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1.7 According to Census 2011, there were 2.68 crore persons with disabilities in India who
constituted 2.22 per cent of the total population. This includes persons with visual, hearing,
speech, loco-motor, mental retardation, and other disabilities. Details of persons with disability
in India, by type of disability, as per Census 2011 are as below:

Number of Persons with Disabilities as per Census, 2011

Type of Disability Population (in Crore) Percentage (%)
Loco motor 0.55 20
Visual 0.50 19
Hearing 0.51 19
Speech 0.20 07
Mentally Retarded 0.15 06
Mentally ill 0.07 03
Multiple 0.21 08
Other Disabilities 0.49 18
Total 2.68 100

1.8 The No. of slots in Pre-matric, Post-matric and Top Class Education have been distributed
among all the States and Union Territories on the basis of percentage of population of PwDs of
that State/ in comparison to the total PwD population of India as per the 2011 Census, though

students with the new disabilities included in the RPwD Act will also be considered within this
slot till the next Census, if otherwise eligible.
1.9 There are six components of the umbrella scheme of "Scholarships for Students with

Disabilities" as mentioned below:-

1. Pre-matric Scholarship for SwDs (For Class IX & X)
2. Post-matric Scholarship for SwDs (For Class XI to Post-graduate Degre e/ Diploma)
3. Top Class Education for SwDs (For Graduate and Post-graduate Degree/Diploma in
notified institutes of excellence in education)
4. National Overseas Scholarship (For Master's Degree/Ph.D. in Universities abroad)
5. National Fellowship for PwDs (For M.Phil and Ph.D. in Indian Universities
6. Free Coaching for SwDs (For recruitment examinations for Group A & B and entrance
examinations for admission in technical and professional courses)

2. CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY:

The general conditions of eligibility of all the components of the scheme are given below:

(i) The scholarships are open to nationals of India only.
(ii) All the six scholarships are applicable to students with disabilities with more than 40°/o
disability and having a valid certificate of disability as prescribed under rules issued by
the competent authority. Disability is as defined in "Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Act, 2016.
(iii) Not more than two children with disabilities of the same parents will be entitled to

receive benefits of the scheme. Provided in case the second child is a twin, the scholarship
under this scheme will be admissible to both the twins.

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