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Inter-Caste Marriage Award
Himachal PradeshIndividualState/ 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 objective of this scheme is to eliminate the practice of untouchability by encouraging marriages between the Scheduled Castes and other castes, under which an incentive of ₹50,000/- or an amount as decided by the Government from time to time is awarded.

In detail

The scheme "Inter-Caste Marriage Award " has been launched by the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of Himachal Pradesh. The objective of the scheme is to eliminate the practice of untouchability by encouraging marriages between the Scheduled Castes and other castes.

Who qualifies

Eligibility Criteria for Inter-Caste Marriage Award:

  • The applicant must be a permanent resident of Himachal Pradesh.
  • The age of the couple should not exceed 50 years.
  • The marriage must be registered under the applicable Act/Rules.
  • The applicant should not have received any Inter-Caste Marriage Award earlier.

What you get

Under this scheme, a person from another caste who marries a person from a Scheduled Caste receives ₹50,000/- or an amount decided by the Government from time to time.

Listed by myScheme
Documentation completeness
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Eligibility published here334 characters
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Benefit amount published hereamount or quantity stated
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Description more than a name257 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
schemeNameInter-Caste Marriage AwardmyScheme · 2026-09-02
schemeOpenDate...not published at source
schemeCloseDate...not published at source
nodalMinistryName...myScheme · 2026-09-02
dbtSchemeFalsemyScheme · 2026-09-02
achievement data...no source publishes this for any central scheme