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Persons With Disabilities Scheme In Colleges: Financial Assistance To Visually Challenged Teachers

The Scheme has been formulated to help visually challenged permanent teachers to pursue teaching and research with the help of a Reader and by using teaching and learning aids by way of providing Reader’s Allowance and funds for the purchase of Braille books, recorded materials etc.

Ministry / Department
Ministry Of Social Justice and Empowerment
Level
Central
Benefit type
cash
Last verified: Recently

What is Persons With Disabilities Scheme In Colleges: Financial Assistance To Visually Challenged Teachers?

The Scheme has been formulated to help visually challenged permanent teachers to pursue teaching and research with the help of a Reader and by using teaching and learning aids by way of providing Reader’s Allowance and funds for the purchase of Braille books, recorded materials etc.

Benefit
Allowance to visually challenged permanent teachers will be Rs.36000/- p.a. The amount is to be utilized for the following purposes: 1. Payment to Reader 1. Purchase of Braille Books/ Material 1. Purchase of recorded materials 1. Any other related/ required material/equipment for research, teaching, and learning. The amount payable to Reader shall not exceed Rs.50/- per hour. The College shall reimburse the amount to visually challenged teachers on receipt of the actual amount received by the Reader and actual expenditure incurred by the visually challenged teacher subject to a maximum of Rs.36000/- per annum. Bills, in original, will be required to be submitted by the teacher to the college. However, these are not required to be submitted to the UGC. The scheme will end with the Plan period.
Level
Central
Ministry / Dept.
Ministry Of Social Justice and Empowerment
Benefit type
cash
Key eligibility
All the visually challenged teachers who are working in colleges in India, which are included under [Sections 2(f) and 12B of the UGC Act](https://www.ugc.gov.in/recog_college.aspx#:~:text=**%20Apart%20from%20inclusion%20of,funds%20from%20the%20Central%20Government.), are covered under the scheme.
Last verified
Recently

Benefits

Allowance to visually challenged permanent teachers will be Rs.36000/- p.a. The amount is to be utilized for the following purposes: 1. Payment to Reader 1. Purchase of Braille Books/ Material 1. Purchase of recorded materials 1. Any other related/ required material/equipment for research, teaching, and learning. The amount payable to Reader shall not exceed Rs.50/- per hour. The College shall reimburse the amount to visually challenged teachers on receipt of the actual amount received by the Reader and actual expenditure incurred by the visually challenged teacher subject to a maximum of Rs.36000/- per annum. Bills, in original, will be required to be submitted by the teacher to the college. However, these are not required to be submitted to the UGC. The scheme will end with the Plan period.

Eligibility

All the visually challenged teachers who are working in colleges in India, which are included under [Sections 2(f) and 12B of the UGC Act](https://www.ugc.gov.in/recog_college.aspx#:~:text=**%20Apart%20from%20inclusion%20of,funds%20from%20the%20Central%20Government.), are covered under the scheme.Area: IndiaBenefit: cash

Documents Required

    How to Apply

    1. Step 1: Offline application — step 1

      PROCEDURE FOR APPLYING

    2. Step 2: Offline application — step 2

      Step 1 : Go to the Prescribed Format (Page 09) For Getting Financial Assistance Towards Visually Handicapped Teachers Of College.

    3. Step 3: Offline application — step 3

      Step 2 : Fill out all the details.

    4. Step 4: Offline application — step 4

      Step 3 :The proposal may be sent directly to the respective Regional Offices of the UGC along with the proposal for the Twelfth Plan showing a consolidated list of all the visually challenged teachers in the Institute including self-financing colleges covered under 12(B) of the UGC Act, 1956 are eligible to receive the grant.

    5. Step 5: Offline application — step 6

      PROCEDURE FOR APPROVAL BY THE UGC

    6. Step 6: Offline application — step 7

      The UGC would analyze and approve the proposal at its own level. Once the proposal is approved, the first installment of the admissible grant will be released by the UGC.

    7. Step 7: Offline application — step 9

      RELEASE OF GRANT BY THE UGC

    8. Step 8: Offline application — step 10

      The first installment will be released with the letter of approval. However, subsequent installments would be paid on receipt of the Utilization Certificate of the previous grant together with the Statement of Expenditure incurred in the previous year. Details pertaining to visually challenged teachers be appended with it.

    9. Step 9: Offline application — step 12

      PROFORMA FOR SUBMITTING THE PROPOSAL

    10. Step 10: Offline application — step 13

      The Colleges are requested to submit their proposal in the prescribed format only.

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