dhepune.gov.in 2016-17 Post Matric Scholarship For Students Disabilities : DHE Pune

Organization : Directorate of Higher Education (DHE Pune)
Scholarship Name : Post Matric Scholarship For Students Disabilities 2016-17
Applicable For : Disabled Students

Website : https://www.dhepune.gov.in/index.php/
Apply Online : http://www.scholarships.gov.in/

Post Matric Scholarship For Students Disabilities:

The scholarship amount will be directly credited into the account of the beneficiaries through PFMS system by the Department of Empowerment ofPersons with Disabilities

Related :
DHE Pune 2016-17 CSS Central Sector Scholarship : www.scholarships.net.in/9554.html

Allowances depending on disabilities of the student:
A. Reader Allowance for blind Scholars:
Rs.240/- per month for all the groups of courses.

B. Transport Allowance:
Rs.160/- per month for disabled students, if such students do not reside in the hostel, which is within thepremises of educational institution. The disability as per the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 is defined as blindness, low-vision, leprosy cured, hearing impairment, locomotors disability, mental retardation and mental illness.

C. Escort Allowance:
Rs.160/- per month for severally handicapped day scholar students with low extremity disability.

D. Special Allowance:
Rs.160/- per month is admissible to any employee of the hostel willing to extend help to a severely orthopedically handicapped student residing in hostel of an educational institution, who may need the assistance of a helper.

E. Coaching Allowance: Rs.240/- per month towards extra coaching to mentally retarded and mentally ill students.

The provisions in (B) to (D) will also apply to such leprosy-cured students

Procedure of Application & Selection:
a) The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities will announce the details of the scheme and invite applications by issuing an advertisement in the leading newspapers and through the websites and other media outfits. Applications will be called for through National e-Scholarship Portal (www.scholarships.gov.in).

b) The applicants should submit their application through the online system within the last date prescribed for receipt of applications. All requisite documents like photograph, proof of age, disability certificate, income certificate of the parent, etc. duly filled in the prescribed format will be required to beuploaded in the on-line system.

c) The institutions in which the candidate is studying shall also register itself in the same website and verify the details provided by the candidates. The nodal officer nominated by the State shall oversee all the applications and process the same the State Government who shall forward the final list in PFMS portal for disbursal of scholarship amount to the beneficiaries.

d) Final selection will be done by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities based on the recommendations of the concerned Department of the State Government considering, inter alia, the no. of slots available to that particular State. The no. of slots available to any State is decided on the basis of percentage of population of PWDs of that State in comparison to the total PWD population of India.

e) In case a candidate is a permanent resident of one State but studying in another State, his application will be considered under the slot of his home State and his application needs the recommendation of the Education/Welfare Department of theState of which he is a permanent resident.