After India won the cricket world cup this year, the Delhi government gave MS Dhoni Rs 2 crore and the Punjab government gave Yuvraj Singh Rs one crore for their outstanding performance. The other players in the winning squad were similarly rewarded for bringing home the cup.

For most disabled students, topping the school exams is no less than winning the world cup. But never have the state governments given any cash prizes to any of the differently abled students to encourage their effort and to applaud their achievement.

Arunachal Pradesh is set to score a first in this regard. The chief minister of the state will distribute a cash prize of Rs 10,000 to students with 100 percent disability who have topped in the Central Board of Secondary Education of Arunachal Pradesh in class 10 and class 12 exams. These students will be given a cash prize as well as a laptop.

This is, of course, apart from the expenses borne by the state on books, stationery, uniform and transport allowance for these children. Now, the students who have 100 percent disability in both eyes or both arms or both legs will also get Rs 6,000 each after they finish school. 

"The moral test of government is how it treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the aged; and those in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped," American politician Hubert H. Humphrey had once said. The government of Arunachal Pradesh has surely passed this moral test.