As many as 4,056 eligible girl candidates will be covered under the Gauradevi Kanyadhan scheme in Nainital district this year. However, in order to ensure timely submission of the application forms for this scheme, the Nainital district administration has advised the eligible candidates to get the income certificates from their respective area tehsils by December 20. At the same time, it has also directed all the tehsildars to issue the income certificates to the candidates within 48 hours after submission of applications for the same document.
Girls studying in 12th standard may avail the Guaradevi Kanyadhan scheme. Deepak Rawat, District Magistrate, Nainital, has asked the principals of all Government/Government- aided inter- colleges to get the application forms filled by eligible girl candidates by January 31, 2015.
Subsequently, all the duly- filled application forms must reach the district administration, Nainital from every block by February 15, 2015 , added the officials concerned.
The basic purpose of the Guaradevi Kanyadhan scheme is to promote girl education. Therefore, all the officials concerned are supposed to ensure that every eligible girl is covered under this scheme, added Rawat. However, as per the rule, only two girls from a family are entitled to avail the scheme.
To avail the Gauradevi Kandyadhan scheme, income of the candidate’s family should not exceed `15,956 per annum in the rural areas while the limit is `21,206 per annum for those living in urban areas. However, there is no such condition for BPl category families, added the officials.