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This scheme aims at providing funds to participate in events such as exhibitions, melas, fairs, etc. to sell the products made by PwDs. The scheme also provides an incentive to the Registered Organisation (RO) based on the sales turnover of the products made by PwDs.
I. Support for participation in events
The National Trust shall fund RO participation in national, regional, state and district level events such as fairs, exhibitions, melas etc. for marketing and selling products prepared and services rendered by PwDs. However, at least 51% of employees of these work centres should be PwDs with disabilities covered under National Trust Act.
RO shall submit the proposal for each of the events in which it would want to participate as per the processes mentioned subsequently in this process. This scheme would not include any permanent stalls allotted to the National Trust.
National Trust shall also fund (up to INR 10,000 in a year) RO if they have prepared and distributed brochures in any event.
II. Incentive on Sales turnover
The National Trust shall also provide an incentive to RO against the sale of products and services prepared by PwDs on an annual basis after verification by any one of the following namely District Collector (DC) or District Magistrate (DM) or Local Level Committee (LLC) or Social Welfare Officer.
RO have to ensure that major part of the incentive should be distributed to PwDs or used for the betterment of PwDs like improving their skills and taking measures to improve their productivity etc.. Please note that the National Trust will not ask for the details or proof of utilization of the incentive.
III. Validity of Scheme Enrolment
Scheme enrolment shall be valid only for the concerned Financial Year. Once, current financial year is over, RO should enrol again in Prerna scheme to avail benefits of the scheme.
For example, if the RO registers for Prerna in September 2016, the enrolment will be valid till 31st March 2017 and if it registers for Prerna in April 2016, the enrolment will be valid till 31stMarch 2017.
Sr. No. | Category | Amount (in INR) | Frequency of funds disbursement |
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1 | Support for Participation in events |
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One time allocation of fund per event |
2 | Incentive on Sales Turnover | The incentive will be 10% of the total sales turnover of products prepared and services rendered by PwDs | One time at the end of each Financial year |
3 | Reimbursement against design, printing and distribution of new brochures | 10,000 | One time at the end of each Financial year |
The National Trust will provide funding to the RO for Prerna scheme under following two heads:
I. Support for participation in events
This is a one-time payment that will be provided to ROs to participate in national, regional, state and district level events.
II. Incentive on Sales turnover
A one-time incentive at the end of the year will be provided to the RO against the sale turnover of the products and services provided by the PwDs. Sales turnover for only those products and services shall be considered which are from work centres where minimum 51% of working persons are PwDs with the National Trust disabilities.
Incentive can only be claimed on the products or services of those work centres that are run by the RO applying for the Prerna scheme or work centre run by any other RO of the National Trust.
III. Brochure Reimbursement
If any RO designs and prints a new brochure, it is eligible to claim the cost incurred for the brochure designing and printing, provided the following conditions are met:
Filter criteria for applying under the new schemes is as under:
Note: Unless the Registered Organisation fulfill the above criteria, he / she can not apply under the scheme
A. Eligibility of RO
Eligibility criteria for RO
RO should fulfil all of the following eligibility criteria to enroll for Prerna scheme:
S. No. | Eligibility Criteria | Required Documents |
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1. | Applicant should be registered with the National Trust | Valid Registration certificate under the National Trust Act. |
2. | RO should have minimum 2 years of experience of working with Person with Disability (PwD) with at least one year of experience in one of the four disabilities under National Trust Act | Declaration by the RO detailing the work |
3. | RO should not be blacklisted by the National Trust or any other government organization on the date of submission of scheme enrolment form | Declaration by the RO |
4. | RO should be registered under the PWD Act on the date of submission of scheme enrolment form | Registration proof/certificate |
Eligibility of Work Centre
Eligibility criteria for the Work centres
The work centres should fulfill the below mentioned criteria to be enrolled in Prerna:
I. Enrolment Process for RO
RO Enrolment (first approval) process
RO enrolment process defines the steps to be followed while enrolling for Prerna Scheme on an annual basis. It also details out the required information and documents at each step and timelines for each activity wherever applicable.
STEP 1. The NGO registered with the National Trust logs in to the National Trust website.
STEP 2. RO shall submit online application form along with the application fee of Rs.1000 and follow the procedure as described below:
Note:
*Following documents have to be submitted/ uploaded by RO for enrolment purpose:
STEP 3. After the National Trust receives the application form, the documents are verified. If there is information/document which is wrongly submitted or is missing and is to be submitted again, the RO is given 15 days’ time to submit the same.
STEP 4. The final decision on the application/proposal is taken after completing all necessary formalities and processes. Based on the verification of documents, if the RO meets scheme criteria and requirements, the application is approved. In case there is any discrepancy, RO is informed accordingly.
Communication to RO by the National Trust shall be done within 30 days from point of receipt. Point of receipt is date and time of submission of online form along with all the required documents.
STEP 5. Enrolment is completed, a scheme ID is created for the RO and the confirmation for the same is communicated to RO.
STEP 6. A starter kit/Prerna handbook containing the complete details of the Prerna scheme is also handed over to the RO by the National Trust.
Last Updated On: 28-03-2023
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