haryanascbc.gov.in Scheme for Encouragement of Inter-Caste Marriage Haryana : Welfare of Scheduled Caste & Backward Classes Department

Organization : Welfare of Scheduled Caste & Backward Classes Department
Service Name : Scheme for Encouragement of Inter-Caste Marriage (Mukhya Mantri Samajik Samrasta Antarjatiya Vivah Shagun Yojna)
Applicable State/UT: Haryana

Website : http://haryanascbc.gov.in/welfare-schemes

Scheme for Inter-Caste Marriage :

Object:
This is a 50:50 sharing basis scheme of Government of India/State Government.

Related : Haryana Welfare Schemes Management System Online Registration : www.statusin.in/18907.html

The object of the scheme is in diminishing caste consciousness among the people and to encourage inter-caste marriages.

Pattern:
Under this scheme an amount of Rs. 50,000/- (In cash through RTGS in the married couple Joint Account).

Conditions of Eligibility:
** Both the spouses should be citizen of India and one of the spouse should be Scheduled Caste and he/she should be permanent resident of HaryanaState and he/she has not taken any benefit under similar scheme.
** The grant shall only be given once for the first marriage.
** A non-scheduled Castes boy who marriage a scheduled Castes girls and vice-versa, the concerned Scheduled Castes bride/bridegroom will be given a cash grant of Rs. 50,000/- in the joint account of married couple.
** The beneficiary can apply for incentive within one year from the date of marriage.

Procedure of Implementation of Scheme:
Applications shall be invited by the Director, welfare of Sch. Castes and Backward Classes from the eligible couples by giving wide publicity through news papers and the All India Radio. The application should be supported with a Certificate from District Magistrate in case of Civil Marriage or Certificate from religious institutions/societies/individual performing marriage ceremony. The District Welfare Officers will verify the facts stated in the application and place before the Deputy Commissioner concerned alongwith his recommendations. The Deputy Commissioner will sanction the amount. After the sanction is issued, the District Welfare Officer will draw the amount and disburse/deposit the same in the Joint account of the couple.

The claim of incentive for inter-caste marriage will not be claimed as a matter of right.

The expenditure involved may be debited under head, 2225-Social Security and Welfare-C-Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other backward Classes-Incentive for their inter-caste marriage (Plan).

Schemes designed for the welfare of Scheduled Castes/Backward Classes and De-notified Tribes including :
** Establishment of Community Centers
** Grant of subsidy for the various schemes for the Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Backward Classes and De-notified Tribes;

** Pre-examination Training Centers
** Provision for legal aid;
** Provision of interest-free loan to the Scheduled Castes Students.

About Us :
The Welfare of Schedule Castes & Backward Classes Department implements various schemes for the Welfare of Schedule Castes & Backward Classes in the State of Haryana.

The main function of the Department is to coordinate and supervise the activities of other departments in the matter of implementation of various schemes designed for the Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Backward Classes and De-notified Tribes.

Haryana has the distinction of having enacted and enforced the most revolutionary/ scheme in the country for Scheduled Caste.

Contact Us :
Welfare of Schedule Castes and Backward Classes Department
SCO 42-44, Sector 17 A,
Chandigarh – 160017
Haryana, India.