Financial Assistance to Non-School Going Disabled Children

What is the Financial Assistance to Non-School Going Disabled Children scheme?

Financial Assistance to Non-School Going Disabled Children is a state-funded monthly allowance run by the Directorate of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of Haryana. The scheme supports families raising a child whose disability is severe enough that the child cannot attend school, a training centre or any form of formal education, and who therefore needs supervision and care at home for most of the day.

According to the Directorate of Social Justice and Empowerment, the scheme has been operational since 2008-09 and the current rate is Rs 2,600 per month per child, with effect from 1 November 2025. That figure follows a revision from Rs 2,400 announced along with the wider Haryana social security pension increase of Rs 200 a month. Payment is made by Direct Benefit Transfer, so no cash changes hands at any office and no agent is involved.

What the scheme is designed to do

• Recognise that a severely disabled child who cannot go to school imposes a full-time care burden on one adult in the household, usually the mother.
• Give that household a predictable monthly income floor for nutrition, medicines, physiotherapy, nappies and transport to hospital.
• Bridge the gap until the child turns 18 and becomes eligible for the Haryana Divyang Pension Scheme.
• Identify beneficiaries from the Parivar Pehchan Patra database rather than through repeated door-to-door document collection.

The scheme is often searched for in Haryana as the "viklang bachchon ki pension" or the non-school going handicapped children allowance, but the department's current official name is Financial Assistance to Non-School Going Disabled Children.

Who is eligible for the non-school going disabled children allowance?

A child can receive the allowance if all of the following are true:

• The child is aged 0 to 18 years on the date of application.
• The child is unable to attend formal education or training because of the nature and severity of the disability.
• The family is a domicile of Haryana and is residing in Haryana State.
• A medical certificate issued by the Civil Surgeon of the district records one of the recognised conditions: intellectual disability with an IQ not exceeding 50, or a disability percentage of 70 percent and above, or cerebral palsy, or autism, or multiple disability.
• The child and the parent or guardian appear in a verified Parivar Pehchan Patra.

A child is not eligible and the family cannot apply if:

• The child has crossed 18 years of age. At that point the correct application is the Haryana Divyang Pension Scheme, not this scheme.
• The child is attending a school, special school or training institution. Regular attendance defeats the purpose of the scheme, which is for children outside education altogether.
• The certified disability is below the recognised threshold, for example an intellectual disability certificate showing an IQ above 50 with an overall disability under 70 percent.
• The family is not domiciled in or resident in Haryana.
• No Civil Surgeon certificate exists. A certificate from a private hospital or a private psychologist's IQ report on its own is not accepted; the district medical authority has to issue it.

A point families frequently get wrong: the certificate must state the condition in the department's own terms. An IQ score written informally on a prescription pad will not clear verification. Ask the Civil Surgeon's office to issue the certificate on the standard disability certificate format, with the percentage and the condition both written on it.

What documents are required?

A practical warning that applies to every Haryana pension scheme: fix the Parivar Pehchan Patra first. The single most common reason a case stalls is a PPP record that does not carry the child's disability status, still shows an old address, or lists the child under a different family. Update it at meraparivar.haryana.gov.in and wait for the verification to show as complete before filing the pension application.

How to apply for the non-school going disabled children allowance online

1. Update the Parivar Pehchan Patra at meraparivar.haryana.gov.in so that the child's name, date of birth and disability status are recorded and verified in the family record.
2. Obtain the medical certificate from the Civil Surgeon of your district, showing the condition and the disability percentage in the prescribed format.
3. Open the Antyodaya-SARAL portal at saralharyana.gov.in and register with your mobile number and email address, or sign in to an existing account.
4. Choose Apply for Services, search for the Social Justice and Empowerment Department service for financial assistance to non-school going disabled children, and open the form.
5. Enter the Family ID, the child's Aadhaar number, the certificate number and percentage, the residence details and the bank account particulars.
6. Upload the scanned Civil Surgeon certificate, age proof, residence proof and bank passbook page within the file size limits the form displays.
7. Submit the form and save the Application Reference ID shown on screen and sent by SMS.
8. Wait for verification by the District Social Welfare Officer, who checks the certificate and the PPP record before sanction is issued.

How to apply offline

1. Visit the nearest SARAL Kendra, Common Service Centre or the District Social Welfare Office with the original documents and one photocopy set.
2. Ask the operator to file the application on the Antyodaya-SARAL portal on your behalf. The counters run the same system, so nothing is lost by applying in person.
3. Give the OTP or biometric confirmation where the form asks for it, and collect the printed acknowledgement carrying the Application Reference ID.

Antyodaya-SARAL counters operate at district and tehsil level. That matters here because the applicant is a child who often cannot travel, and the parent files the case alone.

How much is paid and for how long?

The allowance is Rs 2,600 per month per eligible child, effective 1 November 2025. Payment reaches the Aadhaar-seeded bank account of the child, or a joint account with the parent or guardian, by Direct Benefit Transfer once sanction is issued.

Assistance continues month after month without any annual re-application, as long as the child remains under 18, remains resident in Haryana, and the medical certificate on record remains valid. Where the Civil Surgeon issued a certificate for a fixed period, renew it before it expires, an expired certificate stops the credit even though the child's condition has not changed.

On the child turning 18, this assistance ends and the beneficiary becomes eligible to apply for the Haryana Divyang Pension Scheme, which pays Rs 3,200 per month to persons aged 18 and above with a certified disability of 60 to 100 percent. That transition is not automatic in practice, so families should file the Divyang pension application in the month the child turns 18 rather than waiting for the department to switch it.

How to check application and payment status

1. Open saralharyana.gov.in and enter your Application Reference ID in the Track Application Status box on the home page.
2. Alternatively, sign in to the SARAL account used for the application and open Track Application Status for the full case history.
3. Once sanction is issued, check the bank passbook or account statement first if a monthly credit does not arrive. A sanctioned case with no credit is almost always a bank-seeding problem rather than a rejection.

SMS and email alerts are sent at each stage, so keep the registered mobile number active and in the applicant family's own hands.

Why applications get rejected, and how to fix them

• PPP income or disability field not updated, correct it at meraparivar.haryana.gov.in and file a fresh application afterwards.
• Certificate not issued by the Civil Surgeon — a private hospital report is not accepted; get the district certificate reissued.
• Certificate below the threshold, an IQ above 50 combined with a disability under 70 percent does not qualify under this scheme.
• Child recorded as enrolled in school, the scheme is only for children outside formal education and training.
• Bank account not Aadhaar-seeded, so the DBT credit fails even after sanction. Visit the branch and complete seeding.
• Name mismatch between the Aadhaar, the certificate and the bank record. Reconcile all three to the same spelling before reapplying.

Grievance and contact route

• District Social Welfare Officer of your district is the first authority for verification disputes and sanction delays.
• Antyodaya-SARAL helpline: 0172-3968400, for portal, tracking and application status problems.
• Directorate of Social Justice and Empowerment, Haryana, at socialjusticehry.gov.in, for scheme policy and notification questions.
• Parivar Pehchan Patra grievances are handled separately at meraparivar.haryana.gov.in, and must be settled before the pension case moves.

Applying is free. No agent, operator or middleman can charge a fee for adding a child's name to the beneficiary list, and no government official will ask for your OTP or bank password.