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17.8 INCIDENTAL JOURNEY ALLOWANCE:

The prescribed Incidental journey allowance is US $ 20/- (twenty only) or its equivalent in
Indian Rupees.

17.9 EQUIPMENT ALLOWANCE:

The prescribed equipment allowance is Rs. 1500/- (Rupees one thousand five hundred only).
17.10 POLL TAX:

Actual will be paid, wherever is applicable.

17.11 VISA FEES:

Actual visa fees will be paid in Indian Rupees.

17.12 FEES:

Tuition fees as per actual will be admissible.

17.13 MEDICAL INSURANCE PREMIUM:
Actual as charged will be admissible.

17.14 COST OF AIR PASSAGE:

Air passage grant on actual basis from India to the nearest place to the educational institution
and back to India, by economy class and shortest route in arrangements with the national
carrier, shall be provided.

17.15 LOCAL TRAVEL:

Second or Coach Class railway fare from the port of disembarkation to the place of study and
back. In case of far flung places not connected by rail, bus fare(s) from the place of residence to
the nearest railway station, actual charge of crossing by ferry, air fare to the nearest rail-cum-
air Station and/ or second class railway fare by the shortest route to the port of embarkation
and back will be permissible.

For attending interviews by the candidates at the place decided by the Government of India,
the second-class fare/ordinary class bus fare from the city of their place of residence to the city

in which the interviews for selection have been decided by the Government of India will be
permissible.
17.16 EARNING FROM RESEARCH/TEACHING ASSISTANCESHIP:

The awardees are permitted to supplemented their prescribed allowance by undertaking

Research/Teaching Assistantship upto US$ 2400/- (US dollars two thousand four hundred) per
annum and for awardees in United Kingdom, GBP 1560/- (Great Britain Pound One Thousand
Five Hundred Sixty only) per annum and beyond these prescribed ceilings, their annual
maintenance allowance under the scheme will be correspondingly reduced by the DEPwD.

17.17 DURATION OF AWARD WITH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE:

The prescribed financial assistance is provided up to completion of the course/ research or the
following period, whichever is earlier:-

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