The district administration, Almora has demanded Rs 14.95 crore for 2,990 beneficiaries under the Gaura Devi Kanya Dhan Yojana. Out of the 2,990 applicants, as many as 2,279 belong to general category while 711 applicants are from the Scheduled Caste category, informed the officials concerned of the Almora district administration.
Notably, the district administration, Almora has already received Rs 2.13 crore under the same Gaura Devi Kanya Dhan scheme for the year 2014-2015. As many as 427 students belonging to the general category will be benefitted with the amount received after scrutiny, further said the officials. It is learnt that an amount of Rs 61 lakh has also been received under the same Gaura Devi Kanya Dhan scheme in the current financial year for SC category students and 122 such students will be benefitted with this amount, they added.
Thus, the rest of the students who have applied under the said scheme will be benefitted after they receive Rs 14.95 crore as demanded under the same Gaura Devi Kanya Dhan scheme, the officials said.
The Almora district administration has also stressed on the need to expedite Gaura Devi Kanya Dhan scheme process so that the amount due under this scheme could be disbursed among the applicants in a timely manner. At the same time, in order to help genuine candidates under this Gaura Devi Kanya Dhan scheme, the Almora district administration has also set up a committee.
The committee will scrutinise the applicants. Only after the approval of the said committee, the application forms will be accepted under the scheme, added the officials. There are three members in the aforesaid committee - CDO, District Programme Officer and District Social Welfare Officer, they added.