Differently Abled Welfare Schemes
Schemes for the Differently Abled Persons
| SNo. | Scheme Name |
|---|---|
| A. | Identification |
| B. | Special education |
| C. | Training and employment |
| D. | Educational And Employment Reservation |
| E. | Aids and Appliances for Differently Abled persons |
| F. | Maintenance allowance |
| G. | Marriage assistance |
| H. | Travel concession to the differently abled persons |
| I. | Other schemes |
| J. | Tamilnadu differently abled welfare board schemes |
| S.No | Scheme | Application / Where & How to apply |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | National Identity card for the Differently abled persons with Disability Certificate Disability Certificate will be issued to those who have morethen 40% Disability and Differently Abled Welfare Board Certifficate will be issued to the above age of 10 years. Required documents : 4 Pass port size photos , copy of Aadhar and Ration card. |
Application (PDF 55 KB) |
| 2. | Unique Identity Card For the Differently abled Persons (UDID) Required Documents; Disablity Certificate, Adhar Card, Passport Size Photo to be apply online in the given website. Further details contact District Differently Abled Welfare Officer, Villupuram |
Click Here |
| 3. | Types of differently abled persons 1. Blindness2.Low vision 3.hearing Impairment 4.Locomotor disability 5.Leprosy cured 6.Dwarfism 7.Intelletually disabled 8.Mental illness 9.Spectrum Disorder – Autism 10.Celebral palsy 11.Muscular dystrophy 12.Acid attacked victim 13.Learning disabilities 14.parkinson;s disease 15.hemophilia 16.Thalassemia 17.Sickle cell disease 18.speech and language disability 19.Multiple sclerosis 20.Multiple disability 21.Hard of Hearing. |
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| S.No | Scheme | Application / Where & How to apply |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Scholarship ( 1st std to 8th std students ) from Rs.1000 to Rs.3000 | Application (PDF 429KB) |
| 2. | Scholarship ( 9th std to 12 std and ITI) Rs.4000 | Application (PDF 331KB) |
| 3. | Scholarship ( Graduation and Post Graduation students) Rs.6000 to Rs.7000 | Application (PDF 624KB) |
| 4. | Readers allowance to visually impaired persons (9th Std to Post Graduation) Rs.3000 to Rs.6000 | Application (PDF KB) |
| 5. | Government of India scholarship ( 9th std to Ph.d Students) Rs.7000 to Rs.1,00,000/- to be apply by online. | Click Here |
| 6. | Degree courses for the hearing impaired students B.Com and B.C.A. degree courses are run by presidency college , Chennai. | DDAWO office, Villupuram |
| 7. | Assistance to law graduates Rs.10000 for purchase of books | Application (PDF 304KB) |
| 8. | Cash incentive scheme to prevent dropouts from schools ( Government high school for hearing impaired Suramangalam Villupuram). | DDAWO office, Villupuram |
| 9. | Supply of Braille books to visually impaired students (Govt. Special school for visullay Impaired, Sevvaipettai Villupuram). | DDAWO office, Villupuram |
| 10. | Salary grant to special educators and physiotherapist to the government recognized Special Schools after completion of 5 years of recognition. | DDAWO office, Villupuram |
| S.No | Scheme | Application / Where & How to apply |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Training on Multimedia, photography and Editing at National Film Development Corporation, Egmore, Chennai. Phone No. 044 28191203, 044 28192506 |
DDAWO office, Villupuram |
| 2. | Fitter training to Speech and Hearing impaired persons will be given in Government Industrtial Training Institute, Guindy, Chennai Ulundurpet and Nagerkovil | Click Here |
| 3. | Unemployment allowance to the differently abled persons Rs.600 to Rs.1000 per month 18 years and after 1 year completion registration will be given Contact : Deputy Director, District Employment office, Gorimedu, Villupuram Phone number 0427-2401750 |
Application |
| 4. | Self employment Three fourth subsidy and maximum off Rs.25000 recommended to nationalized banks up to 45 years. | Application (PDF KB) |
| 5. | Motorized sewing machines to Locomator differently abled, Hearing impaired, Mild intellectual disabled and Parents of 75% severely affected intellectually disabled persons. | Application (PDF KB) |
| 6. | Without Interest Loan assistance from National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation (NHFDC) through District Central co-operative bank, Villupuram, Urban and Rural Cooperative Banks. | Application (PDF 137KB) |
| 7. | Skill training | Click Here |
| 8. | Unemployed Youth Employment Generation Programme (UYEGP) through District industrial centre. 30% subsidy given to the differently abled For more information : Manager, District Industrial Centre, 5 Roads, SIDCO Industrial Estate , Villupuram . Ph no. 0427 2448505 |
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| 9. | Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) through District Industrial centre, Villupuram. 30% to 40% subsidy given to the differently abled. For more information : Manager, District Industrial Centre, 5 Roads, SIDCO Industrial Estate , Villupuram.Ph no. 0427 2448505 |
Click Here |
| 10. | Training on book binding to visually impaired at Govt. school for Visually challenged , Poonthamalli, Chennai. Ph no.044 26272080 | DDAWO office, Villupuram |
| 11. | Rs.50,000 subsidy and deposit for starting of Aavin milk outlets for the differently abled | Application (PDF 310KB) |
| S.No | Scheme | Application / Where & How to apply |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 5% Reservation in educational institutions and in employment | DDAWO office, Villupuram |
| 2. | Financial assistance to differently abled persons to appear in main examination conducted by upsc / tnpsc Group-I | DDAWO office, Villupuram |
| 3. | 4% Reservation in government, government under taking and Govt. aided institutions | DDAWO office, Villupuram |
| S.No | Scheme | Application / Where & How to apply |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tricycle | Application (PDF 165KB) |
| 2. | Wheel chairs | |
| 3. | Calipers and crutches | |
| 4. | Artificial limbs | |
| 5. | Modular artificial limbs | |
| 6. | Special wheel chairs for cerebral palsied persons | |
| 7. | Goggles | |
| 8. | Retrofitted petrol scooters | Application (PDF 682KB) |
| 9. | Battery operated wheel chairs | Application (PDF 165KB) |
| 10. | Special spectacles in Black colour | |
| 11. | Braille watches | |
| 12. | Magnifier for visually impaired students | |
| 13. | Reflecting folding sticks / smart cane | |
| 14. | Special hearing aids | |
| 15. | Mobile therapy unit | DDAWO office, Villupuram |
| S.No | Scheme | Application / Where & How to apply |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Maintenance allowance to 40% and above intellectual disabled persons Rs. 1500/- | Application (PDF 491KB) |
| 2. | Maintenance allowance to 75% and above severely disabled persons Rs.1500/- | |
| 3. | Maintenance allowance for persons affected 40% and above with muscular dystrophy Rs. 1500/- | |
| 4. | Maintenance allowance for 40% and above leprosy cured persons Rs.1500/- |
| S.No | Scheme | Application / Where & How to apply |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Marriage assistance to normal persons marrying visually impaired persons | Application (PDF 1.1MB) |
| 2. | Marriage assistance to normal persons marrying locomotor differently abled persons | |
| 3. | Marriage assistance to normal persons marrying Speech and Hearing impaired persons | |
| 4. | Marriage assistance to differently abled persons marrying differently abled persons (for Degree /Diploma holders Rs.50000 cash and 8 Gm gold coins and others Rs.25000 cash and 8 gm gold coins) |
| S.No | Scheme | Application / Where & How to apply |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Free Travel Concession for Visually Impaired persons within the District District Diffferently Abled Welfare Officer, Villupuram | Application (PDF 252KB) |
| 2. | Free Travel Concession to differently abled persons from residence to schools, colleges and hospitals District Diffferently Abled Welfare Officer, Villupuram | Application (PDF 806KB) |
| 3. | 75 % travel concession in state owned transport corporation, Mofussil buses National Identity Card Xerox to be handeover to the conductor at the time of travel. | DDAWO office, Villupuram |
| 4. | 75 % travel concession to severely affected persons with escort National Identity Card Xerox and escort medical certificate form to be handeover to the conductor at the time of travel. | Application (PDF 1.22MB) |
| S.No | Scheme | Application / Where & How to apply |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Registration of complaints under persons with disabilities act, 2016 | Director for Welfare of the Differently Abled Person, Kamarajar Salai, Cheennai 600 005. |
| 2. | Appointment of Legal guardians to special categories of differently abled persons under National Trust Act, 1999. Intelectual Disability, Autism, Cerebral Palsy and Multiple Disability persons with above 18 years to be apply online.Conatact: Ecomwel Orthopaedic centre, Near RC church,Tharamangalam, Villupuram.Ph 9443251703 and District Diffferently Abled Welfare Officer, Villupuram. | Click Here |
| 3. | Appointment of Limited guardians for severely affected persons categories not covered under National Trust Act, 1999. Conatact: District Diffferently Abled Welfare Officer, Villupuram. | Application (PDF 28KB) |
| 4. | State awards by Govt. of Tamilnadu on International Differently Abled Day for the service of Diffently Abled persons | Application (PDF 92KB) |
| 5. | Govt. of India National Award on International Differently Abled Day for the service of Diffently Abled persons | Application (PDF 582KB) |
| 6. | State awards on Independence day for the service of Diffently Abled persons | Application (PDF 60KB) |
| 7. | Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance scheme upto Rs.5.00 lakhs No income limit for differently abled persons family and Health Insurance can used for whole diferently Abled persons family.Contact room no 114 , collector campus, Villupuram | Click Here |
| 8. | Rs.31250 subsidy for purchase of petrol scooters by the differently abled working women | Click Here |
| S.No | Scheme | Application / Where & How to apply |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Accident death relief for differently abled up to Rs.100000.00 | Application (PDF 341KB) |
| 2. | Accident relief causing disabilities up to Rs.25000.00 | Application (PDF 319KB) |
| 3. | Financial assistance to meet the funeral expenses of a differently abled persons upto 17000.00 | Application (PDF 334KB) |
| 4. | Scholarship to son and daughter of differently abled persons Rs 1000 to Rs.6000.00 | Application (PDF 460KB) |
| 5. | Marriage Assistance Rs.2000.00 | Application (PDF 344KB) |
| 6. | Assistance for delivery / miscarriage of pregnancy / termination of pregnancy to female differently abled person. up to Rs.6000.00 | Application (PDF 379KB) |
| 7. | Reimbursement for purchase of spectacles for visually impaired persons Rs. 500 | Application (PDF 245KB) |