The Government of Assam has decided to introduce a scheme “Arundhati Gold Scheme” from the current financial year 2019-2020.

The objective of the scheme is to facilitate the parents of the girl child who are economically downtrodden.

The government desires to share the joy of such parents who desire to give some gold which is considered auspicious as a gift to their daughters on her marriage by way of providing Rs.40,000 as a token of blessings to the daughters for purchasing gold. 

Revenue and Disaster Management (registration) is the nodal department for implementation of the Arundhati Gold Scheme.

The eligibility criteria under this scheme are that the bride and groom should have attained the legal age of 18 years and 21years respectively; the marriage of the applicant should be registered under Special Marriage Act 1954; the applicant should have solemnised on or 1st of December,2019; the applicant should have registered her marriage on or after 1st of January, 2020; the applicant girl should apply for the benefit under Arundhati Gold Scheme on the same day she applies for marriage registration; the total income of parents of the applicant girl should be below Rs.5 lakh per annum; the applicant girl can avail this benefit for her first marriage only and both the bride and groom must have passed at least HSLC or equivalent exam except for tea tribes and Adivasi community of the state.

No minimum educational qualification is required in case of tea tribes including the Adivasi community for the next five years.

For further information, interested persons are requested to contact the nearest Revenue & Disaster Management (registration) department in weekdays during office hours.