Post Matric Scholarship Students With Disabilities

DETAILS The scheme "Post Matric Scholarship Students With Disabilities" has been launched by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment for students with disabilities pursuing a post-matric qualification from UGC/AICTE recognized universities, i.e. students of Class 11th, Class 12th, including Polytechnics, Post-Matriculation Diploma/Certificates and Bachelor’s Degree/Diploma in India and Master’s Degree/Diploma. The students with the specified disabilities defined in Schedule of the "Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016" will be eligible under this scheme. This includes persons with visual, hearing, speech, loco-motor, mental retardation, and other disabilities. NOS is implemented offline by the DEPwD. At times SwDs are deprived of harnessing their latent skills and thereby miss the opportunity. This scheme aims to support SwDs to study further in order to prepare themselves to earn their livelihood and to find a dignified place for themselves in the society as they face several barriers physical, financial, psychological, mental in pursuing studies and living with dignity. BENEFITS Maintenance Allowance (₹ per Month): Group 1: All Bachelor’s/Post-Graduate Degree Courses in Medicine, Engineering/Technology, Planning/Architecture, Fashion Technology, Management, Business/Finance Administration, Computer Science/Applications, Agriculture, Veterinary and Allied Sciences; Hostellers – 1600/-; Day Scholars – 750/-. Group 2: Professional Courses leading to Degree / Diploma, Certificate in areas like Pharmacy (B.Pharma), LLB, BFS, other para-medical branches like Rehabilitation, Diagnostics etc., Mass Communication, Hotel Management & Catering, Travel/Tourism/Hospitality, Interior Decoration, Nutrition & Dietetics, Commercial Art, Financial Services (e.g. Banking Insurance, Taxation etc.); Hostellers – 1100/-; Day Scholars – 700/-. Group 3: All other courses leading to a Graduate Degree not covered under Group 1 and 2, e.g. BA/B.Sc/B.Com etc. Hostellers – 950/-; Day Scholars – 650/-. Group 4: All Post-Matriculation Level Non-Degree courses for which entrance qualification is High School (Class 10th), e.g. Senior Secondary Certificate (Class 11th and 12th), both general and vocational stream, ITI courses, 3-year diploma courses in Polytechnics etc. Hostellers – 900/-; Day Scholars – 550/-. Disability Allowances (₹/Annum): Visually Impaired – 4000/-. Hearing Impaired – 2000/-. Physically Disabled (OH) – 2000/-. Intellectual Disabilities – 4000/-. All other types of disability not covered above – 2000/-. Book Allowance: ₹1500/- per annum. ELIGIBILITY The applicant must be a student. The applicant must be pursuing a post-matric qualification, i.e. Class 11th, Class 12th, including Polytechnics, Post-Matriculation Diploma/Certificates and Bachelor’s Degree/Diploma in India and Master’s Degree/Diploma. The applicant must be disabled, with disability percentage of 40% or above. The Total Annual income of parents/guardians of the applicant (from all sources) must not exceed ₹ 2.50 Lakh per Annum. The applicant must not be availing any other scholarship by the govt. The applicant must not be the third sibling of the family who has been given this scholarship. Exclusions Scholarship will not be given to more than two students from a family. Provided in case the second child is a twin, the scholarship will be admissible to both. A scholarship holder under this scheme cannot hold any other scholarship or stipend. If any candidate furnishes false information / document and is established as false. An action will be initiated for recovery of the amount spent with 15% compound interest thereon. Also, such candidate will be blacklisted for future and appropriate legal action can be taken. If a student has to repeat a class, he/she would not get any scholarship for that class for a second (or subsequent) year.