Braille Equipment Provision
The "Braille Equipment Provision" scheme aims to empower persons with visual disabilities to live independently by supporting their writing, computing, mobility, and entertainment needs. Through this scheme, Braille equipment is manufactured and made available to individuals and institutions.
- Ministry / Department
- Department Of Social Welfare
- Level
- State
- Benefit type
- cash
What is Braille Equipment Provision?
The "Braille Equipment Provision" scheme aims to empower persons with visual disabilities to live independently by supporting their writing, computing, mobility, and entertainment needs. Through this scheme, Braille equipment is manufactured and made available to individuals and institutions.
- Benefit
- - **Subsidized Access of Braille Appliances:** Makes Braille equipment affordable by providing it at subsidized rates to visually impaired persons, special schools, and institutions.
- Level
- State — Uttarakhand
- Ministry / Dept.
- Department Of Social Welfare
- Benefit type
- cash
- Key eligibility
- - A person with visual impairment/ a Special School/ Organisation serving visually impaired persons shall be eligible under this scheme.
- Last verified
- Recently
Benefits
- **Subsidized Access of Braille Appliances:** Makes Braille equipment affordable by providing it at subsidized rates to visually impaired persons, special schools, and institutions.
Eligibility
Documents Required
How to Apply
Step 1: Offline application — step 1
Step 1: The interested applicant should fill in the order format with all required details such as item names, quantities, and rates, and submit it along with the payment through Bank Draft, NEFT, or RTGS. Step 2: The order will be confirmed after receiving the payment through Bank Draft/ NEFT/ RTGS in the name of Director NIVH, 116-Rajpur Road, Dehradun, along with 10% Packing charges extra on the actual cost of the appliances and Freight charges extra (as applicable). Rates are inclusive of 5% G.S.T. FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT: Workshop For Manufacturing Braille Appliances (MBA) National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Visual Disabilities (Divyangjan) 116-Rajpur Road, Dehradun - 248 001 (Uttarakhand) Phone: 0135 -2742145, 2744491 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Visit us at: www.nivh.gov.in
Sources & References
- Official scheme website ↗
- Source record ↗
- Information is summarised from official government sources. Verify all details on the official website before applying.
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