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EACW

Educational Allowances to the Children of Widows
PuducherryIndividualState/ UTNo start date
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What this is

“Educational Allowances to the Children of Widows” by the Dept of Women & Child Development, Govt of Pondicherry, was introduced to provide financial assistance (₹25 to ₹125) for the education of poor widows' children up to higher secondary or equivalent.

In detail

Launched in 2010, the scheme “Educational Allowances to the Children of Widows” by the Department of Women & Child Development, Government of Pondicherry, was introduced to provide financial assistance for the education of poor widows' children up to higher secondary or equivalent. Through this scheme, an annual amount ranging from ₹25 to ₹125 is given based on the student's standard.

Who qualifies

  • The applicant should be a citizen of India.
  • The applicant should be a native of the Union Territory of Pondicherry by birth or continuous residence for not less than 3 years.
  • The applicant should be a widow.
  • The annual income of the applicant should not exceed ₹24,000.
  • The child of the applicant should be a Student.
  • The child of the applicant should have obtained not less than 50% marks in every class.

What you get

Financial assistance ranging from ₹25 to ₹125 for the purchase of textbooks, notebooks, etc.

Listed by myScheme
Documentation completeness
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Eligibility published here420 characters
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Benefit amount published hereamount or quantity stated
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Description more than a name256 characters
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Implementing agency published herefield absent from the record
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How to apply published hereoffline mode declared, no URL needed
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Start date published herenot published
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End date published hereno end date recorded, so indefinite by omission
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Stored links well-formedall parse
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Not expired while still listedno end date
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Provenance

Every field above, and where it came from
schemeNameEducational Allowances to the Children of WidowsmyScheme · 2026-09-02
schemeOpenDate...not published at source
schemeCloseDate...not published at source
nodalMinistryName...myScheme · 2026-09-02
dbtSchemeFalsemyScheme · 2026-09-02
achievement data...no source publishes this for any central scheme