(a) contingent grant;
(b) rent grant;
(c) depreciation grant for school;
(d) hostel grant and depreciation hostel grant;
(e) grant for equipment, furniture, games and sports materials and the like;
(f) biennial or triennial grants for the purchase of books for the library and for the setting up of a book bank.
77. Contingent grant— (1) Contingent grant shall be admissible to a school to the extent of the ninety-five per cent, of the actual expenditure incurred during the period of twelve months immediately preceding the financial year for which the grant is made, subject to such ceiling on items as may be approved by the Director from time to time.
(2) The approved items of contingent expenditure shall be such as are specified in Appendix I.
'[(3) Relevant contingent grant may not be paid unless the audited annual accounts and sundry records, like vouchers, receipts and the like, are produced.]
78. Rent grant— Rent grant for buildings taken on hire (not being a building taken on hire from any person managing the school) and used for instructional purposes shall be assessed annually and shall be an amount equal to ninety-five per cent, of such assessed rent, subject to a maximum limit of three hundred rupees per month, or such higher limit as the Central Government may, from time to time, specify :
Provided that no charge on account of upkeep and repairs of the building shall be added to the rent charged by the landlord.
79. Depreciation grant for the school— School using their own buildings which have been constructed without any grant from public funds shall be allowed depreciation grant at the rate Rs. 12.00 per month for each room used for instruc tional purposes but not exceeding Rs. 300.00 per month for the whole building or such higher sum as the Central Government may, from time to time, specify.
80. Hostel grant— Maintenance grant to a hostel attached to an aided school shall be made at the rate not exceeding ninety-five per cent of the excess of approved expenditure over the income from hostel fees specified by the Director, subject to condition that the average attendance of students in residence for the period of twelve months immediately preceding the financial year for which the grant is made is not less than ten.
1. Subs by DSE(A)R, 1990. R. 19.
The Delhi School Education Rules, 1973 SI
81. Depreciation grant for hostel—The aided schools which have their own hostel buildings and which have been constructed without any grant from public funds shall be allowed depreciation grant at the rate of Ks.12.00 per month for such 150 square meters of area under actual occupation by boarders and for kitchen buildings at the rate of Rs. 8.00 per month and at the rate of Rs. 15.00 per month for the Superintendent's quarters or at such higher rates as the Central Government may, from time to time, specify.
82. Depreciation fund— Depreciation grant given to a school or its hostel shall be deposited by the managing committee in a depreciation fund account to be opened in a scheduled bank or a nationalised bank in the joint name of the Director or any other officer authorised by him in this behalf and the manager of the school, and no money shall be withdrawn from the said account for the normal maintenance expenditure :
Provided that the Director may, in special circumstances permit an aided school to utilize the said fund for extraordinary repairs, additions or alterations to the building or for such other purposes as might yield regular income to the school.