Rupashree Prakalpa Scheme In West Bengal:-
Rupashree Prakalpa Scheme : At the State Budget for the financial year 2018-19 tabled on 31st Jan 2018, the honurable Finance Minister, Government of West Bengal, announced a one-time financial grant of RS 25,000 for economically stressed families at the time of their adult daughters marriage. The grant to be provided under the name of ” Rupashree Prakalpa” is aimed at mitigating the difficulties that poorย families face in bearing the expenditure of their daughters marriage for which they often have to borrow money at very high interest rates.
Rupashree Prakalpa will come into 1st April 2018 and will applicable for all marriages effected from 1st Apr. 2018. The scheme will be implemented in all districts of West Bengal.
Eligibility Criteria For Rupashree Prakalpa Scheme :
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Following eligibility criteria for the scheme are :-
The applicant has attained the age of 18 years.
She is unmarried on the date of submitting her application.
The proposed marriage is her first marriage.
She was born in West Bengal or she has been a resident of West Bengal for the last 5 years or her parents are permanent residents of West Bengal.
Her family income is not greater than RS 1.50 lakhs per annum.
Her prospective groom has attained the age of 21 years.
She has an active bank account for which she is the sole account-holder. The bank account must be in a bank that has an IFSC CODE & an MICR CODE and transacts e-payments though NEFT.
Methods of Applying for Rupashree Prakalpa Scheme :
- The Scheme application form will be available free of cost from the following offices:-
- Office of the Block Development Officer in case the applicant resides in a rural area.
- Office of the Sub-Divisional Officer in case the applicant resides in Municipal area.
- Office of the Commissioner in case the applicant resides in a Corporation area.
Documents Required
Following documents are require for the scheme
- Proof of Residence : Self-Declaration certified by a Competent Authority.
- Proof of applicant’s age Self-attested photo copy of any one of the Birth Certificate/ Voter ID Card/ PAN Card/ Madhyamik Admit Card/ Aadhaar Card/ Primary School Leaving Certificate
- Never married Status : Self declaration on application form
- Family income : Self-declaration certified by a Competent Authority
- Bank Account : Self-attested photo copy of page of bank book which provides complete details of the account holder’s name, account no. bank address, IFSC Code and other details.
- Proof of proposed marriage : Any one of the Marriage Invitation Card/ Notice for Registration of Marriage
- Proof of prospective groom’s age : Photocopy of any one of the Birth Certificate/ Voter ID Card/ PAN Card/ Madhyamik Admit Card/ Aadhaar Card/ Primary school Leaving Certificate.
- Coloured passport size photographs of the applicant and the prospective groom.
Application Processing and Money Disbursement
Each application will be assigned to an Enquiry Officer, who will conduct a field verifications and submit an Enquiry Report.
The Sanctioning officer ( BDO/SDO/Commissioner) shall sanction all applications that have been successfully verified and reject those that have a negative report or are ineligible.
The Drawing and Disbursing Officer will based on fund availability, transfer the sanctioned grant through IFMS to the bank account of the applicant. The Fund transfer must be executed at least five days before the date of proposed marriage.
