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IWR

Incentive to Widow's Remarriage
PuducherryIndividualState/ 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 encourage and support widows to remarry and lead a normal life in society. Through this scheme, eligible individuals receive financial assistance of ₹50,000/- in the form of a National Saving Certificate. The bridegroom should be a bachelor or a widower.

In detail

The scheme "Incentive to Widow's Remarriage (IWR)" is a social welfare scheme by the Department of Women & Child Development, Government of Puducherry. The objective of this scheme is to encourage and support widows to remarry and lead a normal life in society. Through this scheme, eligible individuals receive financial assistance of ₹50,000/- in the form of a National Saving Certificate. The bridegroom should be a bachelor or a widower.

Who qualifies

  • The applicant should be a citizen of India.
  • The applicant should be a Widow.
  • The applicant should be a native of the Union Territory of Puducherry by birth or by continuous residence of not less than 5 years.
  • The applicant should not be carrying a child.
  • The applicant's annual income should not exceed ₹75,000/- per annum.
  • The bridegroom should be a bachelor or a widower.
  • The Bride and the Bridegroom should be of legal marriage age, i.e. 18 years for the Bride and 21 years for the Bridegroom.

What you get

Financial assistance of ₹50,000/- in the form of a National Saving Certificate.

Listed by myScheme
Documentation completeness
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Eligibility published here524 characters
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Benefit amount published hereamount or quantity stated
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Description more than a name289 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
schemeNameIncentive to Widow's RemarriagemyScheme · 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