Destitute / Disabled Children

Financial Assistance to Destitute Children Scheme(FADC)

21-10-2024

Introduction:

This is a State Scheme under which parents/guardians of the children upto the age of 21 years who are deprived of proper care because of the death or long imprisonment of their parents, long illness or mental retardation, are paid financial assistance subject to the maximum for two children of one family as per eligibility criteria laid down in the scheme.

Eligibility Criteria:

i.) Child under twenty-one years of age who has been deprived of parental support or care by reason of death, continued absence from the home of his father for the last 2 years, or father/mother has been sentenced imprisonment for a period not less than one year or physical or mental incapacity of a parent.

ii.) Income of parents/guardians should not exceed ` 2,00,000 per annum;

iii.) Benefit up to two children of a family only

Benefits:

₹900 per month per child subject to the maximum for two children of one family (w.e.f 01-11-2017).

How To Apply

Through E-disha Center, Atal Seva Kendra