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 w...
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Allowance to visually challenged permanent teachers will be Rs.36000/- p.a. The amount is to be utilized for the following purposes:
Payment to Reader
Purchase of Braille Books/ Material
Purchase of recorded materials
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.
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.
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**PROCEDURE FOR APPLYING**
**Step 1**: Go to the [Prescribed Format (Page 09) ](chrome-extenhttps://www.ugc.gov.in/pdfnews/1112642_Person-with-Disability-guidelines.pdf)For Getting Financial Assistance Towards Visually Handicapped Teachers Of College.
**Step 2**: Fill out all the details.
**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 ](https://www.ugc.gov.in/oldpdf/ugc_act.pdf)are eligible to receive the grant.
**PROCEDURE FOR APPROVAL BY THE UGC**
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.
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...
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 rese...
**Offline**
**PROCEDURE FOR APPLYING**
**Step 1**: Go to the [Prescribed Format (Page 09) ](chrome-extenhttps://www.ugc.gov.in/pdfnews/1112642_Person-with-Disability-guidelines.pdf)For Getting Financial Assistance Towards Visually Handicapped Teachers Of College.
**Step 2**: Fill out all...