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GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT SECRETARIAT

[G.O. Ms. No. 15/2015-WCD(SW-IV), dated 2nd September 2015]

NOTIFICATION

In supersession of the “Incentive for Widow’s Re-marriage

Rules, 1981” notified vide G.O. Ms. No. 55/81-HEW(SW), dated

18th March 1981 and published in the Extraordinary Gazette No. 36,

dated 1st April 1981, save in respect of things done or omitted to be

done before such supersession, the Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry

has been pleased to make the “Incentive for Widow’s Remarriage

Rules, 2015 to provide for the grant of financial assistance to widow’s

remarriage in the Union territory of Puducherry as appended in the

Annexure.

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2. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Department vide

their U.O. No. 1935/F5/A2, dated 11-8-2015.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

M. GUNASEKARAN,

Under Secretary to Government (WCD).

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ANNEXURE

INCENTIVE FOR WIDOW REMARRIAGE RULES, 2015

1. Short title, extent and commencement.— (i) These rules may be

called the “Incentive for Widow Remarriage Rules, 2015.”

(ii) They shall extend to the whole of the Union territory of

Puducherry.

(iii) They shall come into force with effect from the 1st day of April 2014.

2. Object.— The object of these rules are to encourage the widows

to get married and lead a good life confidently.

3. Definitions.— In these rules, unless context otherwise requires,-

(a) “Appellate Authority” means the Secretary to Government

in-charge of the Department;

(b) “Attesting Authority” means any Gazetted Officer of Central

Government/Government of Puducherry/Manager of a recognized

poor house or similar recognized charitable institution/Special Officer

or Commissioner of a Municipality or a Commune Panchayat/

Chairman of a Municipal Council or a Commune Panchayat/Member

of the Lok Sabha/Rajya Sabha/Legislative Assembly.

Development.

(d) “Widow” means a woman of above 18 years and whose

husband is dead.

(e) “Director” means the Director in-charge of the Department.

(f) “Government” means the Administrator of the Union territory

of Puducherry appointed by the President under Article 239 of the

Constitution of India.

(g) “Union Territory” means the Union territory of Puducherry.

(h) “Form” means form appended to these rules.

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4. Eligibility conditions.— A widow woman is eligible for incentive

for widow remarriage under these rules, subject to the following

conditions namely:-

(i) The applicant shall be a widow as defined in rule 3 above and

shall marry a bachelor or widower.

(ii) The applicant shall be in the age group of 18-40 years.

(iii) The applicant should not have children who are earning

members.

(iv) The bachelor or widower who marries the applicant shall

be in the age group of 21-45 years.

(v) The marriage shall be performed in accordance with law in

force on the date of marriage and the marriage shall be registered

either in the Registration Department or in the Municipality/

Commune Panchayat concerned.

(vi) The applicant shall be resident of the Union territory of

Puducherry for a period not less than five years preceding the date

of application.

(vii) The applicant's annual income shall not exceed ` 75,000 of

her own or of anyone else who is legally bound to maintain the said

person.

(viii) A sworn affidavit by the individual that she is a widow and

shall be signed by a Notary/Gazetted Officer of the Central

Government/Government of Puducherry/Manager of a recognized

poor house or similar recognized charitable institution/ Special

Officer or Commissioner of a Municipality or a Commune Panchayat/

Chairman of a Municipal Council or a Commune Panchayat/Member

of the Lok Sabha/Rajya Sabha/Legislative Assembly.

5. Quantum of assistance.— The incentive shall be in the form of

National Savings Certificate in the name of both the applicant (widow)

and the spouse of the applicant to the value of ` 50,000 to be held for

the period prescribed in the National Savings Scheme.

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6. Procedure for grant of incentive.— (1) The forms shall be made

available by the department to intending applicants free of cost and also

be downloaded from the department's official website.

(2) Application for grant of incentive to widow remarriage shall

be made in Form-I, appended to these rules by the intending applicant.

(3) The application shall be submitted to the Director in Puducherry

region, the Child Development Project Officer in Karaikal region and the

Welfare Officer in Mahe and Yanam regions within 60 days from the date

of marriage.

(4) The application shall be accompanied by the following

certificates/documents namely :-

(i) Certificate of residence from an officer of the Revenue

Department not below the rank of Deputy Tahsildar.

(ii) Certificate of income from an officer of the Revenue

Department not below the rank of Deputy Tahsildar.

(iii) Certificate from the Anganwadi worker in the prescribed

Form-III.

(iv) Declaration given by the applicant and her spouse.

(v) Self-attested copy of Death Certificate of the husband of the

applicant.

(vi) Self-attested copy, of Birth Certificate of the bridegroom who

marries the applicant.

(vii) Self-attested copy of the Marriage Registration Certificate.

(viii) Self-attested copy of the Ration Card (Smart card), Elector’s

Photo Identity Card and Aadhaar Card.

7. Receipt, verification and selection.— (1) The application

received from the applicants shall be acknowledged and entered in the

receipt register and allot receipt number in seriatum.

(2) The Director shall thereafter cause an enquiry to be conducted

through the field level functionaries of the department and satisfy himself

that the particulars furnished in the application are genuine and correct.

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8. Competent authority for selection of beneficiaries.— (i) The Director,

Department of Women and Child Development, Puducherry/Child

Development Project Officer, Karaikal/Welfare Officer, Mahe and Yanam,

shall be the competent authority for selection of beneficiaries who fulfil

the criteria prescribed in the rules. On being satisfied that the applicant

has fulfilled all the conditions prescribed under these rules, the

Department of Women and Child Development, Puducherry shall issue

release order for extending the assistance based on the block sanction

obtained from the Government for granting such assistance as per the

seniority of the receipt of the application (region-wise).

(ii) Payment shall be made by the Deputy Director (WD), Puducherry/

Child Development Project Officer, Karaikal/Welfare Officer, Mahe/Yanam

regions.

(iii) Separate registers shall be maintained by the concerned officers

and necessary entries and other details shall be recorded in the register

regarding the receipt of application, receipt of assistance from the

Government and payment made thereof. Payment shall be made on

obtaining proper acknowledgements.

(iv) The officers in the outlying regions who are authorized to make

the payments under these rules shall forward to the Director of Women

and Child Development, Puducherry an extract of the entries made during

the month in the register maintained as required under sub-rule (ii) to

enable to furnish quarterly and annual reports.

(v) If the Director, Department of Women and Child Development,

Puducherry and the officers in the outlying regions find that the applicant

is not eligible for the incentive under these rules, he/she shall inform the

applicant furnishing the reason thereof.

(vi) In case the grantee has obtained the assistance by fraud or by

misrepresentation or by suppression of material facts, the applicant shall,

on demand by the Director, forthwith refund the amount granted to her

within 30 days from the date of issue of the notice together with interest

at the rates applicable to Government loans. The applicant has to furnish

a declaration to this effect in Form-VII.

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FORM-I

[See rule-6(2)]

GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

DEPARTMENT OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

Receipt No.

Date of receipt

Project

Region

Anganwadi Centre :

Constituency :

Anganwadi Code :

Village

Name of the applicant (widow)

Aadhaar (UID) No. and address of the

applicant

Date of birth of the applicant (enclose

attested copy of the birth certificate/

age proof).

Educational qualification

Occupation

Name of the father of the applicant

Name of the mother of the applicant

Permanent address

Community

Affix a recent

Passport size

photo of the

applicant and

spouse attested

by Gazett ed

Officer

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10.

Ann u al i nc o me o f th e a p p li c an t :

(Certificate issued by the Department of

Revenue and Disaster Management to be

enclosed).

11.

Residence

(Certificate issued by the Department of

Revenue and Disaster Management to be

enclosed).

12.

Date and time of remarriage

13.

Place where remarriage is proposed to be :

performed (or) performed.

14.

Nature of remarriage, whether according :

to religious rites or by registration or

otherwise

16.

Name of the bridegroom's father

name of the bridegroom's mother

Address

Occupation

17.

Whether native of Union territory of

Puducherry.

I hereby declare that the information furnished above is correct and

I have not suppressed any fact that will disentitle me for the financial

assistance for remarriage.

Signature of the applicant.

Place :

Date :

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FORM-II

[See rule 4(vi)(vii)]

INCOME AND RESIDENCE CERTIFICATE

(To be obtained from the Revenue Department)

This is to certify that Tmt./ Selvi......................................................

daughter/wife of Thiru ............................................................. residing at

...............................................................................................................is

a resident of the Union territory of Puducherry for the past .............years

preceding the date of this application and her family's annual income

or income of Thiru ....................................................................................

son of/daughter of ... .................................................................................

who is legally bound to maintain the said person is `............................

(Rupees ..................................................................................only).

This certificate is issued to her so as to enable her to apply for the

grant of incentive for Widow Remarriage given by the Department of

Women and Child Development, Puducherry.

Signature of the official with seal.

Place :

Date :

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FORM-III

[See rule 6(4)(iii)]

CERTIFICATE FROM ANGANWADI WORKER

I, ...............................Anganwadi worker of ................... (name of the

centre), hereby declare that the family details of the applicant

Thiru/Tmt...................................................S/o./W/o./D/o.............................

......................................... is registered in the Family Survey Register vide

survey No. .....................................

Signature of the anganwadi worker.

Place :

Date :

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FORM - IV

[See rule 4(ii)(iii)]

DECLARATION BY THE BRIDE

I, ........................................wife of. ..................................... residing

at ....................................................do hereby solemnly and sincerely affirm

and state that I was born on ................... at...................................... and

I do not have any earning children. I affirm that the marriage held was

a second marriage for me and the marriage for the bridegroom is first

marriage/second marriage.

Signature of the applicant.

Place :

Date :

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FORM-V

[See rule 4(iv)]

DECLARATION BY THE BRIDEGROOM

I, ..................................................son of. ............................. residing

....................................................do hereby solemnly and sincerely affirm

and state that I was born on................... at................................ and I am

a bachelor/widower and I do not have any earning children.

Signature of the applicant’s spouse.

Place :

Date :

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FORM - VI

[See rule (4)(viii)]

AFFIDAVIT

I, .............................................daughter of .......................................

residing at ................................hereby solemnly and sincerely affirm and

state as follows.

I was married to Thiru ...................... on ................................ at

.......................................The said Thiru ................................... expired on

and now I am a widow and decided to remarry/performed remarriage.

I do not have any relative legally bound to maintain me/I have

a relative legally bound to maintain me but the annual income of my

relative does not exceed ` 75,000.

I am deposing this affidavit in lieu of producing the same before

the Department of Women and Child Development to benefit under the

scheme, 'Incentive for Widow Remarriage' and further declare that the

above facts are true to my knowledge, belief and information and nothing

has been concealed or misrepresented therefrom.

Signature.

Signed before me.

Place :

Date :

Name and designation :

Signature and seal of the attesting

authority.

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FORM -VIII

UNDERTAKING

Whereas the Government of Puducherry has sanctioned an amount

of ` 50,000 (Rupees fifty thousand only) as a incentive for my remarriage

with Thiru.........................................son of.......................which was held

on ...................................................

We ..............................................son of............................................ and

Tmt ..............................wife of .......................residing at ...........................

............................. in.................................... at..................................hereby

undertake that ourselves and my heirs, executors, administrators, legal

representatives and assign to pay unto the Director, Department of

Women and Child Development, Puducherry a sum of ` 50,000 (Rupees

fifty thousand only) within 30 days of notice in the event of having

obtained the assistance by fraud or by suppression or misrepresentation

of material facts. If I fail to repay the amount, the same shall be recovered

as if it were arrears of land revenue under the Revenue Recovery Act.

Signed at .................... on this ......................... day of ......................

Signature of the applicant.

Signature of the spouse.

Place :

Date :

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