Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department

All Compulsory and non-refundable fees, payable to Govt./Govt aided schools and colleges are sanctioned as scholarship along with maintenance allowance.

Fees fixed by the committee are also exempted for the students studying in self financing colleges. These students are also sanctioned maintenance allowance

Maintenance Charges:

Day Scholars: Rs.230/- to Rs.550/- per month.

Hostellers: Rs.380/- to Rs.1200/- per month.

1. Students studying beyond 10th Std.
2. Parent / Guardian’s Annual income is upto Rs.2.50 lakhs (Gross income of all sources will be taken into account)
3. SC/ST Students only

1. Head Master / College Principal / District Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Officer.
2. For the students studying in other States, Personal Assistant to Director of Adi Dravidar Welfare, Chennai -05

Children of those parents engaged in unclean occupation such as Scavenging, Tanning, Flaying, Waste Picking.

Maintenance Allowance:

Day Scholars: Scholarship Rs.110/- Per month(From 1st Std to 10th Std), Adhoc Grant – Rs.750/- P.A

Hostellers : Rs.380/- to Rs.1200/- Per month

1. No Caste or Religion
2. No income limit

Day Scholars – Scholarship Rs.1500/- Per month, Adhoc Grant – Rs.750/- P.A

Hostellers: Scholarship Rs.3500/- Per month, Adhoc Grant – Rs.1000/- P.A

1. Parent / Guardian’s Annual income is upto Rs.2 lakhs
2. SC/ST Students only

For degree / polytechnic courses Rs.7500/- P.A
Post graduate / professional courses Rs.8000/- P.A

1. The SC/ST/SCC students who are staying in institutional Hostels
2. Parents / Guardian annual income should not exceed Rs.2 Lakhs
3. Students staying in other college hostels rather than Government hostels.

Who aspire to take up research studies in aboard in the field of: Engineering, Technology and other,
Science disciplines are encouraged to go abroad to study Ph.D

1. The Parents / Guardian annual income should not exceed Rs.3 Lakhs
2. Students belonging to scheduled castes / Scheduled tribes/ Converts to Christianity community

1. Students belonging to scheduled castes / scheduled Tribes
2. Parents / Guardian annual income should not exceed Rs.2 Lakhs

All compulsory and non refundable fees payable to Government and Government aided institutions
along with maintenance allowance are sanctioned as scholarship.

From the academic year 2012-2013 onwards, fees fixed by the committee are also exempted studying in self-financing colleges.
These students are also sanctioned with maintenance allowance.

Maintenance Charges:

Day Scholars: Rs.100/- to Rs.175/- per month

Hostellers: Rs.175/- to Rs.350/- per month

1. Should be scheduled castes converted to Christianity.
2. Parent / Guardian annual income is upto Rs. 2 lakhs.
3. In respect of Government servants, DA should not be included while reckoning income.

1. Adi Dravidars/ Tribals
2. No Income Limit
3. Adi Dravidars converted to Chirstianity, Studying in Government, corporation Municipal, Adi Dravida/Tribal Welfare schools those who get high marks in X Standard public examinations.

1. Adi Dravidars/ Tribals
2. No Income Limit
3. Adi Dravidars converted to Chirstianity, Studying in Government, corporation Municipal, Adi Dravida/Tribal Welfare schools those who get high marks in Vth Standard examinations.

1. From 3rd std to 5th std – Rs.500/- Per annum.
2. For 6th std. – Rs.1000/- per annum.
3. For 6th & 8th std. – Rs.1500/- per annum.
4. The money is deposited in their mother’s respective post office savings A/C or in Students’s Bank A/c.

1. No income limit
2. Applicable to girl students studying in Government and Government aided schools.
3. Adi Dravidar / Tribal Girls only

1. Advertisement will be published in the leading dailies in the month of April/May
2. The best 10 writers from Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes/ Adi Dravidar converted to Christianity will be selected to award the prize.
3. One candidate from other communities will also be selected. Total 10+1 = 11 writers.
4. The selected best writers will be awarded Rs.40,000/- for their writings.

1. The applicant should be a law graduate.
2. The applicant should be a member of the Tamil Nadu Bar Council.
3. No Income limit
4. Age limit 25 to 45 years.
5. The applicant should be a SC/ST.
6. One time in life.

1. No income limit.
2. All Adi Dravidars, Tribals and Adi Dravidar converted to Christianity students studying in Government / Government aided institutions.

1. No income limit.
2. All Adi Dravidars, Tribals and Adi Dravidar converted to Christianity students.

1. No income limit.
2. All Adi Dravidars, Tribals and Adi Dravidar converted to Christianity students.

1. No income limit.
2. All Adi Dravidars, Tribals and Adi Dravidar converted to Christianity students studying from 6th to 12th in Adi Dravidar Welfare Department Schools.

1. No income limit.
2. All Adi Dravidars, Tribals and Adi Dravidar converted to Christianity students studying in standards X and XII
   studying in Government, Government aided, Corporation, Municipal, Adi Dravidar Schools / Government Tribal Residential Schools
3. Graduate and post Graduate students studying in Government / Government aided colleges.

1. Proposals to be sent to the Director of Adi Dravdiar , Chennai.
2. For Application / Registration fee, Institutions should send proposals to concerned District Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Officer.

1. Scheduled Castes, Scheduled tribe, scheduled Castes Converted to Christianity students studying from 4th Std. to College.
2. Distance between the school and Residence should be more than 5 kms(this does not apply for girls)
3. Parents / guardian income limit Rs.2 lakhs P.A

All Boys / Girls boarders staying in thehostels are provided bed Sheets once in two years.

1. Scheduled Castes, Scheduled tribe, scheduled Castes Converted to Christianity students

An amount of Rs.50/- month per students for school hostels and Rs.75/-month per students for college/ITI hostels is given for soap and oil.

1. Scheduled Castes, Scheduled tribe, scheduled Castes Converted to Christianity students

SpecialMeals Fee for the Hostel Staying school students both boys and gitls, Rs.20/-per month. Similarly for the college students both boys and firls Rs.40/- permonth. (Pongal, Republic Day, Tamil New year, Independence Day, Deepawali)

1. Scheduled Castes, Scheduled tribe, scheduled Castes Converted to Christianity students

UnderGovernment hostels of Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare there are 36 subsidisedhostels run by voluntary organisations. Students studying in these hostelsare provided.

Food charges, Miscellaneous Expenses, Atlas, Dictionary, Mat, Bedsheet, Uniform and Stitching charges by this department.

1. SC
2. ST
3. SCC Students studying in private subsidy hostels.

The SC & ST (POA)Act-2015 and Rules – 2016 to prevent atrocities on the SCs and STs. To protect SC and ST against the riots.

1. A sum of Rs.8.25 Lakhs maximum is awarded as compensation for the family who lost life in the riots.
2. Basic pension to the widow or other dependents of deceased persons belonging to SC or ST amounting to Rs.5000 per month as applicable to a Government servant with admissible D.A and employment to one of the family members of the deceased and provision of agricultural land and house, etc.

A Village where Untouchability is not followed and people are living harmoniously.

1. Adi Dravidar, Tribal families who do not own a house or house site.
2. Annual income ceiling Rs.40000/- in rural areas and Rs.60000/- in Urban areas.
3. Should be a SC/ST

1. Adi Dravidar, Tribal habitation without drinking water facilities.

1. Adi Dravidar, Tribal habitation without burial ground and pathway to burial ground facilities.

1. Adi Dravidar, Tribal , Adi Dravidar Converted to Christianity families.
2. Income ceiling Rs.40000/- in rural areas and Rs.60000/- in urban areas.