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ScholarshipLast date to apply 31 Oct 2026

Post-Matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities 2026-27

Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD)

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What you get

• Paid by DBT. The listed ₹1,40,000 is the annual ceiling on the tuition and admission fee reimbursement, which is paid against the actual amount — the allowances below are on top of it.

Who can apply

• The scholarship covers every recognised post-matriculation or post-secondary course up to master's level, at a recognised institution or university.
• Parental income from all sources must not exceed ₹2,50,000 per year.
• ✓ Unusually, students studying by CORRESPONDENCE are eligible — the scheme counts distance and continuing education as correspondence and admits them. Most other scholarships on this portal exclude them.
• If you are employed, you are eligible only to the extent of reimbursement of compulsorily payable non-refundable fees, and your income is added to your parents' for the ceiling.

Which courses do NOT qualify

• Studying at the same stage of education you have already passed, in a different subject — a B.Com after a B.A., for instance — is not eligible.
• Studying two courses at once means the scholarship for one of them only, and only where the rules of the education authority permit pursuing both.
• ✓ But L.L.B, B.Ed and B.El.Ed after a B.A., B.Sc. or B.E. ARE eligible, even though they are second bachelor's degrees.
• ✓ And joining a recognised professional or technical certificate, diploma or degree course after failing or passing an undergraduate Arts, Science or Commerce examination is eligible.

Conditions that apply to every DEPwD scholarship

• Open only to Indian nationals with a benchmark disability — 40% or more, as defined in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 — holding a valid disability certificate from the competent authority.
• Not more than two children with disabilities of the same parents will be awarded. Where the second child is a twin, the scholarship is admissible to the twin as well.
• ⚠️ Scholarship for any one class is available for one year only. If you have to repeat a class, you do not get the scholarship for that class a second time.
• ⚠️ You may not hold any other scholarship or stipend at the same time as this one.
• 50% of the slots are reserved for female candidates. Where enough eligible women are not available, those slots pass to other candidates.
• ⚠️ The slot count includes RENEWALS. Fresh cases are considered only against the slots left over after every renewal has been processed — so meeting the eligibility criteria does not by itself entitle you to the scholarship. Slots can also be moved between the pre-matric, post-matric and Top Class components if one of them is under-subscribed.

How to apply

1. Apply online on the National Scholarship Portal (NSP) at https://scholarships.gov.in/ — it is the only route. Applications sent directly to the ministry or the institute are not accepted.
2. One Time Registration (OTR) comes first. You register once at https://scholarships.gov.in/otrapplication/ with Aadhaar-based e-KYC and get an OTR number, then use it for this and every other NSP scholarship, this year and in later years.
3. There is no application fee.
4. After you submit, your institute verifies the application, and then the district/state/ministry nodal officer verifies it. Both happen after the student deadline and neither is something you can do for them — submit early enough that they have time.

The deadlines that follow yours

• Your deadline is the first of four. The three after it belong to your institute and to the verifying officers, and the schedule is published by NSP.
• ⚠️ An application your institute never verifies is not an application. Submit early and then confirm with your institute that they have verified it.

Official documents & links

• Scheme guidelines (PDF, scholarships.gov.in) — Official notification · Official — scholarships.gov.in

These are the documents this page was written from. Where the government portal published a PDF, the copy above is the one we read — open it and check anything that matters to you.

See notification ↗ — Applications are submitted here, on the government's own site.

Frequently asked

What is the last date to apply for Post-Matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities 2026-27?

31 Oct 2026.

What is the minimum qualification for Post-Matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities 2026-27?

10th pass.

How do I apply for Post-Matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities 2026-27 quickly?

Check your eligibility on Filled in about thirty seconds; if eligible, Filled fills the official form from your saved profile — you review it and submit on the official portal yourself.

Last checked 5 Aug 2026

More live notifications

• National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship (NMMS) 2026-27 — for test-qualified students — apply by 31 Aug 2026
• Top Class Education Scholarship for Students with Disabilities 2026-27 — apply by 31 Oct 2026
• Pre-Matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities 2026-27 — apply by 31 Aug 2026
• PM-USP CSSS Scholarship for College and University Students 2026-27

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Also from Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD)

• Top Class Education Scholarship for Students with Disabilities 2026-27 — apply by 31 Oct 2026
• Pre-Matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities 2026-27 — apply by 31 Aug 2026