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The ARUNDHATI scheme started on January 1, 2020. It will offer 10 grams of gold as a gift to every bride. The bride and Bridegroom can apply for the scheme before the wedding. The scheme will cost about Rs 800 crore annually.

Many parts of our country are plagued with social evils surrounding the girl child, like child marriage, female foeticide, dowry etc. But the Assamese society, from time immemorial, is fortunate to be free from such evils. Though there is no dowry system prevalent in Assam, the parent of every girl desires to give something to the girl during her marriage. The parents, irrespective of their social and economic status dream to bestow their children with love, blessings and gifts. But for many, these dreams remain unfulfilled due to their economic weakness.

Gold is always considered auspicious and an asset. The parents believe that a gift of gold ornament would enhance their daughter’s social and economic status. Objective: The Government of Assam has decided to introduce a New Scheme “ARUNDHATI” from the financial year 2019-20.

The objective of the scheme is to facilitate the parents of the girl child who are economically not very sound, but like all parents desire to give some gold which is considered auspicious to their as gift daughters on her marriage. The Government desires to share the joy of such parents who are getting their daughters married by way of providing Rs. 40,000/- as a blessing to the daughters of these parents for purchasing Gold.

Eligibility

• The bride and groom should have attained the legal age of 18 years and 21 years respectively at the time of registration of the marriage.
• The marriage of the applicant should be registered under the Special Marriage Act, of 1954.
• The applicant should have solemnised her marriage on or after the 1st of December, 2019.
• The applicant should have registered her marriage on or after the 1st of January 2020.
• The applicant girl should apply for the benefit under Arundhati Gold Scheme on the same day that she applies for marriage registration.
• The total income of the parents of the applicant girl should be below Rs 5.00 Lakh per annum.
• The applicant girl can avail of this benefit for her first marriage only.
• Both the bride and the groom must have passed at least HSLC or equivalent Except Tea Tribe including Adivasi communities of the State.
• No minimum educational qualification is required in the case of Tea Tribe including Adivasi communities for the next five years, as most of the Tea Gardens in the State of Assam do not have High School facility