Laptop Purchase Assistance Scheme — Gujarat Labour Welfare Board

What is the Laptop Purchase Assistance Scheme of the Gujarat Labour Welfare Board?

The Laptop Purchase Assistance Scheme; in Gujarati, the Laptop Kharid Sahay Yojana: is an education support scheme of the Gujarat Labour Welfare Board (GLWB), which functions under the Labour, Skill Development and Employment Department of the Government of Gujarat. The Board operates under the Bombay Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1953, and funds its schemes from the Labour Welfare Fund contributions collected from factories and establishments in the organised sector.

The Board's stated objective for this scheme is to encourage the children of workers and to reduce the financial burden that follows education. The specific gap it fills is real: a student who clears Class 12 and joins an engineering, medical, pharmacy, architecture or design programme is immediately expected to own a laptop, and that is a Rs 40,000 to Rs 60,000 outlay landing in the same month as the first semester fee.

According to the scheme conditions published on the Sanman portal, the assistance is calculated by taking a laptop price ceiling of Rs 50,000 and paying 50 per cent of that amount or Rs 25,000, whichever is lower. In practice that means Rs 25,000 is the maximum any student can receive, and a cheaper laptop attracts half its actual price.

Key features

• Maximum assistance: Rs 25,000, against a price ceiling of Rs 50,000.
• Eligibility trigger: 70 or more overall percentile in the Class 12 board examination of the year 2026.
• Course condition: admission to a professional or designing course.
• Timing: laptop bought in the same year as the board exam, application within 6 months of the bill date.
• Application route: online on sanman.gujarat.gov.in.

Who is eligible for the Labour Welfare Board laptop assistance?

Your child can claim the assistance if:

• The student passed the Class 12 board examination in 2026 with an overall percentile of 70 or more.
• The student has taken admission to a professional or designing course.
• The parent works in a factory or establishment located in Gujarat, and that establishment has been depositing the Labour Welfare Fund contribution for the parent at the Board's office for the last one year.
• The laptop was purchased in the student's own name.
• The laptop was bought in the same year in which the board examination was taken, and the application is filed within 6 months of the bill date.

Your child cannot apply, or is not eligible, if:

• The student has taken admission abroad. The Board's conditions state clearly that students who have obtained admission outside India do not get the benefit of this scheme.
• The student scored below 70 percentile overall in Class 12.
• The parent's employer has not paid the Labour Welfare Fund for the last one year, or the parent works outside the organised sector covered by the Bombay Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1953.
• The laptop bill is in the parent's name or in any name other than the student's.
• The laptop was bought in a different year from the board examination, or more than 6 months have passed since the bill date.
• The student joined a course that is not a professional or designing course.

A note on the reference year: the Board rewrites the year in the condition each cycle, so the published condition names the 2026 board examination for the current round. Always read the live condition on the Sanman portal before buying a laptop on the strength of this scheme.

What documents are required for the laptop assistance scheme?

The Board's own instruction on attachments is short and absolute: all evidence relating to the application must be uploaded, and a bonafide certificate is specifically named. Upload readable scans; an unreadable bill is treated the same as a missing bill.

How to apply for the laptop purchase assistance online

1. Buy the laptop in the student's name, in the same year as the board examination, and keep the GST invoice showing the student's name and the dealer's GST number.
2. Open sanman.gujarat.gov.in and register as a new citizen user, or log in if the family already has an account. Registration uses the Aadhaar number and a mobile number for OTP.
3. Select the Gujarat Labour Welfare Board (GLWB) scheme list and choose Laptop Purchase Assistance Scheme.
4. Fill the application with the student's details, Class 12 percentile, course and institution, and the parent's employer details including the establishment through which the Labour Welfare Fund is paid.
5. Upload every document — laptop bill, Class 12 marksheet, bonafide certificate, admission proof, parent's Labour Welfare Fund proof, bank passbook and Aadhaar.
6. Submit the application within 6 months of the bill date and save the application number shown on screen.
7. Track the application on the Sanman portal and respond to any objection raised, within the 60-day window allowed.

How to apply offline

1. Visit the office of the Welfare Commissioner, Gujarat Labour Welfare Board, Shramyogi Kalyan Bhavan, "G" Colony, opposite the water tank, Sukhramnagar, Ahmedabad 380021, or the Board's regional office covering your district.
2. Ask for the scheme's application form, fill it and attach photocopies of all the documents listed above.
3. Submit the form and get the receipt. Board staff will enter it on the Sanman portal, which is where the file is then processed.

The Board's own guidance is that the Sanman portal is the route for scheme benefit applications, so use the offline counter only if you cannot apply online.

How is the assistance amount calculated?

Take the laptop price, cap it at Rs 50,000, then pay 50 per cent, subject to an absolute ceiling of Rs 25,000.

• Laptop costing Rs 70,000 → capped at Rs 50,000 → assistance Rs 25,000.
• Laptop costing Rs 50,000 → assistance Rs 25,000.
• Laptop costing Rs 36,000 → assistance Rs 18,000.

The amount is paid to the student's bank account after sanction. There is no instalment structure; the assistance is a one-time payment against one purchase.

How to check your Sanman application status

1. Open sanman.gujarat.gov.in and use the Application Status option on the home page, or log in with your citizen credentials.
2. Enter the application number issued when you submitted the form.
3. Read the stage carefully. If the status shows an objection, open the objection text. It names the exact document that is missing.

Why laptop assistance applications get rejected

• Bill in the parent's name instead of the student's name.
• Bill older than 6 months at the time of application, or a laptop bought in a year other than the board exam year.
• Percentile below 70, or a marksheet that shows percentage rather than the overall percentile the Board asks for.
• Course is not professional or designing, a general BA, BCom or BSc admission does not meet the condition.
• Admission abroad, which is an express disqualification.
• Labour Welfare Fund not paid by the parent's establishment for the last one year, or paid to a different office.
• Objection not complied with in 60 days. The Board's condition is that an application returned under objection is filed away if the shortfall is not made good within 60 days, and that an application resubmitted three times for the same reason without the documents asked for is also filed away.

Two practical points follow from that last rule. First, respond to the very first objection completely rather than uploading one document at a time. Second, read the objection text before resubmitting, because three resubmissions for the same cause end the application.

Help and grievance redressal

• Gujarat Labour Welfare Board toll-free helpline: 1800-233-1961, for queries on registration, Labour Welfare Fund payment and scheme benefits.
• Board office: Shramyogi Kalyan Bhavan, "G" Colony, opposite the water tank, Sukhramnagar, Ahmedabad 380021, phone 079-22773304, 079-22773305 and 079-22773306.
• Portal: sanman.gujarat.gov.in for application filing and status.

The Board's conditions record that the final decision on assistance rests with the Welfare Commissioner, and that the jurisdiction for any dispute is Ahmedabad. There is no application fee, and no agent can charge for getting this assistance sanctioned.