Bengali Rachana about Rupashree prakalpa
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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 IFS Code and an MICR code and transacts e-payments though NEFT .
Method of applying for the scheme
The Scheme’s Application form can be downloaded from http://wbcdwdsw.gov.in/link/pdf/rupashree_form.pdf . It is also 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 Municipal Commissioner in case the applicant resides in a Municipal Corporation area
The following documents / certifications must be submitted along with the application form:
Proof of applicant’s age : Self-attested photo-copy of any one of the following: Birth Certificate / Voter ID card / PAN Card / Madhyamik Admit card / AADHAR card / Government recognized School Leaving Certificate
Never-married Status : Self-declaration
Family income: Self-declaration
Proof of Residence: Self-Declaration
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, IFS Code and MICR No. and other details
Proof of proposed marriage : Any one of the following: Marriage Invitation Card / Notice for Registration of Marriage / Self Declaration.
Proof of prospective groom’s age: Photocopy of any one of the following: Birth Certificate / Voter ID card / PAN Card / Madhyamik Admit card / AADHAR card / Government recognized School Leaving Certificate
Coloured passport size photographs of the applicant and the prospective groom.
The completed Application Form, along with all other necessary documents and certifications must be submitted to the Office of the Block Development Officer, Office of the Sub - Divisional Officer or Office of the Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation under which the applicant’s residence is located AND must be submitted not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date of the proposed marriage.
Application processing and money disbursement
Each application will be assigned to an Enquiry Officer, who will conduct a field verification 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.
After rolling out "Kanyashree" project for empowering adolescent girls, the West Bengal government on Wednesday introduced a new scheme "Rupashree" for marriage assistance to girls coming from economically weaker families with a budgetary allocation of Rs 1,500 crore.
Presenting the state budget for 2018-19, Finance Minister Amit Mitra said: "I propose to extend a one-time assistance of Rs 25,000 to the family of the girl with an annual income upto Rs 1.5 lakh at the time of marriage after attaining the age of 18 years."
The scheme has been named 'Rupashree' and this will benefit annually around six lakh families, he said. "I propose to provide Rs 1500 crore in the for this scheme," Mitra said, adding that many poor families find it extremely difficult to bear expenditure of marriage of the daughters and have to borrow at a high rate of interest to bear the marriage expenses.
According to him, many of these poor families are ruined because of this and the Mamata Banerjee government "wants to stand by these families and partly relieve them of this financial burden".
Mitra also said the Kanyashree Prakalpa, the state's flagship scheme for empowerment of adolescent girls has benefitted more than 45 lakh girls.
He also proposed to increase the annual scholarship from Rs 750 to Rs 1,000 under the scheme and said the state has been spending Rs 1200 crore annually for the project of girls' empowerment.