Dulari Scheme- A GOI Scheme to Encourage Birth of Girl Child

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Port Blair, Feb 12: Dulari Scheme, a Govt. of India scheme, envisions encouraging birth of girl child, is being implemented as a plan scheme effectively in A&N Islands. Launched on Jan. 26, 2013 in A&N Islands, the scheme is aimed at reducing the gap in sex ratio to the replacement level of Net Reproduction Rate (NRR) i.e. 1 by ten years after implementation of the scheme whichever is earlier. Implementation of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) of Dulari Scheme has been successfully completed on online mode in the Isles.

The objective of the scheme is to reduce the gap in sex ratio to a replacement level of NRR, to encourage birth of girl child in A&N Islands, to provide social security to the newly born girl child, for her education and marriage, to adopt delayed marriage practices in respect of girl child and to encourage adoption of hospital delivery practices.

As per the present scheme, the girl child born on or after 26.01.2013 can avail their benefit under the scheme and the girl child who have passed 8th Standard for the academic session of 2012- 2013 onwards will also be eligible from the category of education incentives of this scheme.

All the girls born to either of the parents who is/are permanent resident of A&N Islands are eligible for availing benefit provided under Dulari scheme viz. Benefits at Birth (Hospital Delivery or Home Delivery) Rs.8,000/- & Rs.5,000/- respectively. Rs.5,000/- will be provided to the girl child on passing VIII standard, Rs.10,000/- on passing X standard & Rs.10,000/- on passing XII standard, Rs.5,000/- if unmarried at the age of 21 years and Rs.10,000/- unmarried at the age of 25 years.

Dulari Scheme has been successfully completed on online mode and the beneficiaries can avail the services directly by visiting the website https://eservices.andaman.gov.in. For any query/assistance regarding registration under DULARI Scheme and for any information about the online process, one can contact the ‘Dulari Cell’, functioning at OPD Complex Room No.57, G.B Pant Hospital, PH:03192-234570 & 9434293161.