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In a country with a large population, financially struggling families often face various difficulties in their lives. These challenges increase even more when it comes to the daughter's marriage. Understanding this problem, the Uttar Pradesh government has launched an excellent scheme called the Marriage Subsidy Scheme. The primary objective of this scheme is to reduce the financial burden faced by economically deprived families while marrying their daughters. Under this scheme, the Uttar Pradesh government is providing financial assistance of ₹ 51,000 to poor families for the marriage of their daughters. Let us know about this scheme in detail.

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Key Features of the Marriage Grant Scheme:

This scheme has been launched especially for the residents of Uttar Pradesh. Residents of other states are not eligible to avail of its benefits.

  • To be eligible for the scheme, you should be aware of some key factors.
  • The Marriage Subsidy Scheme is designed to benefit couples where the bride is 18 years of age or above, and the groom is 21 years of age or above.
  • Economically weaker families belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, Minorities, and General Categories can avail the benefits of this scheme.
  • To qualify for the marriage grant scheme in urban areas, the annual income should be less than ₹56,560.
  • In rural areas, those with an annual income of less than ₹46,080 are eligible.

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Essential documents required to avail of the scheme:

To avail of benefits from this scheme, couples have to provide several documents including their Aadhar card, identity proof, marriage certificate, BPL (Below Poverty Line) card, residential proof, photographs of bride and groom, income certificate, and bank details. Will be.

The Marriage Grant Scheme of the Government of Uttar Pradesh aims to reduce the financial burden faced by economically weaker families during the marriage of their daughters, making it an important step towards supporting and empowering them.