Nanda Gaura Yojana

Who can apply for Nanda Gaura Yojana

• Girls who are original/permanent residents of Uttarakhand.
• At most two living girls per family can benefit.
• Birth stage: apply within six months of the girl's birth.
• Class 12 stage: girl has passed Class 12, joined a degree or a diploma of at least one year at a recognised institution, and is unmarried.
• Income and other conditions are set by government orders on the portal.

Nanda Gaura Yojana benefits

• ₹11,000 on the birth of a girl.
• ₹51,000 when the girl passes Class 12, joins a degree or diploma, and is unmarried.
• Paid into an Aadhaar-linked bank account (not a Jan Dhan account): a joint parent-and-child account at birth, the girl's own account at Class 12.

How to apply for Nanda Gaura Yojana

1. 1Register with your mobile number on www.nandagaurauk.in (linked from wecd.uk.gov.in).
2. 2Fill the online form for the right stage and upload the certificates (each under 200 KB and readable).
3. 3Birth stage: apply within six months of birth. Class 12 stage: apply by 30 November of the year.
4. 4Applications are online only; offline forms are not accepted. Funds are given first-come, first-served within the budget.

Documents needed for Nanda Gaura Yojana

• Permanent residence certificate, income certificate, ration card and family register copy.
• Aadhaar and PAN of the parents (and of the girl at Class 12 stage).
• At birth: birth registration, institutional delivery certificate, immunisation (MCP) card, Anganwadi worker certificate.
• At Class 12: Class 10 certificate, Class 12 marksheet, principal's certificate, proof of admission to higher education.
• Bank passbooks and one year of statements for all family members; last three electricity bills and last water bill.
• An affidavit that the benefit is for the first or second daughter.

Where it applies

• Uttarakhand