# Thalliki Vandanam 2026 Eligibility Guidelines

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# Thalliki Vandanam 2026 Eligibility Guidelines

Scheme for Academic Year 2026-27

G.O.MS.No.15

📅 Dated: 16-07-2026

**Read the following:**
 1. G.O.Rt.No.26, School Education (Ser.I) Department, Dt:
12.06.2025. 2. G.O.Rt.No.27, School Education (Ser.I) Department, Dt: 12.06.2025
3. From the Director of School Education, Lr. No. ESE02- 28/22/2026-PLG-CSE-2, Dated:
14-07-2026. (efile No. 3336223)

[⌊Thalliki Vandanam 2026 Eligibility⌉⌊Thalliki Vandanam 2026 Eligibility⌉[

Thalliki Vandanam 2026 Eligibility

## ORDER

The Government of Andhra Pradesh, with a view to promoting equitable access to quality
education and empowering mothers/guardians, has introduced the **“THALLIKI VANDANAM”**
Scheme as a flagship welfare initiative. Under the Scheme, financial assistance 
of ₹15,000/- per annum per child is extended to every eligible mother/guardian, 
irrespective of the number of children, to support the education of their children
studying in Classes I to XII (including Intermediate Education) in all recognized
Government, Private Aided, and Private Unaided Schools/Junior Colleges, including
Residential Schools/Junior Colleges, across the State. The Scheme has been implemented
with effect from the Academic Year 2025-26.

The **“THALLIKI VANDANAM”** initiative is a Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme
under which financial assistance is credited directly to the bank accounts of eligible
mothers or recognized guardians. The Scheme is intended to make school education
more accessible, equitable, and inclusive by ensuring equal educational opportunities
and improving learning outcomes. It empowers mothers to actively participate in 
the education of their children studying from Class I to Class XII (including Intermediate
Education), while recognizing their pivotal role in shaping the educational future
of the State. Through enhanced parental engagement, the Scheme seeks to improve 
student enrolment, retention, and continuity in education, thereby contributing 
to the long-term social and economic development of Andhra Pradesh.

After careful examination of the proposal submitted by the Director of School Education
and in continuation of the implementation of the **“THALLIKI VANDANAM”** Scheme 
for the Academic Year 2025-26, the Government hereby orders the continuation of 
the Scheme for the Academic Year **2026-27**. Under the Scheme, financial assistance
of **Rs. 15,000/-** per child per annum shall be extended to every eligible mother
or recognised guardian, irrespective of the number of children, subject to the eligibility
criteria prescribed by the Government. Accordingly, mothers/guardians of children
studying in Classes I to XII (including Intermediate Education) in all recognized
Government, Private Aided, Private Unaided, and Residential Schools/Junior Colleges
in the State shall be eligible for financial assistance under the Scheme, for the
Academic Year 2026-27.

**🔹 Deduction at source:** An amount of **Rs.2,000/-** per student shall be deducted
at source from the financial assistance payable to each beneficiary and shall be
utilized for the overall development of the educational ecosystem in the State. 
The deducted amount shall be utilized towards school/Junior College maintenance,
hygiene/sanitation, and such other purposes as may be specified in the Standard 
Operating Procedure (SOP) to be issued by the School Education Department.

### Guidelines for implementation of “THALLIKI VANDANAM” scheme

#### 📌 Data Collection

a) The initial phase of the scheme centres around comprehensive data collection,
coordinated by the School Education Department and the Board of Intermediate Education.
The data includes:

 * **Student Information:** Name, Aadhaar number, gender, Caste, Subcaste, date 
   of birth, class, school name.
 * **Mother’s/Guardian’s Details:** Name, Aadhaar number, age, and relationship 
   with the student.

b) The head of each institution must ensure that all the data entered in UDISE/Department
Official Portals is correct.

c) This data collection is crucial to create a reliable database of potential beneficiaries
and to initiate downstream Verification and eligibility checks.

d) The Welfare Departments concerned (SC, ST, BC, Minority, EWS etc) shall share
the data of the students who come under the purview of the Pre-metric and Post-metric
Scholarships under the existing Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS), with the SGSW
Department.

#### 📌 Data Updating and Matching

Towards ensuring a clean and verified dataset to proceed with eligibility screening,
the data undergoes a rigorous process of verification by the SGSW Department. This
includes:

 * **Aadhaar validation:** Implementation of a suitable mechanism to verify Aadhaar
   numbers for both the student and the mother/guardian.
 * **Data updating:** Removal of duplicate, incomplete, or invalid entries.
 * **Mother-Child Mapping:** Establishing authenticated links between students and
   their mothers/guardians.
 * **Cross-Verification:** Aligning data with Household Survey and Civil Supplies
   data for authenticity.

#### 📌 Eligibility Parameters

 * Total household income should not exceed **Rs.10,000/-** per month in rural areas
   and **Rs. 12,000/-** per month in urban areas.
 * At least one person in the household should possess a rice card.
 * The total land holding of the household should be less than 3 acres of wet land
   or less than 10 acres of dry land or less than 10 acres of both combined.
 * Anyone among the household members if owning a 4-wheeler (Taxi, Tractors, Autos
   are exempted) is not eligible.
 * The monthly Electricity utilization (own or rented house) be less than 300 units/
   month for the household (the average consumption of electricity of 12 months 
   will be taken into consideration).
 * The household should not own any Municipal property which is 1000 sq. Ft and 
   above.
 * Anyone among the household members employed in any Central/State Government service/
   PSU or getting Govt. pension (post-retirement) is not eligible (Sanitation workers
   and Anganwadi workers are exempted irrespective of their salary, and all employees
   getting less than Rs 10,000/- salary per month in rural areas and less than Rs
   12,000/- per month in urban areas are exempted).
 * In case any member in a household is paying Income Tax, the household is not 
   eligible.
 * The beneficiary should have been included in the household database in the State
   of Andhra Pradesh. In case the beneficiary is not present in the household database
   but the child is present in the database, the SGSW Dept. is to conduct field 
   verification to establish eligibility and map the beneficiary as per rules.
 * The Children of the beneficiary should be studying in Classes I to XII in Government/
   Private Aided/Private Un Aided Schools/ Junior Colleges recognized by the Government
   of Andhra Pradesh, including Residential Schools/Jr. Colleges. Students opting
   for ITI/Polytechnic/IIIT (RGUKT) and other similar courses benefitted by fee 
   reimbursement are not considered.
 * Orphans and street children enrolled in schools through voluntary organizations
   will be eligible for this benefit, subject to confirmation with the relevant 
   Department.
 * In respect of eligible orphan children who do not possess a bank account, the
   District Collector concerned shall facilitate the opening of a Guardian- Operated
   Minor Savings Bank Account in the name of the child, through the legally recognized
   guardian or competent authority, in accordance with the applicable banking regulations,
   to enable disbursement of financial assistance under the Thalliki Vandanam Scheme.
 * In addition, the NPCI status (Aadhaar seeding) of the mother’s bank account must
   be verified to ensure Aadhaar linkage for DBT disbursement.
 * The additional enrollments in Classes I and XI will be considered for financial
   assistance after completion of the enrollment process upto **25.08.2026**, for
   the A.Y 2026-27.

#### 📌 Disbursement Process

 * Following eligibility confirmation, the SGsw, Welfare Departments and Finance
   Departments will work collaboratively to execute fund disbursement.
 * APCFSS shall create the necessary NPCI/DBT codes for disbursement of funds in
   a transparent manner.
 * In respect of the mothers/guardians whose children are admitted in the Private
   Unaided Recognized Schools under 12(1)(c) of RTE Act, 2009, the financial assistance
   to the extent of the fee fixed by the Government as per norms will be paid to
   Private Management Schools, routed through the State Project Director, Samagra
   Shiksha.

#### 📌 Mode of Payment

 * Every Mother/Guardian should have an Aadhaar-seeded bank account in any Bank 
   or Post Office.
 * The payment shall be made primarily to the mother to their Aadhaar seeded bank
   account.
 * In case of a single parent, the payment shall be made to the father’s Aadhaar-
   seeded bank account.
 * In case both parents are not available, the payment shall be made to the guardian’s
   Aadhaar-seeded bank account.
 * In case of orphans, the payment shall be made to the District Collectors for 
   onward verification of the orphan and disbursement of the scheme amount.
 * The financial assistance to be reimbursed to Private Unaided Managements, where
   the students were admitted under Section 12(1) (c) of the RTE Act, 2009, will
   be credited into the Account of the State Project Director, Samagra Shiksha, 
   for onward payment to the Private Unaided Managements, as per the fees/norms 
   finalized by the Govt. The balance amount, if any, after payment of fees to the
   Private Unaided Management, will be credited to the Aadhaar-seeded bank account
   of the beneficiary.
 * In respect of students belonging to the SC, ST, BC, Minorities etc who are covered
   under the Pre-Matric and Post-Matric Scholarship Schemes of the existing Centrally
   Sponsored Schemes (CSS), the eligible scholarship amount admissible under the
   respective CSS shall be met from the budget provisions of the concerned Welfare
   Departments in accordance with the prescribed rules. The balance amount, if any,
   payable to such beneficiaries under the “THALLIKI VANDANAM” Scheme shall be released
   accordingly. All the Welfare Departments shall ensure that the disbursement is
   made in accordance with the guidelines prescribed for the implementation of the
   respective Centrally Sponsored Schemes as well as the “THALLIKI VANDANAM” Scheme.
 * The beneficiary list shall be displayed in the Swarna Gramam and Swarna Wardu(
   SGSW) Offices for social audit.
 * Any fraudulent use of the “Thalliki Vandanam” by providing falsified data will
   lead to criminal proceedings, besides recovery of the amount.

#### 📌 Grievance Mechanism

 * The SGSW Department shall establish a robust online grievance redressal mechanism
   with dashboards to ensure that all grievances are redressed in a transparent 
   and time-bound manner.
 * Ineligible mothers/guardians may approach the Swarna Gramam and Swarna Wardu (
   SGSW) Offices concerned to register their grievances.

### Implementation for Academic Year 2026-27

In accordance with the above, Government hereby further orders that implementation
of the “Thalliki Vandanam” Scheme for the Academic Year 2026-27 shall be carried
out as per the following orders:

 1. The Finance Department shall issue necessary BROs to the Welfare Departments for
    the implementation of the “Thalliki Vandanam” scheme through their respective Corporations.
 2. The respective welfare departments shall issue necessary administrative sanction
    orders clearly specifying the amounts to be transferred to the parent/guardian 
    account and student accounts wherever applicable and also amounts to be transferred
    to the account of the State Project Director, Samagra Shiksha for payments to respective
    private schools under 12(1) (c) of RTE Act, 2009.
 3. All the Welfare Corporations shall credit the reimbursement amount to the account
    of the State Project Director, Samagra Shiksha corresponding to the number of students
    belonging to their respective Welfare Departments, who have been admitted under
    Section 12(1)(c) of the Right to Education (RTE) Act. The amount shall be credited
    directly into the separate account maintained exclusively for RTE Section 12(1)(
    c), as prescribed under the Andhra Pradesh Right of Children to Free and Compulsory
    Education Rules, 2010, for reimbursement to the private school managements that
    have admitted eligible students under the implementation of RTE Section 12(1)(c).
 4. The Welfare Corporations under the respective Welfare Departments shall implement
    the scheme in respect of the beneficiaries belonging to their Departments and shall
    issue sanction proceedings as per the beneficiary list communicated by the SGSW
    Department.

**7.** The Director of School Education; the Director of Intermediate Education;
the State Project Director, Samagra Shiksha; the Commissioner, School Infrastructure(
MBMB); the Director, Mid Day Meals & SS; the Director, SGSW; the CEO, APCFSS; the
CEO, RTGS and the District Collectors shall take necessary action in the matter 
accordingly.

**8.** This order issues with the concurrence of the Finance (FMU-SE) Department,
vide their U.O.No. File No: FIN01-FMU0PC(SE)/1/2025-FMU-SE, (Computer No. 2862756),
Dt. 15.07.2026.

The following points should be observed while disbursing financial assistance:

**(i) Students admitted under 12(1)(c) of RTE Act, 2009:**
 In respect of the 1,04,046
students admitted to Private Unaided Schools under Section 12(1)(c) of the Right
of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, the fee prescribed by the
Government shall be deducted from the financial assistance admissible under the “
THALLIKI VANDANAM” Scheme, and only the balance amount shall be credited to the 
Aadhaar-seeded bank accounts of the eligible beneficiaries.

**(ii) Students receiving Pre-metric & Post-metric Scholarships:**
 In respect of
students belonging to the SC, ST, BC, Minorities etc who are covered under the Pre-
Metric and Post- Metric Scholarship Schemes of the existing Centrally Sponsored 
Schemes (CSS), the eligible scholarship amount admissible under the respective CSS
shall be met from the budget provisions of the concerned Welfare Departments in 
accordance with the prescribed rules. The balance amount, if any, payable to such
beneficiaries under the “THALLIKI VANDANAM” Scheme shall be released accordingly.
All the Welfare Departments shall ensure that the disbursement is made in accordance
with the guidelines prescribed for the implementation of the respective Centrally
Sponsored Schemes as well as the “THALLIKI VANDANAM” Scheme.

**(iii) Additional Admissions into 1^(st) Class & Junior Intermediate:**
 Additional
eligible enrolments in Class I and Junior Intermediate occurring after the issuance
of these orders shall be considered for financial assistance under the “THALLIKI
VANDANAM” Scheme, subject to completion of the admission and enrolment process upto**
25.08.2026**, for the Academic Year 2026-27.

**(iv) Invalid Records to be corrected/Cases with no Household Data: (1,55,000 approx)**

The disbursement of the amount to such beneficiaries would be released only after
verification and rectification as per rules.

**d)** The Finance Department shall issue necessary BROs to the Welfare Departments
for the implementation of “THALLIKI VANDANAM” scheme through their respective Corporations.

**e)** The respective welfare departments shall issue necessary administrative sanction
orders clearly specifying the amounts to be transferred to the parent/guardian account
and student accounts wherever applicable and also amounts to be transferred to the
account of the State Project Director, Samagra Shiksha for payments to respective
private schools under 12(1) (c) of RTE Act, 2009.

**f)** All the Welfare Corporations shall credit the reimbursement amount to the
account of the State Project Director, Samagra Shiksha corresponding to the number
of students belonging to their respective Welfare Departments, who have been admitted
under Section 12(1)(c) of the Right to Education (RTE) Act. The amount shall be 
credited directly into the separate account maintained exclusively for RTE Section
12(1)(c), as prescribed under the Andhra Pradesh Right of Children to Free and Compulsory
Education Rules, 2010, for reimbursement to the private school managements that 
have admitted eligible students under the implementation of RTE Section 12(1)(c).

**g)** The SGSW Department shall establish a robust online grievance redressal mechanism
with dashboards to ensure that all grievances are redressed in a transparent and
time bound manner as per the following time lines:

  |  S. No |  Activity |  Timelines |  
   |  1 |  Disbursal of financial assistance to 64,76,590 eligible students |  22.07.2026 |  
 |  2 |  Publication of eligible and ineligible lists at Swarna Gramam and Swarna Wardu (SGSW) Offices. |  22.07.2026 |  
 |  3 |  Receiving of Objections/Grievances at Swarna Gramam and Swarna Wardu (SGSW) Offices. |  22.07.2026 to 03.08.2026 |  
 |  4 |  Verification of grievances and preparation of supplementary eligible list |  04.08.2026 to 10.08.2026 |  
 |  5 |  Last date for new admissions into Class-I & Class-XI/Jr.Inter |  25.08.2026 |  
 |  6 |  Publication of additional eligible 1st class and Jr. Inter student lists and eligible grievances at Swarna Gramam and Swarna Wardu (SGSW) Offices. |  30.08.2026 |  
 |  7 |  Disbursal of financial assistance to the eligible beneficiaries. |  30.08.2026 |

**8.** The Director of School Education; the Director of Intermediate Education;
the State Project Director, Samagra Shiksha; the Commissioner, School Infrastructure(
MBMB); the Director, Mid Day Meals & SS; the Director, SGSW; the CEO, APCFSS; the
CEO, RTGS and the District Collectors shall take necessary action in the matter 
accordingly.

**9.** This order issues with the concurrence of the Finance (FMU-SE) Department,
vide their U.O.No. File No: FIN01-FMUOPC(SE)/1/2025-FMU-SE, (Computer No. 2862756),
Dt. 15.07.2026.

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