The
Board of Trustees of the Trust Fund for Empowerment of Persons with
Disabilities increased the fresh scholarships from 1000 to 1500 per year
under the Scholarship Scheme (Trust Fund) here today. The Comptroller
and Auditor General of India chaired the meeting of the Board.
Laptop
will be provided to all the Students with Disabilities now. The Board
of Trustees decided that Laptop shall be provided to Orthopedically
Handicapped (OH) students as an aids and appliances once in life time
upto estimated cost of Rs.40,000/-(Rupees Forty Thousand only). Till
now, this facility was available to Hearing Handicapped and Visually
Handicapped students only.
It was also
decided in the meeting that the advance funds for the year will be made
available to NHFDC in the beginning of financial year for award of
scholarships to students with disabilities without any delay.
The
Scholarship Scheme for the Students with the Disabilities is being
implemented by NHFDC, Department of Disability Affairs, Ministry of
Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India.
The
Secretary, Law & Justice and Secretary, Ministry of Finance are
other members of the Trust. The Joint Secretary, Department of
Disability Affairs is the Member Secretary.
CMD,
National Handicapped Finance & Development Corporation (NHFDC)
along with senior officials were also present in the meeting.
Source : India Education Diary , 15th may 2013
Sir mai Government polytechnic lucknow me pdai krta hu aur mai handicapped hu kya hme laptop milega
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