Ashirwad
The Punjabi government has established the Punjab Ashirwad Scheme to offer financial support for a girl’s marriage.
The Punjabi government has established the Punjab Ashirwad Scheme to offer financial support for a girl’s marriage.
The scheme is implemented by Welfare of Scheduled Castes & Backward Classes Dept., Govt. of Haryana to promote communal harmony by encouraging inter-caste marriages. The scheme provides financial assistance of ₹2.5 lakhs to couple when a Non-Scheduled Caste boy or girl marries with a SC girl/boy.
This scheme is being implemented to honor the girl child and to ensure that the girls from poor families and daughters of widows/destitute women, sports women & orphan girl children, are married gracefully. For this purpose, grant is given to eligible persons to cover marriage expenses.
The “Shagun Scheme” by the BOCW Welfare Board, Department of Labour, Punjab, is a welfare scheme that provides financial support for the marriage of up to two daughters of registered workmen, including daughters who are registered beneficiaries.
This scheme was started by the Haryana Labour Welfare Board (HLWB), Labour Department, Government of Haryana on 15.01.2019. Under this scheme, financial assistance of ₹21,000/- will be provided as Shagun for the marriage of workers’ sons and unmarried male workers themselves.