Marriage Incentive Awards
GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
A B S T R A C T
Dept.
for Women Children Disabled & Senior Citizens – Enhancement of Marriage Incentive
Awards for marriages between Persons with Disabilities and normal persons from
Rs. 10,000/- to Rs. 50,000/- Certain Comprehensive Guidelines for sanction and disbursement
to the individuals – Orders – Issued.
DEPT. FOR WOMEN CHILDREN DISABLED & SENIOR
CITIZENS (DW)
G.O.Ms.No. 14 Dt:
20 .03.2012.
1. G.O.Ms.No.165, Social Welfare (G2) Dept., dt:
25.07.1985.
2. G.O.Ms.No.149, Social Welfare (K) Dept., dt:
11.10.1994.
3. G.O.Ms.No.18, WDCW & DW (DW.A1) Dept., dt:
19.06.2008.
4. G.O.Ms.No.34, Dept. for WCD & SC, dt: 22.07.2011.
5. From the Director, Disabled Welfare, Hyderabad,Lr.No.B2/1585/2011,
dt: 29.12.2011.
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O R D E R:
In
the G.O. 4th read above, orders were issued enhancing the amount of Marriage
Incentive Award from Rs.10,000/- to Rs. 50,000/- for the Marriages between
differently abled persons and normal persons from the date of issue of this orders.
2.
The Director, Disabled Welfare, Hyderabad has sent Comprehensive Guidelines and
Application Form for sanction and disbursement of Marriage Incentive Awards and
requested for approval of the same.
3.
After careful consideration of the matter, Government have decided to issue the
Comprehensive Guidelines in Annexure – I and Application Formate of ( A ), ( B
)
and (
C ) in Annexure – II for the Marriages between Persons with Disabilities and
normal
persons.
4.
The Director, Department for the Welfare of Disabled and Senior Citizens,
Hyderabad
is requested to follow the above guidelines scrupulously while sanction
the
marriage incentive awards for marriages between Persons with Disabilities and
normal
persons.
5.
The Guidelines will be comes into force from the date of issue of the G.O. Ms. No.
34, Department for Women Children
Disabled and Senior Citizens, Dt:22.07.2011.
6.
The Commissioner / Director, Welfare of Disabilities and Senior Citizens, Hyderabad
shall facilitate on - live applications
disposed thereof and monitory etc.,
for
which purpose the Annexures may be appropriately modified.
(BY
ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH)
P.V.
RAMESH
PRL.
SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT
1.Comprehensive Guidelines for sanction
of Incentive Award for
Marriage between Person with Disability
and Normal Person
(a) Government issued orders for sanction of Incentive
Award for the marriage between Person with Disability (PwDs) and normal person,
irrespective of category of the handicap so as to mainstream the Persons with
Disabilities in the society and enable them to lead a normal life and also to
encourage the normal person to marry the Person with Disability. With the
intention of providing timely incentives on time to genuine persons, to avoid
misutilisation of such Incentive and to streamline sanction, drawal and
disbursement of incentives, the Government hereby prescribe the following
comprehensive guidelines for sanction of marriage
incentive award for marriage between PwDs and normal person in respect of all
the cases from now onwards, including pending cases:
2. Eligibility:
(a) Cash incentive award can be given to either of the
spouse with disability if a normal person marries a Person with Disability.
Either of spouse should have not availed the incentive award under this scheme
earlier.
(b) The bridegroom and the bride must have completed 21
years and 18
years of age respectively at the time of the marriage.
3. Definition of Persons with
Disabilities:
(a) Definitions of Persons with Disabilities and
categories for the purpose of
Incentive Award shall be as stipulated in the
G.O.Ms.No.31, Department for Women, Children, Disabled & Senior Citizens (DW),dt.1.12.2009
with it’s amendments/ modifications from time to time read with the Persons
with Disabilities Act.
4. Application Form:
(a) The Assistant Director, Welfare of Disabled and
Senior Citizens shall
make available online the application form apart from
making them at Offices of Assistant Directors, Disabled Welfare at district
headquarters
available to the Persons with Disabilities. A application
form is enclosed
in Ann-I.
(b) In respect of pending applications, if any of the
information in prescribed proforma is found to be missing the same shall be
obtained from the applicant immediately.
5. Time Limit for Submission of
Application:
(a) The application in the prescribed form either online
or hard copy should
be submitted to the concerned Assistant Director, Welfare
of Disabled &
Sr. Citizens in the District where the couple is residing
within one year
from the date of marriage who shall given an online or
acknowledgement
in hard copy as case may be within 3 days giving number
to the applicants.
6. Filling up of Application Forms and
Enclosures:
(A) Eligible Couple shall apply in the prescribed format
for Incentive award along with self attested copies of the following
certificates:
i) Disability Certificate Issued by District Medical
Board as notified by the Government.
(ii) Marriage Registration Certificate issued by the competent
registration authority of marriages.
(iii) Three Post Card Size Joint Photograph of the couple
self attested
(iv) Residential certificate issued by the Tahsildar or
Residential Proof
(Ration Card/ Aadhaar Card)
7. Registration of Application;-
(a) The Assistant Director, Disabled Welfare Department
on receipt of filled in applications in full shape along with required certificates
shall Cause -
(i)
it’s essential details to be
entered in the Record of Marriage Incentive Awards and a computer generated
common seniority number shall be assigned irrespective of category of the disability.
(ii) Computer generated acknowledgement be given, to the applicant or his
authorized representative in case of hand
delivery, and its dispatch by post in other cases and the
acknowledgement shall
specify, inter alia, the seniority number
and date of receipt of the application.
8. Preliminary Scrutiny of the
application;-
(a) On receipt of an application under Incentive Award
the Assistant Director, Disabled Welfare shall satisfy him/herself that the application
is complete and in case where the Assistant Director finds any lacunae in the
application, he/she shall direct the applicant within 3 days from the receipt
of the application to rectify such lacunae within a reasonable time limit. Such
incomplete applications should not be assigned Seniority number.
(b) On receipt of the prescribed application in full
shape, the Assistant Director shall forward the application to the concerned Verification
Officer within three working days from the date of receipt of the application.
9. Verification:
(a) Tahsildars are designated as Verification officers
for the purpose of
Marriage Incentive Awards.
(b) On receipt of the application from the Assistant
Director the
Verification Officer shall undertake physical
verification of the
couple, certificates and other relevant details. The
Verification
Officer shall inform the date of the verification to the
couple in
advance.
(c) The couple shall be physically present on date of
visit of the
Verification Officer along with required original
certificates and
with other details.
(d) Verification Officer shall (i) verify identity of
applicant (ii) shall
verify the disability of persons with reference to the
disability
certificate, (iii) the fact of marriage or otherwise (iv)
whether such
marriage is first marriage or whether applicant or spouse
has
availed same benefit earlier or not
(e) After verification of the genuineness of the
application the
Verification officer shall forward the report along with
application
to the Assistant Director within 20 days from the receipt
of the
application.
10. Sanction and Disbursement of Marriage
Incentive Award
(a) The Collector & District Magistrate shall be the
sanctioning
authority for Marriage Incentive Award.
(b) The Assistant Director shall ensure that either
spouse should not
have availed the incentive award under this scheme in the
District or any other district in the State.
(c) Sanctions shall be accorded strictly following the
common Disability Seniority.
(d) On receipt of the verification report and application
form the Verification Officer, the Assistant Director after thorough scrutiny with
reference to the guidelines and other relevant rules shall submit proposal for
Marriage Incentive Award to Collector & District Magistrate for approval.
(e) The District Collector shall satisfy himself and
accord sanction subject availability of budget.
(f) Copy of the sanction order of Marriage Incentive
Award by District Collector shall be marked to the concerned Verification Officer
for information, applicant and Assistant Director, Disabled Welfare apart from
uploading the same.
(g) The amount of Marriage Incentive Award shall be
disbursed to the Couple through account payee cheque in the name spouse with
disability the spouses. Joint Photograph of the couple attested by the Gazetted
Officer shall be pasted on the acquittance register for proper identification.
(h) The names of couple who are sanctioned Marriage
Incentive Awards sanctioned shall be displayed on the web-site of the District
and State Department of Disabled & Senior Citizens Welfare along with
scanned Joint Photograph of the Couple.
(i) If rejected, the reasons thereof shall be intimated
to the applicant by the Assistant Director, Disabled & Senior Citizens
Welfare.
11. Review by District Collector:
The District Collector shall review periodically with the
Assistant Director, Disabled Welfare and the Verification Officers and other Departments
to ensure that the objective of the scheme is fully achieved and to sort out
problems if any.
12. Action for fraudulently availing any
benefit meant for Persons
with Disabilities:
Those who fraudulently avail or attempt even after having
availed once
the same benefit shall be punishable with imprisonment
for a term which may extend to two years or with fine which may extend to
twenty thousand rupees or with both as prescribed under Section 69 of Persons with
Disabilities Act, 1995. In such cases, the Assistant Director, who is the
sanctioning authority shall initiate action accordingly, besides recovery of
disbursed amount with 12% interest.
GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
DEPARTMENT FOR THE WELFARE OF DISABLED
& SENIOR CITIZENS
APPLICATION FOR
SANCTION OF MARRIAGE INCENTIVE AWARD FOR
MARRIAGE BETWEEN
DISABLED & NORMAL PERSON
PART – A
(To be filled in by the Couple)
I.Details of Person with Disabilities(Spouse)
a)
Full Name :Surname: Name:
b)
Sex (Male/Female) :
c)
Nature of disability :
d)
Father’s Name :
e)
Date of Birth :
f)
Age at the time
of
marriage :
g)
Religion and Caste :
h)
Educational Qualifications :
|
Roll No.
|
Name of the
Institution
and address
|
10th Class
|
|
|
Intermediate
|
|
|
Degree
|
|
|
Post Graduation
|
|
|
i)
Native Place & Address :
j)
Present Place of living and Address :
k)
Occupation :
l)
SADAREM ID No. (If any) :
m)
Aadhar card No. (If any) :
n)
Ration card No.(If any)
:
o)
Contact Phone Nos. :
p) Mail-ID
(if any) :
II.Details of Normal Person(Spouse)
a)
Full Name : Surname: Name:
b)
Sex (Male/Female) :
c)
Father’s Name :
d)
Date of Birth :
e)
Age at the time of marriage :
f)
Religion and Caste :
g)
Educational Qualifications :
h)
Native Place & Address :
i)
Present Place of living and Address :
j)
Occupation :
k)
Aadhar card No. (If any) :
l)
Ration card No.(If any)
:
m)
Contact Phone No.
:
n)
Mail-ID (if any) :
III. Date and place of Marriage :
IV. Certificates Enclosed (Self attested copies):
(i)
Disability Certificate Issued by :
YES/NO
District
Medical Board as notified by the Government
(ii)
Marriage Registration Certificate issued by the competent : YES/NO
Registration
Authority of Marriages
(iii)
Three Post Card Size Joint Photograph of the couple : YES/NO
self
attested.
(iv)
Residential certificate issued by the Tahsildars / : YES/NO
Residential
Proof (Ration Card / Aadhaar Card)
V. Declaration of Husband & Wife
We
certify that the information furnished above is true and correct. We also certify
that we have not claimed the Marriage Incentive Award previously. If in any case,
the information submitted by us is proved to be wrong at any time, we understand
we are liable for prosecution entailing of Rs.20000/-, imprisonment up to 2
years and recovery of Marriage Incentive Award paid along with 12% interest thereon
Signature of Normal Person Signature of Person with Disability
Date :
Place :
PART - B
(to be filled in by the Verification
Officer)
I
have verified the contents of the application with Original
Certificates
and physically identified the Couple and certify that :
i) The Couple are married and living together :Yes/ No
ii) Joint Photographs of the couple : Correct/Incorrect
iii) Disability Certificate :
Correct/Incorrect
iv) Marriage Registration Certificate : Correct/Incorrect
v) Residential Certificate/Proof of Address : Correct/Incorrect
vi) As per enquiry the coupled have not
availed the incentive award earlier :Correct/Incorrect
I
recommend for sanction of Marriage Incentive Award
(or)
I do
not recommend for sanction of Marriage Incentive Award for the
following
reasons :
a)
b)
c)
a)
Name of the Verification Officer :
b)
Designation :
c)
Office Address :
Signature of the Verification
Officer with Stamp
Date :
Place :
PART – C
(To be filled in by the Sanctioning authority)
I
have scrutinized the application form bearing number dt………,
enclosures
and Verification Report of the Verification Officer …………….
Dt…………….
with reference to the guidelines and other relevant rules and
sanction
the request for the Marriage Incentive Award to the applicant vide
Procs.No.______________,
dt._____________.
(or)
Reject
the same for the following reasons:-
Date :
Collector and District Magistrate
Place :
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