VAYSHR
Varanasi and Amritsar Yatra Scheme
Eligible individuals from the Scheduled Castes in Haryana can receive financial reimbursement for second-class train travel to Varanasi and Amritsar, facilitating their pilgrimage journeys. Beneficiaries will be reimbursed up to ₹1,000 or the actual ticket cost, with the reimbursement processed after the journey upon submission of railway tickets, available only once.
States / UT: Haryana
Nodal department: Welfare of Scheduled Caste & Backward Classes Department
Scheme for: Individual
Scheme profile
DBT (direct benefit transfer): No
Categories: Travel & Tourism
Sub-categories: Tourism in India
Target beneficiaries: Individual
Tags: Journey, Pilgrim, Travel, Pilgrimage, Scheduled Caste
Details
The "Varanasi and Amritsar Yatra Scheme" is a scheme under the "Celebration of Birth Anniversaries of Great saints Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Guru Ravidas, Maharishi Valmiki and Sant Kabir Dass Jayanti Scheme", implemented by the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes Department, Government of Haryana. This scheme aims to facilitate pilgrimages to Varanasi and Amritsar for individuals belonging to the Scheduled Castes category. To support their spiritual and cultural engagement, the scheme provides financial reimbursement for second-class train travel, enabling eligible beneficiaries to undertake these religious journeys with ease.
Benefits
- - Reimbursement of ₹1,000/- or the actual cost of a second-class train ticket (to and fro) per person, whichever is less, will be provided. Note: This facility will be given one time only. Expected Time of Disbursement: Reimbursement will be made after the journey on the submission of railway tickets. Mode of Disbursement: Payment will be made directly into the bank account of the beneficiary
- Reimbursement of ₹1,000/- or the actual cost of a second-class train ticket (to and fro) per person, whichever is less, will be provided.
Note: This facility will be given one time only.
Expected Time of Disbursement: Reimbursement will be made after the journey on the submission of railway tickets.
Mode of Disbursement: Payment will be made directly into the bank account of the beneficiary.
Eligibility
- The applicant should be a resident of Haryana.
- The applicant should belong to the Scheduled Caste.
- This facility will be given one time only.
Exclusions
- The applicant should not be a Government Employee (including Boards/Corporations/Authorities/Government Undertakings and such Establishments).
Application Process
Offline
The applicant shall contact the concerned Antodaya Bhawan for registration, along with the required documents and intimation of the expected date of journey for this purpose.
Notes:
- The number of persons are fixed for registration, i.e. 100 per constituency. Registration will be done on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Reimbursement will be made after journey on the submission of railway tickets.
- The budget will be allotted to the District Welfare officers for this purpose.
Documents Required
No document list is available for this scheme yet.
Official links
- https://www.myscheme.gov.in/schemes/svayhr
- https://haryanascbc.gov.in/sites/default/files/2020-08/Scheme%20for%20Varanasi%20and%20Amritsar%20Yatra.pdf
- https://haryanascbc.gov.in/circulars-notifications-new?title=&field_notification_no_value=&field_notification_date_value=&field_document_type_value=All&page=7&order=field_notification_date&sort=asc
References
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