Srinagar, April 17 -- Somewhere in a university laboratory, a young doctoral scholar is bent over a spectrometer at midnight, measuring isotopic ratios in geological samples that might one day help explain the tectonic formation of the Indian subcontinent-earning a Junior Research Fellowship of Rs.37,000 a month - a figure that rose from Rs.31,000 in January 2023 when the Department of Science and Technology revised stipends upward by 19% for JRF holders and 20% for Senior Research Fellows, who now receive Rs.42,000 a month from their third year onward. The revision, welcomed by scholars, nevertheless came with a reminder of what remains unaddressed: non-NET fellows - those without national eligibility certification - continue to receive ...