Students who are physically and mentally handicapped (Divyang/Viklang/PWD) and want to get financial support for their education, are being provided by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India. You can get financial assistance by applying for the "Post Matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities 2019-20 ". The objective of this scholarship is to help the differently-abled students to earn their livelihood and become self-reliant, to make them a prestigious place in society by helping them in education. In this scholarship, 50 percent of seats are reserved for female students.
Online applications have been invited from students with disabilities for the academic session 2019-2020 for the Post Matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities 2019-20. This scholarship will be awarded under the guidelines issued by the Department of Disability Empowerment. Eligible and interested candidates can submit the online application form for scholarship https://www. scholarships.gov.in.
About Scholarship
According to the notification issued by the Department of Disability Empowerment, the conditions and eligibility have been fixed for this Post Matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities. According to which this scholarship is permissible only for Indian students studying in Post-Matric classes. The students having disabilities of less than 40 percent will not be eligible under this scheme. No more than 02 differently-abled children of a parent will be covered by this scheme, the scholarship will be payable for one academic year only.
If the student fails in the class then he will not be given a scholarship for the same class again. Students who are getting scholarship or stipend from any other source will not be given this facility. Funded by the Central Government or the State Government, students who are receiving training coaching in any such pre-examination training center will be not provided the benefits under this scheme.