To provide financial support through scholarships to students with benchmark disabilities studying in classes below IX, in order to assist with their educational needs and related expenses.
a. Maintenance Allowance (Per Month):
1. Day Scholars: ₹500
2. Hostellers: ₹800
b. Book Grant (Per Annum): ₹1,000
c. Disability Allowance (Per Annum):
1. Visually Impaired: ₹4,000
2. Hearing Impaired: ₹2,000
3. Orthopedically Handicapped (OH): ₹2,000
4. Intellectual Disabilities: ₹4,000
5. Other types of disabilities: ₹2,000
a. The applicant must be a student studying in a class below IX (i.e., Class I–VIII)
b. Must have benchmark disability of 40% or more as per RPwD Act, 2016
c. Must be a resident of West Bengal
d. Age: Below 18 years
e. The total annual income of parents/guardians must not exceed ₹2,00,000/-
f. The applicant must not be receiving any other government scholarship
g. Only two siblings from the same family can receive this scholarship; third sibling is not eligible
Not applicable. The application is accepted only through online mode.
a. Recent passport-size photograph
b. Proof of age
c. Certificate of Disability (issued by competent authority)
d. Income Certificate
e. Tuition Fee Receipt
f. Last academic qualification certificate
g. Bank details of the applicant or parent/guardian