Scheme for Grant of Financial Assistance for Administering Road Safety Advocacy and Awards for Outstanding Work Done in the Field of Road Safety

What is this road safety advocacy and awards scheme?

The Scheme for Grant of Financial Assistance for Administering Road Safety Advocacy and Awards for the Outstanding Work Done in the Field of Road Safety is a scheme of the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH). It sits within the ministry's wider road safety effort, which aims to reduce road crashes, deaths and injuries through education, awareness and stronger road safety practices.

The scheme has two distinct arms:

• Grant-in-aid for road safety advocacy; financial assistance to eligible organisations, institutions and agencies that run road safety advocacy, awareness and education activities.
• Awards for outstanding work: recognition, through awards, of individuals and organisations that have done outstanding work in the field of road safety.

Because it combines institutional grants with a recognition award, this scheme is best understood as a support-and-recognition programme for the road safety ecosystem, not as a personal welfare benefit.

Why the scheme exists

India records a very high number of road crash deaths and injuries each year, and the government's road safety strategy rests on the four "E"s: education, engineering, enforcement and emergency care. Advocacy and awareness fall under the education pillar. Rather than run every campaign itself, the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways uses this scheme to support organisations already working on the ground, running awareness drives, training, publicity and community programmes — and to reward those whose work stands out. This is also why the ministry observes activities such as Road Safety Month/Week, during which many funded and awarded organisations run public campaigns.

What the advocacy grant typically supports

Advocacy grant-in-aid is generally aimed at activities such as road safety awareness campaigns, publicity and outreach material, training and workshops, and community education programmes. The exact list of eligible activities and cost norms is set in the scheme's current guidelines, which an applicant should confirm with the ministry before preparing a proposal.

Who is eligible for this scheme?

Who can apply / be considered:

• Registered organisations, institutions and agencies working on road safety can apply for grant-in-aid to run advocacy and awareness activity.
• For the awards arm, individuals and organisations that have done outstanding, documented work in road safety can be nominated or considered for recognition.

Who cannot apply:

• An ordinary individual citizen cannot apply for a personal cash benefit. The grant-in-aid is for organisations carrying out advocacy, not for personal use, so an individual is not eligible for a direct payment.
• Unregistered bodies without a track record or proper accounts generally do not qualify for grant-in-aid.

This distinction matters: the readers most likely to misunderstand this scheme are individuals expecting a road safety "benefit" for themselves. The scheme funds advocacy work done by organisations and rewards outstanding contributions; it does not pay individuals for using the roads safely.

What documents are required?

How to apply for the road safety advocacy grant

1. Confirm the current guidelines and eligibility for the scheme on the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways road safety pages at morth.gov.in/road-safety.
2. As a registered organisation, prepare a proposal setting out the road safety advocacy or awareness activity you plan to carry out, its reach and its budget.
3. Compile the supporting documents: registration certificate, governing body details, audited accounts and bank details.
4. Submit the proposal to MoRTH through the route specified in the current guidelines; for the awards arm, submit a nomination with documented evidence of the outstanding road safety work.
5. Await the ministry's examination and sanction: grant-in-aid and award money are approved case-by-case, and any amount is released to the sanctioned organisation's bank account.

How much benefit does the scheme provide?

The scheme does not have a single fixed benefit amount. Grant-in-aid for advocacy and the value of the awards are decided case-by-case by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, based on the proposal, the activity and the ministry's approval. Because published, current figures for the grant and the award money could not be confirmed from an official source at the time of writing, this guide deliberately does not state a specific rupee amount, an applicant should confirm the exact grant norms and award values directly with MoRTH.

Help and where to verify

• Ministry portal: morth.gov.in/road-safety

This is a niche institutional scheme with limited published detail. Verify the current guidelines, eligible activities, application route and any grant or award amounts directly with the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways before applying, and do not rely on unofficial figures.