ASSAM GOVT. ARUNDHATI GOLD SCHEME 2020: APPLY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OF RS. 40,000/- TO NEW BRIDES TO BUY GOLD

Assam Govt. Arundhati Gold Scheme for brides 2020

The Government of Assam has launched a New Scheme called “ARUNDHATI” from the financial year 2019-20. The objective of this scheme is to facilitate the parents of the girl child who are economically not very sound, but like all parents desire to give some gold which is considered auspicious to their as gift daughters on her marriage. The Government desires to share the joy of such parents who are getting their daughters married by way of providing Rs.40,000/-as a token of blessings to the daughters of these parents for purchasing of Gold. The Nodal department for implementation of the ARUNDHATI Gold Scheme is Revenue & DM (Registration) Department.

The details regarding applying, eligibility, documents required are given below:

Name of the scheme: Arundhati Gold Scheme.

Introduced by:Govt. of Assam.

Nodal department: Revenue & DM (Registration) Department.

Financial Assistance: Rs. 40,000/- to buy Gold.

Eligibility:

Age: Bride and groom should have attained the legal age of 18 years and 21 years respectively at the time of registration of the marriage.

Marriage registration: The marriage of the applicant should be registered under Special Marriage Act, 1954.

Date of  marriage: The applicant should have solemnised her marriage on or after 01-12-2019.

Date of registration: The applicant should have registered her marriage on or after 01-01-2020.

Date of applying for Arundhati scheme: The applicant girl should apply for the benefit under Arundhati Gold Scheme on the same day that she applies for marriage registration.

Annual Income of parents: The total income of parents of the applicant girl should be below Rs 5 Lakh per annum.

No. of marriage: The applicant girl can avail this benefit for her first marriage only.

Educational qualification: Both the bride and the groom must have passed at least HSLC or equivalent Except Tea Tribe including Adivasi communities of the State. No minimum educational qualification is required in case of Tea Tribe including Adivasi communities for next five years, as most of the Tea Gardens in the State of Assam do not have High School facility.

Documents required:

1. Document for proof of age

a) Other than Tea Tribe and Adivasi Communities - HSLC/CBSE or equivalent pass certificate as proof of age whereby the bride should have attained the legal age of 18 years and the groom shall have attained the age of 21 years respectively.

b) Tea Tribe including Adivasi Communities - Birth Certificate of both bride and groom issued by notified authority or any academic certificate as proof of age or certificate through medical examination only from competent authority as a proof of age to ascertain the bride and groom have attained age of 18 years and 21 years at time of registration of marriage under Special Marriage Act, 1954

2. The attested copy of Certificate of Marriage, issued by the Marriage Officer, in the form specified in the fourth schedule of Special Marriage (Assam) Act, 1954.

3. The income certificate of parents of the applicant issued by the Circle Officer of the area in which she resided permanently with her parents.

4. Bank Account details of the beneficiary/ copy of Bank passbook of the beneficiary.

5. A certificate issued by the Gaonburah/ Mouzadar of the village in which the girl resided with her parents before marriage stating that this is the first marriage of the applicant girl.

How to apply:

1. The applicant shall apply for Arundhati Gold Scheme on the day of applying for the registration of Marriage under Special Marriage Act, 1954.

2. Filled up physical application form shall be submitted by the applicant along with the Marriage application in the office of the Marriage officer where the registration of marriage is applied for.

3. The applicant girl shall also submit online form for claiming the benefit under Arundhati Gold scheme. The online application form would be available at the link “revenueassam.nic.in”

4. After competing the form the applicant has to submit the same both online by pressing submit button at the end of the form and also take a print out of the form

5. The applicant must take the printout of the form before submission, sign the declaration part of the printed form and submit the same physically along with a copy of all documents listed at Point D above, in the office of the concerned Marriage Registration Officer. The list of Sub Register offices where the application form under Arundhati Gold Scheme and its enclosures can be submitted is given in Point F of the guidelines.

6. The applicant shall receive a receipt on submission of her application and required enclosures from the office of Marriage Registering Officer where the form has been submitted.

7. The information of acceptance/rejection of the application will be communicated to the applicant by SMS and email (on the Mobile No/ email id given in the online application form).

8. If the application is accepted, the amount as eligible under the scheme shall be transferred to the Bank account of the applicant by the Inspector General of Registration through Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT) mode. The Bank A/c No shall be the same as per details given in online form where Bank A/c No. with IFSC code has been given.

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