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AFFR

Assistance for Funeral Rites
Tamil NaduIndividualState/ UTNo start date
myScheme’s own wording, reproduced in full. Where it is thin, that is the finding, and the completeness checks are below.

What this is

The “Assistance for Funeral Rites” scheme provides ₹500/- to support SC/ST families with low income, in covering funeral expenses, ensuring that they can conduct funeral rites for their deceased ones.

In detail

The “Assistance for Funeral Rites” scheme by the Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department, Tamil Nadu, offers financial support of ₹500/- to SC/ST families with an annual income below ₹24,000/-. The goal is to ease the burden of funeral expenses for economically disadvantaged communities, ensuring they can perform dignified funeral rites for their family members.

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Who qualifies

  • The beneficiary should be a resident of Tamil Nadu.
  • The beneficiary should belong to the SC/ST (Adi Dravidar/Tribal) community.
  • The beneficiary should have lost any of his/her family members due to death.

What you get

  • Financial Assistance: ₹500/- for funeral expenses.

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Listed by myScheme
Documentation completeness
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Eligibility published here219 characters
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Benefit amount published hereamount or quantity stated
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Description more than a name201 characters
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Implementing agency published herefield absent from the record
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How to apply published hereoffline mode declared, no URL needed
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Start date published herenot published
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End date published hereno end date recorded, so indefinite by omission
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Stored links well-formedall parse
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Not expired while still listedno end date
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Provenance

Every field above, and where it came from
schemeNameAssistance for Funeral RitesmyScheme &middot; 2026-09-02
schemeOpenDate...not published at source
schemeCloseDate...not published at source
nodalMinistryName...myScheme &middot; 2026-09-02
dbtSchemeFalsemyScheme &middot; 2026-09-02
achievement data...no source publishes this for any central scheme