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Delhi MCD to Send Nearly ₹70 Crore to Schoolchildren
Delhi’s civic body is starting payments to help school students get uniforms and school bags.
About 5.1 lakh children whose bank details are available are expected to receive money in the first phase.
Each student will get ₹1,370 for these items.
The total set aside for this phase is about ₹69.87 crore.
MCD has identified 6,56,950 students as eligible for the 2026–27 school year.
Some children may not yet have an active bank account, so officials say they are working to address missing or outdated details.
MCD will provide notebooks and other stationery directly through schools instead of sending students ₹300 for those supplies.
Officials said this change was made because transfers for stationery had been delayed.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi plans to begin uniform and school-bag assistance payments this week.
About ₹69.87 crore is earmarked in the first phase for roughly 5.1 lakh students with bank details available.
Each eligible student will receive ₹1,370 for uniforms and a school bag.
MCD has identified 6,56,950 beneficiaries for the 2026–27 academic session after freezing enrolment data on August 31.
Instead of paying students ₹300 for stationery, MCD will procure and distribute stationery through schools.
- Who
- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi and eligible students in its schools.
- What
- MCD plans to disburse ₹1,370 per student for uniforms and school bags, with stationery to be provided separately through schools.
- Where
- Municipal Corporation of Delhi schools in Delhi.
- When
- Payments are expected to begin this week for the 2026–27 academic session.
- Why
- The assistance is for students’ uniforms and school bags; MCD says stationery will be distributed directly through schools because money transfers for it had been delayed.
Key facts
- First-phase amount
- About ₹69.87 crore
- Students with bank details available
- Around 5.1 lakh
- Total beneficiaries identified
- 6,56,950
- Per-student cash assistance
- ₹1,370 for uniforms and a school bag
- Academic session
- 2026–27
- Enrolment data cut-off
- August 31
- Stationery arrangement
- MCD will procure and distribute stationery through schools rather than transfer ₹300 to students.
Quotes
Senior MCD official
An unnamed senior Municipal Corporation of Delhi official describing the revised assistance and stationery arrangement.
“Each student will receive Rs 1,370 for uniform and school bags, taking the amount earmarked for the first phase to around Rs 69.87 crore. Efforts are underway to open bank accounts for children whose parents do not have existing accounts, while account details that are inactive or require updating are also being addressed.”
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“Under the earlier system, students were entitled to Rs 1,670 annually through direct benefit transfer -- Rs 1,250 for uniform, Rs 120 for a school bag and Rs 300 for stationery. The cash component has now been fixed at Rs 1,370 for uniform and school bags, with stationery to be supplied separately.”
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