Punjab Ashirwad Scheme 2022 SC/ST/OBC Girl Marriage Amount Application Form

Detailed Information on Punjab Ashirwad Scheme 2022 for SC, ST, OBC and Economically Weak Section Girl Marriage Yojana Amount Application Form. Also read Eligibility Criteria, documents required, Benefits details.

The Punjab state government has announced a welfare scheme called Punjab Ashirwad Scheme 2022 Girl Marriage Support Scheme. Under this scheme, the Punjab government will provide financial help to poor families for the marriage of their daughters. Poor people will get Rs. 15,000 to Ra. 21,000 for the marriage of their daughters.

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Punjab Ashirwad Scheme 2022

There is around 39 crores total budget has been announced for giving the financial help to around 19,000 girls. The name of this scheme has been changed from Shagun Scheme to Punjab Ashirwad Scheme 2022 (Girl Marriage Support Scheme). This financial assistance would be given only if the girl will be above 18 years. So this scheme is also helpful to avoid child marriage in the state.

Punjab is one of the states, in which the Congress government is still working. A few days back the launch Aashirwad scheme, which is a girl marriage scheme. For this scheme state government will distribute 39 crore rupees to approximately 19082 girls.

This amount will be distributed to economically weaker section families. Girls that belong to backward classes, economically weaker sections, and schedule caste schedule tribes can apply online. In the previous government, the financial support amount is 15000 rupees, and now it will increase to 21000 under the Aashirwad scheme.

Scheme Name : Punjab Ashirwad Scheme (Girl Marriage Support Scheme)
Renamed from : Shagun Scheme to Punjab Ashirwad Scheme.
Launched Year : 1997
Launched by : Prakash Singh Badal
Renamed by : Chief MinisterCaptain Amrinder Singh
Department : Department of Women and child development
Beneficiaries : Poor and SC, ST family’s girls
Benefits : To give financial assistance to poor families for their daughters marriage
Official website : www.punjab.gov.in

Document for Punjab Girl Marriage Support Scheme

The people who want this financial help will have to provide some important documents for verification. The list of documents is given below :

Firstly you have to provide your identification proof, residential proof and this can be your Aadhar Card.
Cast Certificate of applicant ( as this this scheme launched mainly for the SC girls in the state).
Income Certificate ( because this financial help will be given to poor and needy families ).
Age proof of girl ( birth Certificate or 10th mark sheet ). This step will help to reduce child marriages in state.
Copy of income certificate attested by gazztted officer.
Bank account number of applicants because money will be directly transferred to the accounts of Beneficiaries.
A passport size photograph of applicant should attested by gazztted officer.
Applicant’s registered Mobile Number

Eligibility Criteria for the Ashirwad Scheme Punjab

Only female candidates of Punjab State are eligible to take benefits of this scheme.
Female candidates of poor families and scheduled caste will get benefits of this scheme.
Female candidates who wants to take financial assistance for their marriage should be above 18 years.
Candidates who are under 18 will not get benefits of this scheme.

Benefits of Punjab Girl Marriage Financial Scheme

Under this scheme financial help of Rs. 15,000 to 21,000 will be given the family for the wedding of their girl.
With the announcement of this scheme now the child marriage cases in the Punjab will be reduced. Because this financial help will be only given to those girls who has crossed their age above 18 years.
It will reduce the feticide in our country. As we all know that people take girl child as burden and they kill their girl child before they born.

Ashirwad Scheme Punjab Application Form

You can apply for Punjab Ashirwad Scheme by following the simple steps given below :

Firstly go to the official website of the department Women and child development www.punjab.gov.in
On home page you will see two option, first is login and other is new user.
If you have already registered in this website you have to login and if you have not registered in this portal you have to click on new user button.
After clicking on it, it will ask some necessary details and after filling all necessary details, your User Id and Password will be generated.
Then go back on Home Page and click on login button.
Enter your login ID and password and captcha in box given below.
After login you will be able to see all schemes of government in the home page of website.
Then you have to click on option Click here to fill the application form.
Then Application form will be appear in front of you.
Fill this form with all necessary details such as Your Name, Aadhar Number, Age, Gender, Father’s Name, Mothers Name, Date of Marriage and other important details etc.
After filling form attach all important documents scanned copies in the application form.
Now after verification all details click on submit button.
After submitting you will get a confirmation massage on your registered mobile number. That’s how you will be successfully registered for this financial assistance by Punjab Government.

Offline Application procedure

Go to official website of the department www.punjab.gov.in.
On home page you will find various schemes, click on AshirwadScheme and download application form of Ashirwad Scheme as pdf file.
Take a printout of this form and fill this form with all necessary details.
Enter the Name of Bride, Gender, Date of Birth, Address, District and Pin Code.
Then Paste a self attested photography on the application form.
Enter phone number and email address of applicant and answer all the questions asked in the form.
Now attach all important documents such as cast certificate, income certificate and keep the signature in the bottom of the form.
Now after self verification submit this application in Concerned department.

Download:- Ashirwad Yojana Application Form

Helpline Number of Ashirwad Scheme

If you have any questions or suggestions or complaints, you can contact us or email us the number given below :

Helpline Number: 8968593812, 8968593813

E-mail Address: complaint.sewakendra@gmail.com

FAQ

What is the financial assistance which will be given to Beneficiaries?

The financial assistance of Rs. 15,000 to 20,000 will be given to beneficiaries by Punjab Government.

What was the old Name of This Scheme?

The old name was this Ashirwad Scheme was Shagun Scheme.

Where can people apply for this scheme?

People can apply for this scheme on the official portal of the department which is www.punjab.gov.in.

This is a Punjab State Government’s scheme and under this scheme, poor people and SC will get Rs. 15,000 to 20,000 for their daughter’s marriage. This is a welfare scheme and we have already told you all about this scheme. If you have any questions or suggestions please comment on us in the comment section.