SCHOLARSHIPTCESD
What this is
Scholarship for Students with Disabilities, DNH & DD offers tuition fee reimbursement up to ₹1.9 lakh, maintenance allowance, book grant, laptop support, assistive devices, and special disability allowances for eligible UG/PG students in notified institutes. Income limit: ₹8 lakh p.a.
In detail
The Scholarship for Top Class Education for Students with Disabilities, DNH & DD provides financial assistance to students with disabilities pursuing Graduate and Post-Graduate Degree/Diploma courses in Institutes of Excellence notified by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, New Delhi. The scheme covers tuition fees up to ₹1.90 lakh per annum, maintenance allowance, book allowance, computer/laptop support, assistive devices, and special allowances related to disabilities. Students with annual family income up to ₹8 lakh are eligible.
Who qualifies
- The applicant must belong to DNH&DD.
- The applicant must be a student with disability.
- The applicant must be pursuing Graduate or Post-Graduate Degree/Diploma courses.
- The applicant must be studying in the Institutes of Excellence notified by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, New Delhi.
- The applicant’s annual family income should not exceed ₹8 lakh.
- The applicant should meet the admission criteria of the respective institution.
What you get
- Reimbursement of admission and tuition fees up to ₹1.90 lakh per annum.
- Maintenance allowance: ₹3,000/- per month for day scholars and ₹1,500/- per month for hostellers.
- Book allowance of ₹5,000/- per annum.
- One-time laptop/computer grant up to ₹45,000/- in the first year.
- One-time assistive devices grant up to ₹30,000/-.
- Special disability-related allowances such as reader, escort, or helper allowance up to ₹2,000/- per month.
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Provenance
| schemeName | Scholarships for Top Class Education for students with Disabilities, DNH & DD | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| schemeOpenDate | ... | not published at source |
| schemeCloseDate | ... | not published at source |
| nodalMinistryName | ... | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| dbtScheme | False | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| achievement data | ... | no source publishes this for any central scheme |