The scheme “Grant of Transport Allowance to Differently Abled Persons” was launched by the Department of Social Welfare, Government of Puducherry. In this scheme, a fixed sum ₹ 300/- per month shall be paid as Transport Allowance to the differently abled individuals.
“Supply of Invalid Carriages (Motorized Tri-cycles) to the Persons With Disabilities” by the Dept of Social Welfare, Govt of Puducherry is introduced to supply invalid carriages (motorised tricycles) free of cost to the differently abled persons engaged in gainful employment or pursuing education.
The scheme “Supply of Prosthetic Appliances to Differently Abled Persons” was launched by the Department of Social Welfare, Government of Puducherry. In this scheme, prosthetic appliances are supplied to differently-abled persons free of cost to minimize the mobility challenges experienced by them.
The scheme “Grant of Financial Assistance to Differently Abled Person” by the Department of Social Welfare, Government of Puducherry was introduced to provide monthly financial assistance to Persons with Disability to maintain their minimum standard of living.
Saksham is a Scholarship Scheme by the Ministry of Education, implemented by AICTE, aimed at providing encouragement and support to specially-abled children to pursue technical education. This is an attempt to give every young specially-abled student the opportunity to study further.
The scheme provides an additional pension to 100% disabled ex-servicemen who were members of the Armed Forces & have been released from service due to 100% disability or permanent incapacity to work, provided the disability or incapacity is attributable to service.
This scheme provides loans up to ₹10,00,000/- to the persons with disabilities for agricultural production, irrigation, horticulture, sericulture, the purchase of agricultural machinery and equipment for agricultural services, and the marketing of agricultural products etc.
Under this scheme, loans up to ₹25,00,000/- are provided to professionally educated unemployed disabled youth who fall under the OH, VH, HH, or MR categories, at different interest rates ranging from 4.5% to 8% per annum.
The scheme offers loans up to ₹50 lakhs for self-employment to disabled persons in sectors like Agriculture, Small Business/Artisan & Traditional Occupations, Transport & Service Sectors, etc. Eligible individuals can access loans with interest rates ranging from 5% to 9% per annum.
Under this scheme, financial assistance of ₹21,000/- is provided for the marriage of each dependent daughter of war-disabled ex-servicemen whose disability has been assessed above 50%, for up to two daughters who are at least 18 years old.
Under the scheme, financial assistance of ₹3,000/- per month shall be granted only to those Disabled Ex-Servicemen who are bonafide residents of Haryana State, who were discharged from the Armed Forces on medical grounds, and whose disability is not attributable to service.
The objective of this scheme is to increase the mobility of all eligible PwDs of the state by providing them artificial limbs/assistive devices. The scheme provides artificial limbs/assistive devices worth up to ₹6,900/- to PwDs of 40% or more, provided they meet the other eligibility criteria.
The scheme is implemented by the Higher Education Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh, aims to provide financial support for PhD research to differently-abled students. Eligible candidates receive ₹16,000/- per month, which is directly transferred to their bank accounts.
The objective of this scheme is to provide government assistance for pilgrimage to the senior citizens & Persons with Disabilities (PwDs), who are residents of Chhattisgarh, to visit one or more of the various designated pilgrimage sites outside the state, once in their lifetime.
The objective of the scheme is to increase the mobility of persons with disabilities by reducing impact of their disabilities. The scheme provides artificial limbs/assistive devices worth up to ₹6,900/- to persons with disabilities of 40% or more, provided they meet the other eligibility criteria.
Launched on 1st April 2009, the scheme “Indira Gandhi National Disabled Pension Scheme” is a pension scheme by the Department of Social Welfare, Govt of Madhya Pradesh. In this scheme, a pension of ₹600/- is provided to differently-abled individuals from ‘Below Poverty Line’.
The “Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS)” provides ₹300/- per month to disabled persons (80% or more disability) aged 18 and above. After age 80, the amount increases to ₹500/-. Dwarfs are also eligible.
The scheme “Distress Relief Fund for the Differently Abled (Medical Treatment)” was launched by the Department of Social Justice, Government of Kerala.
The scheme “Matru Jyothi – Financial Assistance for PwD Mothers” was launched by the Department of Social Justice, Government of Kerala.
The objective of this scheme is to uplift the status of the girls with disabilities in the rural areas & also to make them reliant by paying incentives in the form of Attendance Scholarship to these girls.