District Differently Abled Welfare
District Differently Abled Welfare Office,
Botanical Garden Road, Udhagamandalam-643001.
Telephone Number:- 0423-2440725
Email ID:- ddawonlg[at]gmail[dot]com
| S.No. | Scheme Name |
|---|---|
| A. | Identification |
| B. | Early intervention centre |
| C. | Special education |
| D. | Training and employment |
| E. | Educational And Employment Reservation |
| F. | Aids and Appliances for Differently Abled persons |
| G. | Maintenance allowance |
| H. | Marriage assistance |
| I. | Homes |
| J. | Travel concession to the differently abled persons |
| K. | Other schemes |
| L. | 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 more than 40% Disability and Differently Abled Welfare Board Certificate will be issued to the above age of 10 years. Required Documents: 4 Passport size photos, copy of Aadhar and Ration card. Every Friday Disability Certificate camp will be held at Government Hospital, The Nilgiris |
Application (PDF 55KB) |
| 2 | Unique Identity Card For the Differently abled Persons (UDID) Required Documents; Disability Certificate, Adhar Card, Passport Size Photo to be apply online in the given website. Further details contact District Differently Abled Welfare Officer, The Nilgiris |
www.svanlambancard.gov.in |
| 3 | Types of differently abled persons 1. Blindness, 2. Low vision, 3. Hearing Impairment, 4. Locomotor disability, 5. Leprosy cured, 6. Dwarfism, 7. Intellectually disabled, 8. Mental illness, 9. Spectrum Disorder – Autism, 10. Cerebral palsy, 11. Muscular dystrophy, 12. Acid attacked victim, 13. Learning disabilities, 14.parkinson;s disease, 15. Haemophilia, 16.Thalassemia, 17.Sickle cell disease, 18. Speech and language disability, 19. Multiple sclerosis, 20.Hard of Hearing, 21. Multiple Disability. |
List of Certifying Authority (PDF 46KB) |
| S.No | Scheme | Application / Where & How to apply |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Early Intervention Centre for Infants and young children with Hearing ImpairmentShanthi Neethi Kendra, centloorse church Road, Kotagiri.
Contact No; 04266-273187 |
DDAW Office, The Nilgiris |
| 2 | Early Intervention Centre for the Intellectual Disabled ChildrenNial’s Coan Trust, 3-1079, Puthurvayal Road, kammathi, Sri Madurai(p), Gudalur, The Nilgiris.
Contact No; 04262-226256 |
DDAW Office, The Nilgiris |
| S.No | Scheme | Application / Where & How to apply |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scholarship ( 1st std to 8th std students ) from Rs.1000 to Rs.3000 | Application (PDF 137KB) |
| 2 | Scholarship ( 9th std to 12 std and ITI) Rs.4000 | Application (PDF 210KB) |
| 3. | Scholarship ( Graduation and Post Graduation students) Rs.6000 to Rs.7000 | Application (PDF 193KB) |
| 4 | Readers allowance to visually impaired persons (9th Std to Post Graduation) Rs.3000 to Rs.6000 | Application (PDF 193KB) |
| 5 | Government of India scholarship ( 9th std to Ph.d Students) Rs.7000 to Rs.1,00,000/- to be applied by online. | https://scholarships.gov.in |
| 6 | Degree courses for the hearing impaired students B.Com and B.C.A. degree courses are run by presidency college, Chennai. |
DDAW Office, The Nilgiris |
| 7 | Assistance to law graduates Rs.10000 for purchase of books | Application (PDF 99KB) |
| 8 | Cash incentive scheme to prevent dropouts from schools ( Government high school for hearing impaired, Botanical Garden Road, The Nilgiris) | DDAW Office, The Nilgiris |
| 9 | Salary grant to special educators and physiotherapist to the government recognized Special Schools after completion of 5 years of recognition. | DDAW Office, The Nilgiris |
| 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 |
DDAW Office, The Nilgiris |
| 2 | Fitter training to Speech and Hearing-impaired persons will be given in Government Industrial Training Institute, Guindy, Chennai Ulundurpet and Nagerkovil |
www.skilltraining.tn.gov.in/DET |
| 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, Additional Collectorate Campus, Finger Post, The Nilgiris Phone number:0423-244044 |
Application |
| 4 | Self-employment Three fourth subsidy and maximum off Rs.25000 recommended to nationalized banks up to 45 years. | Application (PDF 115KB) |
| 5 | Motorized sewing machines to Locomotor differently-abled, Hearing impaired, Mild intellectual disabled and Parents of 75% severely affected intellectually disabled persons. | Application (PDF 112KB) |
| 6 | Without Interest Loan assistance from National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation (NHFDC) through District Central co-operative bank, The Nilgiris, Urban and Rural Cooperative Banks. | Application |
| 7 | Skill training | www.skilltraining.tn.gov.in/DET |
| 8 | Unemployed Youth Employment Generation Programme (UYEGP) through District industrial centre.
30% subsidy given to the differently-abled |
https://www.msmeonline.tn.gov.in /uyegp/ |
| 9 | Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) through the District Industrial Centre, The Nilgiris. 30% to 40% subsidy given to the differently-abled. For more information: Manager, District Industrial Centre, Elklhill road, The Nilgiris.Ph no. 0423-2443947 |
www.kviconline.gov.in/pmegp.jsp |
| 10 | Training on book binding to visually impaired at Govt. school for Visually challenged, Poonthamalli, Chennai.
Ph no.044 26272080 |
DDAW Office, The Nilgiris |
| 11 | Rs.50,000 subsidy and deposit for starting of Aavin milk outlets for the differently-abled | Application |
| S.No | Scheme | Application / Where & How to apply |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5% Reservation in educational institutions and in employment | DDAW Office, The Nilgiris |
| 2 | Financial assistance to differently-abled persons to appear in main examination conducted by UPSC / TNPSC Group-I | DDAW Office, The Nilgiris |
| 3 | 4% Reservation in government, government undertaking and Govt. aided institutions | DDAW Office, The Nilgiris |
| S.No | Scheme | Application / Where & How to apply |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tricycle | Application (PDF 151KB) |
| 2 | Wheel chairs | Application (PDF 151KB) |
| 3 | Callipers and crutches | Application (PDF 151KB) |
| 4 | Artificial limbs | Application (PDF 151KB) |
| 5 | Modular artificial limbs | Application (PDF 151KB) |
| 6 | Special wheel chairs for cerebral palsied persons | Application (PDF 151KB) |
| 7 | Goggles | Application (PDF 151KB) |
| 8 | Retrofitted petrol scooters | Application (PDF 151KB) |
| 9 | Battery operated wheel chairs | Application (PDF 151KB) |
| 10 | Special spectacles in Black colour | Application (PDF 151KB) |
| 11 | Braille watches | Application (PDF 151KB) |
| 12 | Magnifier for visually impaired students | Application (PDF 151KB) |
| 13 | Reflecting folding sticks / smart cane | Application |
| 14 | Special hearing aids | Application |
| 15 | Mobile therapy unit | DDAW Office, The Nilgiris |
| S.No | Scheme | Application / Where & How to apply |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maintenance allowance to 40% and above intellectual disabled persons Rs. 1500/- | Application (PDF 158KB) |
| 2 | Maintenance allowance to 75% and above severely disabled persons Rs.1500/- | Application (PDF 158KB) |
| 3 | Maintenance allowance for persons affected 40% and above with muscular dystrophy Rs. 1500/- | Application (PDF 158KB) |
| 4 | Maintenance allowance for 40% and above leprosy cured persons Rs.1500/- | Application (PDF 158KB) |
| S.No | Scheme | Application / Where & How to apply |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marriage assistance to normal persons marrying visually impaired persons | Application (PDF 338KB) |
| 2 | Marriage assistance to normal persons marrying locomotor differently-abled persons | Application (PDF 338KB) |
| 3 | Marriage assistance to normal persons marrying Speech and Hearing-impaired persons | Application (PDF 338KB) |
| 4 | Marriage assistance to differently-abled persons marrying differently-abled persons | Application (PDF 338KB) |
| (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 | Homes for the Female Intellectual affected persons above the age of 14 years Nial’s Coan Trust, 3-1079, Puthurvayal Road, kammathi, Sri Madurai(p), Gudalur, The Nilgiris. Contact No; 04262-226256 |
DDAW Office, The Nilgiris |
| S.No | Scheme | Application / Where & How to apply |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Free Travel Concession for Visually Impaired persons within the District District Differently Abled Welfare Officer, The Nilgiris |
Application (PDF 198KB) |
| 2 | Free Travel Concession to differently-abled persons from residence to schools, colleges and hospitals District Differently Abled Welfare Officer, The Nilgiris |
Application (PDF 247KB) |
| 3 | 75 % travel concession in state-owned transport corporation, Mofussil buses National Identity Card Xerox to be handover to the conductor at the time of travel. |
DDAW Office, The Nilgiris |
| 4 | 75 % travel concession to severely affected persons with the escort National Identity Card Xerox and escort medical certificate form to be handover to the conductor at the time of travel. |
Application (PDF 211KB) |
| 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, Chennai 600 005. |
| 2 | Appointment of Legal guardians to special categories of differently-abled persons under the National Trust Act, 1999. Intellectual Disability, Autism, Cerebral Palsy and Multiple Disability persons with above 18 years to be apply online. Contact: Bethel Institute Of Basic Level Education, Ph.No:9442731519 and District Differently Abled Welfare Officer, The Nilgiris. |
http://www.thenationaltrust.gov.in/ content/innerpage/guardianship.php |
| 3 | Appointment of Limited guardians for severely affected persons categories not covered under the National Trust Act, 1999. Contact:: District Differently Abled Welfare Officer, The Nilgiris. | Application |
| 4 | State awards by Govt. of Tamilnadu on International Differently Abled Day for the service of Differently Abled persons | Application (PDF 583KB) |
| 5 | Govt. of India National Award on International Differently Abled Day for the service of Differently Abled persons | Application (PDF 93KB) |
| 6 | State awards on Independence day for the service of Differently Abled persons | Application (PDF 60KB) |
| 7 | Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance scheme up to Rs.5.00 lakhs No income limit for differently-abled persons family and Health Insurance can be used for whole differently abled persons family.Contact: collector campus, The Nilgiris | www.cmchistn.com |
| 8 | Rs.31250 subsidy for purchase of petrol scooters by the differently-abled working women, Project Director, women Project office > Additional Collectorate campus, Finger Post, The Nilgiris | www.tamilnadumahalir.org/tnatws.html |
| S.No | Scheme | Application / Where & How to apply |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accident death relief for differently-abled up to Rs.100000.00 | Application (PDF 102 KB) |
| 2 | Accident relief causing disabilities up to Rs.25000.00 | Application (PDF 84 KB) |
| 3 | Financial assistance to meet the funeral expenses of differently-abled persons up to 17000.00 | Application (PDF 98 KB) |
| 4 | Scholarship to son and daughter of differently-abled persons Rs 1000 to Rs.6000.00 | Application (PDF 142 KB) |
| 5 | Marriage Assistance Rs.2000.00 | Application (PDF 95 KB) |
| 6 | Assistance for delivery/miscarriage of pregnancy/termination of pregnancy to female differently-abled person. up to Rs.6000.00 | Application (PDF 113 KB) |
| 7 | Reimbursement for purchase of spectacles for visually impaired persons Rs. 500 | Application (PDF 66 KB) |