Last updated on September 17th, 2025 at 02:33 pm
Dr. Punjabrao Deshmukh Hostel Subsistence Allowance Scheme
The Department of Higher and Technical Education, Government of Maharashtra has implemented the “Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Vasatigruh Nirvah Bhatta Yojna” for students belonging to the Economically Backward Classes (EBC), Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) and Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) who are taking admission in recognized professional courses in Government, Government Aided and Permanent Unaided Colleges/Government Universities and Sub-Centres under the Directorate of Technical Education (excluding Private Deemed Universities/Self-financed Private Universities) through the centralized admission process (excluding admissions at management quota/institution levels) and whose parents are small-land holding farmers/registered labourers/Economically Weaker Sections.
• The quota for the benefit of the scheme and the amount of benefit from the academic year 2023-24 is as follows –
Quota –
| Sr.No | Category | Quota for each district of the state |
|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Students whose parents are small land holder farmers or registered laborers. |
All eligible students |
|
2 |
For students from economically weaker sections (Annual family income limit - up to 1 lakh) |
All eligible students |
|
3 |
For students from economically weaker sections (Annual family income limit - above 1 lakh to 8 lakhs) |
Limited to 500 seats (33 percent reserved for women and according to course-wise merit) |
Benefit amount (in rupees)
| Sr.No. | Allowance | Students pursuing higher education in Mumbai city, Mumbai suburbs, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad, Nagpur. | Students pursuing higher education in other revenue division cities and remaining C class municipal areas | Students pursuing higher education in other districts. | Students pursuing higher education in the taluka. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Meal allowance |
32,000/- |
28,000/- |
25,000/- |
23,000/- |
|
2 |
Residence Allowance |
20,000/- |
15,000/- |
12,000/- |
10,000/- |
|
3 |
subsistence allowance |
8,000/- |
8,000/- |
6,000/- |
5,000/- |
|
|
Total amount |
60,000/- |
51,000/- |
43,000/- |
38,000/- |
The sanctioned amount of these schemes is deposited to the students in their Aadhaar linked bank accounts through the DBT portal.
Procedure for applying to avail the benefits of the above schemes:-
1) Eligible students studying in the institution should apply online for the above schemes by following the user manual and instructions given on the MahaDBT portal of the Government of Maharashtra (URL – https://mahadbt.maharashtra.gov.in) and fill the entire application online as per the schedule shown on the DBT portal.