In this scheme all the marriageable identified poor girls will receive One-time financial aid of Rs.25000/- and Cost of 5 grams Gold for marriage purpose
Marriage Assistance Scheme for Poor Girls
Social welfare department Jammu and Kashmir is established to safeguard the interests of poor and downtrodden
sections of society i.e.
people living below poverty line and people belonging to backward
classes such as Scheduled Caste (SC), Other Backward Classes (OBC),
Physically Challenged Persons (PCP), Economically Backward Classes (EBC) and De
notified Tribes (DNT). Social
welfare department launched numerous schemes for welfare of poor and
distressed. One of them is State Marriage Assistance Scheme.The details of this
Scheme are as below:
State Marriage Assistance Scheme
(SMAS)
State Marriage Assistance Scheme is launched on the
directions of the Honorable High Court in the case of Mohd. Amin Beigh Vs State
and others. The State Marriage Assistance Scheme was launched by the Government
in all the districts of Jammu Division. for poor Girls is a Social Assistance
Scheme meant for those un-married identified girls of the State living below
the poverty line who may not find themselves in a position to marry due to
financial constraint.
BENEFITS OF State Marriage Assistance
Scheme (SMAS):
This scheme is basically meant for those poor un-married
identified girls of the State living below the poverty line who may not find
themselves in a position to marry due to financial constraint. In this scheme
all the marriageable identified poor girls will receive:
§ One
time financial assistance of Rs.25000/-
and
§ Cost
of 5 grams Gold for marriage
purpose.
Terms
and conditions:
I.
The beneficiary girl should be identified
poor girls in the survey list available with the concerned DDCs/DSWOs.
II.
The beneficiary
girl should be above 18 years of age.
III.
The beneficiary girl should be not have
availed the benefit for the same purpose under any other State/Centrally
sponsored Scheme.
IV.
The beneficiary girl Can avail benefit only
once under the scheme.
In order to avail benefits under this scheme the
applicant needs to contact concerned District Welfare Officer.
For more information contact social welfare offices on address given below:
For applicants from Jammu division:
For applicants from Kashmir division:
Fax : 0194 - 2473761
For more information contact social welfare offices on address given below:
For applicants from Jammu division:
Directorate of Social Welfare Department, Jammu
Hajj House, Block-A, 2nd Floor, Near Bahu Plaza, Jammu 180012
Phone -0191-2472600, 2475700, 2478400
For applicants from Kashmir division:
Director,
Social Welfare, Kashmir,
Block-A, Directorate of Social Welfare, Old Secretariat, Srinagar
Contact No: 0194-2479645
Fax : 0194 - 2473761

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