ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY WIDOWS
ELIGIBILITY
i) Women whose husband has expired or whose husband's whereabouts are not known for more than seven years or whose husband has been declared as dead by any Court or competent authority and who are permanent residents of Union Territory of A & N Islands or are domiciled are have continuously residing in this Union Territory of A & N more than 10 years at the time of submitting the application. A certificate in this respect is to be obtained from the Revenue Authority or from the authority concerned who has been conferred with such powers to issue such certificates.
ii) Woman whose income does not exceed Rs.900/- per month.
iii) Women
who is in receipt of financial assistance allowance from any other scheme from
Govt./Local bodies /any individual/(s) will not be eligible for obtaining the
allowance under this scheme.
APPLICATION
Application
for "Widow allowance/Pension" shall be submitted in the prescribed form to the
Director of Social Welfare, A & N Administration, Port Blair. The requisite
application can be obtained free of cost from the office of the Directorate of
Social Welfare, Port Blair. Such application form can also be had from every
Tehsildar Office of A & N Islands and can be submitted to that office for
its onward transmission (along with the verification report) to Director,
Social Welfare, Port Blair.
VERIFICATION
It shall be the duty of the Director of Social Welfare to carry out detailed investigation regarding the claims and the financial position of the applicant and other details furnished by her regarding the genuineness of her claim, through the departmental officer duly authorized by the Administration as investigator for the said purpose and shall submit the report before the appropriate authority in writing assigning the reasons for ascertaining such genuinity on the basis of the evidence/documents for consideration by the Committee duly constituted by the Secretary (SW) in this regard.
A
committee of officials would be constituted to screen the claims and to
recommend deserving and genuine cases.
QUANTUM
AND PERIOD OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
The
quantum of widow allowance shall be Rs.350/- per month and the applicant shall
cease to receive the assistance if she is got remarried or become financially
independent afterwards, which may be divulged by due enquiry or through
records.
POWER OF
SANCTIONING AUTHORITY
The Director (Social Welfare), A & N Administration shall be the sanctioning authority who shall pass orders on each case, on the basis of the verification report submitted by the departmental investigator appointed for the purpose and after obtaining the approval of Secretary (SW) and concurrence of Finance Department.
Download : Application Form