Gram Swaraj Month: DLSC approves 197 SMAS cases in Rajouri

GNS ONLINE:

RAJOURI, APRIL 07: As the part of Gram Swaraj Month, a meeting of the District Level Screening Committee to approve the cases of eligible women beneficiaries under the State Marriage Assistance Scheme (SMAS) was today held in Rajouri under the chairmanship of the District Development Commissioner Rajouri, Vikas Kundal.

The meeting was convened as a part of various activities being carried out in the district during the ongoing Gram Swaraj Month.

State Marriage Assistance Scheme for poor girls is a social assistance the scheme meant for those unmarried identified girls of the state living below the poverty line who may not find themselves in a position to marry due to financial constraints.

The committee after examining all the files put up in the meeting and detailed deliberations approved 197 cases unanimously.

Addressing the officers in the meeting, the DDC said that through this scheme, the Government is lending a helping hand to poor families who could not afford to marry their daughters.

Underlining the need to cover the maximum eligible beneficiaries of the district under the scheme, he asked the concerned officer from the social welfare department to put in dedicated efforts to reach out to the maximum eligible beneficiaries of the district so that they are covered under the scheme.

He also stressed giving wide publicity about the newly rolled out SMAS scheme and motivating the eligible girls so that they can avail the benefits of the scheme.