Chandigarh Government Schemes

Monthly maintenance allowance for economically backward class students in post-matric courses, plus reimbursement of compulsory non-refundable fees

One-time grant of Rs 20,000 towards the marriage expenses of the daughter

Free vocational training in trades such as stenography, cutting, tailoring, computer courses and beautician courses, delivered through Chandigarh Administration departments and corporations

Free or subsidised whole-day creche care, supplementary nutrition, health check-ups and early stimulation for children of 6 months to 6 years

Rs 1,000 per month for 40-70 percent disability, Rs 2,000 per month for more than 70 percent disability

Rs 1,000 per month per child for up to two children in a family

Rs 1,000 per month paid into the beneficiary's Aadhaar-seeded bank account

Vocational training in computers, beauty culture and five other trades for differently abled persons

A government-issued identity card establishing senior citizen status, delivered within 15 working days

Rs 2,50,000 per inter-caste couple, released as a fixed deposit

Disability identity card issued by designated UT dispensaries and hospitals, used as proof for welfare benefits and concessions

Free residential shelter, food, clothing, primary health care, counselling and rehabilitation support for destitute and distressed women and girls

Rs 1,000 per month credited to the pensioner's bank account

Rs 5,000 per month till 18 years, a Rs 3,00,000 fixed deposit for institutionalised children, and annual education support of Rs 25,000 to Rs 1,00,000

50 per cent subsidy on actual petrol or diesel spending, capped at 20 litres a month

Financial assistance at the post-matriculation stage for Scheduled Caste students, paid into the student's own Aadhaar-seeded bank account

Financial assistance for transgender students of Chandigarh pursuing post-matriculation education, paid by direct benefit transfer

Annual pre-matric scholarship for SC students of Class 9 and Class 10 domiciled in Chandigarh, paid by DBT

100 per cent of the cost of artificial limbs, aids and appliances up to Rs 40,000

An official Chandigarh Administration photo identity card certifying that the holder is a senior citizen, used to claim age-based concessions and to establish senior-citizen status with UT departments

Rs 500 per month unemployment allowance for matriculate and above disabled jobseekers

Rs 1,000 per month credited to the beneficiary's bank account

The legal record of a birth under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act 1969, accepted as the single proof of date of birth for school admission, passport, Aadhaar and government recruitment

Allotment of an EWS, LIG, MIG or HIG flat built by the Chandigarh Housing Board at the price fixed in the scheme brochure

One-room flat in a multi-storey building allotted on monthly licence fee to a recognised resident of a notified colony

An official Chandigarh death certificate issued under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act 1969, accepted for bank claims, insurance, pension transfer, property mutation and succession

An official Scheduled Caste or Backward Class certificate recognised by Chandigarh Administration departments, UT educational institutions and central reservation authorities

Monthly and daily CTU bus passes at concessional rates, with 50 per cent off for Chandigarh senior citizens

No Mukhyamantri Swarojgar Yojana exists in Chandigarh; self-employment loans are routed through the Chandigarh SC, BC and Minorities Finance and Development Corporation

An official police character verification certificate issued by Chandigarh Police, downloadable from the Citizen Portal and accepted for jobs, passports, visas, licences and tenders

An official residence/domicile certificate of UT Chandigarh, accepted by Chandigarh Administration departments for jobs, admissions and scheme eligibility

A certified record from the Chandigarh Sub-Registrar of the documents registered against a property in a chosen period, used by banks, buyers and advocates to check for mortgages and charges

An Income and Assets Certificate on the central proforma that lets you claim the 10% EWS reservation in central recruitment and in Chandigarh Administration institutions, valid for the financial year named on it

An official certificate stating total annual family income from all sources, accepted by Chandigarh Administration departments and educational institutions

An official jamabandi or nakal from the Chandigarh Revenue Department showing the recorded owner, khewat and khasra numbers, share and cultivation entries for village land in the Union Territory

An updated ownership record in the Estate Office Property Management System, or an attested mutation entry in the village revenue record, in the buyer's or heir's own name

A CBOCW Board labour card that makes a registered construction worker eligible for the Board's welfare schemes under the BOCW Act, 1996, which the Labour Department must decide within 30 working days

A registration certificate under the Punjab Shop & Commercial Establishment Act 1958 that lets a shop, office or commercial establishment in Chandigarh trade lawfully, and that banks, GST officers and licensing authorities accept as proof of a genuine business

Municipal Corporation Chandigarh permission to trade — a Licensing Branch licence for a rickshaw, loading rehri or municipal booth, alongside the Labour Department shop and commercial establishment registration a fixed shop needs

An official Chandigarh Administration record of who the surviving dependents of a deceased person are, used for pension, employment and departmental claims, with the District Court succession certificate covering debts and securities

An official Chandigarh marriage certificate issued by the Registrar of Marriages and accepted as legal proof of marriage for passport, visa, bank, insurance, pension and name-change purposes

An official BC/OBC bonafide certificate issued by the Chandigarh Administration, free of charge, normally within 9 working days

A registered sale deed that transfers legal title to a plot, house, flat or booth in Chandigarh and is entered permanently in the Sub Registrar's register

An NFSA ration card recognised across India under One Nation One Ration Card, which in Chandigarh pays a monthly food subsidy in cash into the family head's bank account

Cash incentive on purchase of a battery operated vehicle, plus full road tax and registration fee waiver

25 percent of the system cost paid as subsidy on a domestic solar water heating system

An official Chandigarh Administration certificate recording that you are a dependant of a deceased person, accepted alongside the death certificate as proof of widow or destitute status for UT pension and welfare applications