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The Artist Welfare Fund Of Assam

The scheme "The Artist Welfare Fund of Assam" is a scheme of financial asssistance by the Assam State Film (Finance and Development) Corporation, Department of Cultural Affairs, Govt. of Assam. The scheme extednds to the whole of Assam.

State Cash

States / UT: Assam

Nodal department: Cultural Affairs Department

Scheme for: Individual

Scheme profile

Categories: Sports & Culture, Social welfare & Empowerment

Sub-categories: Culture, Financial assistance

Target beneficiaries: Individual, Family

Tags: Financial Asisstance, Medical Aid, Culture, Accident, Education, Artist

Details

The scheme "The Artist Welfare Fund of Assam" is a scheme of financial asssistance by the Assam State Film (Finance and Development) Corporation, Department of Cultural Affairs, Govt. of Assam. The scheme extednds to the whole of Assam.

The Major Objectives of the Fund are:

  1. To help the Artists (or their dependents) who are in financial distress due to old age or otherwise handicapped from accident or disease.
  2. Medical aid to such Artists and their dependents.
  3. Education for such Artists and their dependents (to be limited up two children)
  4. Assistance to such Artist in case of accidents, medical emergency etc.
  5. 'Dependent' means and includes: Spouse of a deceased Artist; Minor sons and daughters; Unmarried and non-earning daughters; Parents wholly dependent on the Artist.

Benefits

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  • { "children": [ { "text": "5.\tDisability due to Accident: To be decided by the Board" } ] }

Limit of Financial Grant for various disease

1. Cancer: ₹ 50,000.00

2. Kidney Transplant or Total Kidney Failure: ₹ 50,000.00

3. Heart Pacemaker / Bypass: ₹ 20,000.00

4. Death: To be decided by the Board

5. Disability due to Accident: To be decided by the Board

6. Others

Eligibility

  1. The applicant must be and artist in the field of art and culture of the State.
  2. The applicant must be above the age of 20 years (in case of applicant being the artist).
  3. The applicant should be in distress.
  4. The applicant should have a made a mark or made some achievement in the field of art and culture.
  5. The applicant should be able to provide artistic credentials supporting his/her achievement.

Application Process

Offline

The candidate must apply in the standard application form available in the website and send it to the office of Assam State Film (Finance & Development) Corporation Ltd (ASFFDC), Shilpgram Road, near Sankardev Kalakshetra, Panjabari, Guwahati-37.

Documents Required

No document list is available for this scheme yet.

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