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Financial Assistance to Meet the Funeral Expenses of Differently Abled Person

Financial assistance of ₹2,000 is provided to the legal heir of a deceased differently abled person to help cover funeral expenses. Eligibility requires that the deceased was a registered member of the Welfare Board for the Differently Abled, and the applicant must be their legal heir.

State Cash

States / UT: Tamil Nadu

Nodal department: Welfare of Differently Abled Persons Department

Scheme for: Individual

Scheme profile

DBT (direct benefit transfer): No

Categories: Social welfare & Empowerment

Sub-categories: Financial assistance

Target beneficiaries: Individual

Tags: Financial Assistance, Death, Disability, Funeral

Details

The scheme "Financial Assistance to Meet the Funeral Expenses of Differently Abled Person" was launched by the Department for the Welfare of Differently Abled Persons, Government of Tamil Nadu. In this scheme, financial assistance of ₹2,000/- is provided to the legal heir of the deceased differently abled person, to meet the expenses in connection with the funeral.

Benefits

  • Financial assistance of ₹2,000/- is paid to the legal heir of the deceased

Financial assistance of ₹2,000/- is paid to the legal heir of the deceased.

Eligibility

  1. The applicant should be the legal heir of the differently abled person.
  2. The differently abled person should be deceased.
  3. The differently abled person should have been a registered member of the Welfare Board for the Differently Abled".

Application Process

Offline

Step 1: The interested applicant should visit (during office hours) the District Differently Abled Welfare Officer and request a hard copy of the prescribed format of the application form from the staff exclusively entrusted to issue and collect filled-in applications.
Step 2: In the application form, fill in all the mandatory fields, and attach copies of all the mandatory documents (self-attest, if required).
Step 3: Submit the duly filled and signed application form along with the documents to the District Differently Abled Welfare Officer.
Step 4: Request a receipt or acknowledgement from the District Differently Abled Welfare Officer to whom the application has been submitted. Ensure that the receipt contains essential details such as the date and time of submission, and a unique identification number (if applicable).

Documents Required

No document list is available for this scheme yet.

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