Last Updated: 18 July 2024

Applications online & linked with Sewa Kendras: Corruption FREE, transparency & convenience

-- Ashirwad Scheme portal was launched by Punjab Government on 15 November 2022^[1]
-- Now portal is being integrated with Sewa Kendras to ensure transparency of the scheme^[2]

Backlog cleared till Jan 2024^[3]
-- Earlier it used to be years of backlog

¶ Scheme Features

• Rs 51000/- as Financial assistance at the time of marriage/remarriage^[4]
  • Girls from Scheduled Castes/Backward classes/Economically backward/Christian communities
  • Widowed girls of any caste
  • Scheduled Caste widows/divorced women at the time of their remarriage^[5]

REFERENCES:

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1. https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/punjab-govt-launches-portal-to-implement-ashirwad-scheme-101672587545785.html ↩︎

2. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=186675 ↩︎

3. https://yespunjab.com/recruitment-of-district-and-tehsil-social-justice-and-empowerment-officers-soon-dr-baljit-kaur/ ↩︎

4. https://ashirwad.punjab.gov.in/Public/pdf/Ashirwad_Shagun_Scheme.pdf ↩︎

5. https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/punjab-govt-to-release-256-crore-for-beneficiaries-under-ashirwad-scheme-minister-101676558620234.html ↩︎