People crossing the Howrah Bridge over the Hooghly river, Kolkata
A farmer standing in his cauliflower field at dusk

Financial Assistance to Scheduled Castes for Funeral Rites

“Financial Assistance to Scheduled Castes for Funeral Rites” was introduced by the Adi Dravidar Welfare Department, Government of Puducherry. The objective of the scheme is to provide financial assistance to the Scheduled Caste family for performing funeral rites of their deceased family member.

At a glance

What the myScheme listing says about Financial Assistance to Scheduled Castes for Funeral Rites
LevelState government
Issued byGovernment of Puducherry
States and UTsPuducherry
Areas
Scheme forFamilies
TagsDeath, Funeral, Financial Assistance, Family, Scheduled Caste

Before you apply

Information from the myScheme snapshot, Aug 2026. Confirm it on the official page: eligibility, documents, benefits and deadlines are set by the issuing department and are not part of this listing.

The listing holds only the name, issuing department, level, states, areas, who the scheme is for, a short description, tags and the myScheme link. For anything else, use the official page, or ask InBridge: its answers link to the government pages they draw on.

More in Social welfare & Empowerment, with the same issuer and state first.

Photographs of public life in India, from Wikimedia Commons, by Bernard Gagnon (CC BY-SA 3.0), ganeshdhamodkar @ Mapillary.com (CC BY-SA 4.0), Saiphani02 (CC BY 4.0), Tulspal (CC BY-SA 4.0).