Family and Child Welfare

Family and Child Welfare 3 (3+0)

Lesson 48 : Development Schemes for Women

Scheme of Financial Assistance for Remarriage of Destitute Widows and Marriage of Devadasis

Financial Assistance of Rs. 10,000/- is being given for the remarriage of destitute widows. The destitute widow shouldbe in the age group of 18 and 35 years and she must be a domicile of Karnataka for more than 5 years. The annual income should be as per the Integrated Rural Development Programme norms.

Initially an amount of Rs. 5,000/- is given to the couple to meet the expenses of the marriage and the balance amount of Rs.5000/- is kept in the form of National Savings Certificate in the name of the woman.
Financial Assistance of Rs.10,000 will be given to a couple where the bride is a devadasi. The devadasi woman should be in the age group of 18 to 35 years and must be a domicile in Karnataka for more than 2 years. The suitor should be above 21 years of age at the time of submitting the application. He should have a permanent source of income of not less than Rs.500/- per month.
The state government has enhanced the financial assistance for general category to Rs 20,000/- and to Rs 25,000/- for Scheduled caste and Scheduled Tribes.