Award of honorarium to the extent of Rs. 250/- per lecturer could be granted by Secretary AR&DB & in exceptional circumstances, Chairman AR&DB could approve honorarium to the extent of Rs. 500/- per lecture subject to a ceiling of Rs. 35,000/- per annum.

In case a lecturer is required to send, in advance, extensive lecture notes including camera ready copies, he may be reimbursed expenses at the rate of Rs. 25/- per page to the maximum of Rs. 500/- provided the lecture notes are at least 10 pages, excluding Annexure / figures / tables.

In case of foreign participants to Intensive short courses / workshop organised by AR&DB, invited lectures could be paid a token honorarium of US $ 100 per course and if considered essential they could also be reimbursed to the extent to $ 200 per preparation of camera ready copies of lecture notes. The payment in this regard would be made in rupees only.