rules, the Statutes or the Ordinances made thereunder;
12. (12) for the payment of any other expenses including service fee payable to any organization charged with the responsibility of providing any specific service, including the managerial services to the University, on behalf of the Sponsoring Body, as approved by the Senate (Administrative) to be an expense for the purposes of the University: Provided that no expenditure shall be incurred by the University in excess of the limits for total recurring expenditure and total non-recurring expenditure for the years, as may be fixed by the Senate (Administrative), without prior approval of the Senate (Administrative).