Mukhyamantri Kanyadan Yojana

What is Mukhyamantri Kanyadan Yojana?

Mukhyamantri Kanyadan Yojana is a marriage assistance scheme of the Social Justice and Empowerment Department, Government of Rajasthan. The scheme pays a one-time grant when a daughter aged 18 years or above is married, so that a poor household does not have to borrow to meet wedding costs.

Mukhyamantri Kanyadan Yojana is not a new programme. The department runs it under the Sahyog evam Uphar Yojana Rules 2015, issued through departmental order number 45327 dated 13 July 2016. Those rules were themselves the merger of two older schemes, the Sahyog Yojana, and the scheme that helped widows marry their daughters. Departmental order number 49969 dated 12 October 2020 renamed the programme Mukhyamantri Kanyadan Yojana, and readers who search for it in Hindi as Mukhyamantri Kanyadan Yojana or by its old name Sahyog evam Uphar Yojana are looking at the same scheme.

The grant amounts in force today come from departmental order number 26019 dated 29 April 2020, issued in pursuance of Budget Announcement number 114.00 of the 2019-20 state budget and with the concurrence of the Finance (Expenditure-2) Department.

Who is eligible for Mukhyamantri Kanyadan Yojana?

You can claim the grant if the bride is 18 years or older and the family falls in one of these groups:

• A BPL family of the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe or minority category, meaning a family below the poverty line that appears in the central or state BPL list under that category.
• A BPL family of any other category.
• An Antyodaya family.
• An Astha card holding family.
• An economically weak widow woman, marrying her daughter.
• A specially-abled person, defined in the rules as a holder of a disability certificate of 40 per cent or more, marrying his or her daughter.
• A girl benefited under the Palanhar Yojana, on her own marriage.
• A woman sportsperson who has won a medal in a state-level competition, on her own marriage.

A marriageable girl whose both parents have died is also covered. The department's order number 24465 dated 11 June 2021 provides that where such a girl is cared for by a widow guardian who herself qualifies under the rules, or where no family member earns more than Rs 50,000 a year, the girl or her guardian may apply and the grant is paid at the general slab.

You cannot apply if:

• The bride is below 18 years of age. There is no relaxation on this.
• Your family holds none of the qualifying documents; no BPL card, no Antyodaya card, no Astha card, and includes no widow, specially-abled person, Palanhar beneficiary or state-level woman sportsperson.
• You are claiming as a specially-abled person or a woman sportsperson and you are an income-tax payer. The rules bar income-tax payers in these two categories, and for a sportsperson the bar extends to her parents.
• You are applying more than six months after the wedding date, which puts the claim outside the window fixed by the department.

How much does Mukhyamantri Kanyadan Yojana pay?

The grant has two parts. A base hathleva amount and an education incentive on top of it. The full table, as fixed by the order of 29 April 2020, is:

The education incentive is Rs 10,000 where the bride has passed class 10, and Rs 20,000 where she is a graduate. The two incentives are alternatives, not cumulative, a graduate bride draws the Rs 20,000 addition, not Rs 30,000.

The sanctioned amount is drawn by the district officer and credited to the applicant's own bank account. The district officer also sends the applicant a congratulatory message from the Chief Minister along with a copy of the sanction.

What documents are needed for Mukhyamantri Kanyadan Yojana?

Some documents are needed by everybody, and some depend on which route you are claiming through. Every document is submitted as a self-attested copy.

For age proof the department accepts a school certificate, or the girl's name appearing in the voter list, or a self-attested copy of the ration card.

How to apply for Mukhyamantri Kanyadan Yojana

1. Open sso.rajasthan.gov.in and sign in to your SSO Rajasthan account, or register for one if you do not have it. The Kanyadan application is reached through this single sign-on.
2. Select the SJMS (Social Justice Management System) application from your SSO dashboard, then choose Mukhyamantri Kanyadan Yojana.
3. Fill in the bride's details, the family category you are claiming under, the marriage date and your bank account number. Enter your BPL selected-list serial number if you are a BPL claimant.
4. Upload the self-attested supporting documents listed above, matched to your category.
5. Submit the form. Applications are accepted from one month before the marriage date up to six months after it.
6. Note the application number shown on the acknowledgement screen. You will need it to track the file.
7. The application goes to the Block Social Security Officer of your block, who is the nodal officer under the department's citizen charter.

How to apply offline for Mukhyamantri Kanyadan Yojana

1. Visit the office of the Block Social Security Officer, Social Justice and Empowerment Department, for your block, and ask for help with the online form.
2. Alternatively, go to an e-Mitra kiosk with your documents and have the operator file the SJMS application on your behalf.
3. Collect the printed acknowledgement carrying the application number.

The department's official position is that the application is an online one. The offline routes above are assisted filing, not a separate paper channel.

How is a Kanyadan application processed and how long does it take?

The department's citizen charter fixes a 15-day disposal period for Mukhyamantri Kanyadan Yojana. The Block Social Security Officer is the nodal officer. If the file is not disposed of within 15 days, the controlling authority is the Commissioner or Director, Social Justice and Empowerment Department, Jaipur.

Where the application is received before the wedding and the district officer has any doubt about the facts, the officer may verify the details personally. Where the application arrives after the wedding, the marriage registration certificate is compulsory and is the key document checked.

Why Kanyadan applications get rejected

• Bride under 18. The rules apply only to daughters aged 18 years or above.
• Application outside the window, filed more than one month before the wedding or more than six months after it.
• No marriage certificate on a post-wedding application.
• BPL selected-list serial number missing from the form, so the BPL claim cannot be matched against the list.
• Wrong slab claimed, for example claiming the Rs 31,000 Scheduled Caste base without attaching the caste certificate.
• Education incentive claimed without proof of passing class 10 or of the graduate degree.
• Bank account details mismatched with the applicant's name, so the transfer fails.
• Income-tax payer status for a specially-abled or sportsperson claimant.

Most rejections are document problems rather than eligibility problems. Re-file with the missing paper attached, as long as you are still inside the six-month window.

Help and grievance redressal for Mukhyamantri Kanyadan Yojana

• SJMS portal helpdesk: 0141-2226638, weekdays 9:30 AM to 6:00 PM
• Email: support.sje@rajasthan.gov.in
• Nodal officer: Block Social Security Officer of your block
• Appellate authority: Commissioner or Director, Social Justice and Empowerment Department, Ambedkar Bhawan, Rajmahal Residency Area, Jaipur
• Scheme page: sje.rajasthan.gov.in, Departmental Schemes section

Applying for Mukhyamantri Kanyadan Yojana is free. No agent can charge a fee for getting a Kanyadan sanction approved, and no departmental officer will ask for an OTP from your SSO account.