MSSAVSY-HARYANA
What this is
The scheme is implemented by Welfare of Scheduled Castes & Backward Classes Dept., Govt. of Haryana to promote communal harmony by encouraging inter-caste marriages. The scheme provides financial assistance of ₹2.5 lakhs to couple when a Non-Scheduled Caste boy or girl marries with a SC girl/boy.
In detail
The scheme “Mukhyamantri Samajik Samrasta Antarjatiya Vivah Shagun Yojana” is implemented by the Welfare of Scheduled Castes & Backward Classes Department, Government of Haryana to promote communal harmony by encouraging inter-caste marriages. The objective of the scheme is in diminishing caste consciousness among the people and to encourage inter-caste marriages. This scheme is effective from 01.04.1983.
Under the scheme, financial assistance of ₹2,50,000/- is given to the couple when a Non-Scheduled Caste boy or girl marries a Scheduled Caste girl/boy. The amount is provided as an incentive to the married couple and deposited in the joint account of the couple for 3 years lock-in period. This is a 50:50 sharing basis scheme of the Government of India/State Government.
Who qualifies
- Both spouses should be citizens of India, and one spouse must belong to the Scheduled Caste community i.e. a Non-Scheduled Caste boy or girl marries with a Scheduled Caste girl/boy.
- The beneficiary (he or she) should be a permanent resident of Haryana State.
- The beneficiary (he or she) should not have received benefits under a similar scheme.
- The beneficiary can apply for the incentive within 3 years from the date of marriage.
- The bride should be at least 18 years old.
- The groom should be at least 21 years old.
- The benefit of the scheme is only applicable for the first marriage.
What you get
- Under this scheme, financial assistance of ₹2,50,000/- is given to the couple when a Non-Scheduled Caste boy or girl marries a Scheduled Caste girl/boy.
Note: Out of the total ₹2,50,000/-, ₹1,25,000/- will be directly transferred to the joint account of the couple immediately after the marriage. The remaining ₹1,25,000/- will be deposited in the couple's joint fixed deposit account for a lock-in period of 3 years, without the facility for its pre-mature encashment.
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Provenance
| schemeName | Mukhyamantri Samajik Samrasta Antarjatiya Vivah Shagun Yojana | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| schemeOpenDate | 1983-04-01 | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| schemeCloseDate | ... | not published at source |
| nodalMinistryName | ... | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| dbtScheme | False | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| achievement data | ... | no source publishes this for any central scheme |