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The Punjabi government has established the Punjab Ashirwad Scheme to offer financial support for a girl's marriage.

Benefit: Financial assistance of ₹51,000/-.

"Award of Attendance Scholarship to Girl Students in the Middle Stage of Education" was launched by the Directorate of School Education, UT of Puducherry aims to raise the enrolment of girls in schools in the age group of 11-14 years in the middle stage of education, and to avoid dropout.

Benefit: Scholarship Amount: ₹200/- per annum per student.- Mode of Disbursement: Disbursed directly into Aadhaar-seeded bank account of the applicant through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) and Public Financial Management System (PFMS).

The scheme is designed to support economically disadvantaged families belonging to the SC/ST and minority communities by providing one-time financial assistance for the marriage of their daughters.

Benefit: One-time financial assistance of ₹1,00,116/- for unmarried SC/ST and minority girls at the time of marriage. 1. One-time financial assistance of ₹1,25,145/- for disabled girls, irrespective of caste, under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. 1. The amount is directly credited to the bride’s bank account. 1. Only one-time assistance is allowed in a lifetime.

The scheme "Kishori Balika Yojana" by the Department of Women and Child Development, Government of Madhya Pradesh aims to provide vocational, health, and hygiene training to adolescent girls. Through this scheme, training and material assistance are provided to the girls.

Benefit: Each Anganwadi center selects 2 adolescent girls, 1 Anganwadi worker, and 1 Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM) for a two-day master trainer training at monthly intervals. Master trainers provide vocational, health, and hygiene training at the Gram Panchayat level. A two-day master trainer training program is provided at monthly intervals.

The scheme aims to provide marriage-related financial aid of ₹12,000 per daughter (up to two daughters per family) to socially and educationally backward classes and economically backward class families.

Benefit: Monetary Assistance: ₹12,000 is provided for the marriage of a daughter. NOTE: If the marriage occurred before April 1, 2021, assistance of ₹10,000 is provided.

This scheme, implemented by the Haryana Backward Classes and Economically Weaker Sections Kalyan Nigam, provides loans up to ₹1,25,000/- per beneficiary exclusively to women entrepreneurs of the target group, either directly or through self-help groups.

Benefit: Under this scheme, Nigam provides loans up to ₹1,25,000/- per beneficiary only to women entrepreneurs of the target group either directly or through Self-Help Groups.

The scheme aims to create self-employment for women from the backward classes. Through this scheme, low-interest rate loans are provided to female beneficiaries.

Benefit: The maximum loan limit under this scheme is up to ₹1,25,000/-. The interest rate on these schemes will be 4% per annum. In these schemes, 95% of the unit cost will be provided as a loan, where 95% will be contributed by the National Corporation and 5% by the State Government. This loan is to be repaid in 48 equal monthly installments, including interest.

In Uttar Pradesh State, a scheme for the marriage of girls from economically weaker families of the state.

Benefit: The assistance of ₹20,000/- is provided per marriage.

Self-employment loan scheme for Rabari and Bharwad women in Gujarat, offering up to ₹2 lakh at 5% annual interest to promote economic independence.

Benefit: 100% loan assistance provided to eligible women- Loan amount up to ₹2.00 lakh- Interest rate fixed at 5% per annum- Loan can be used to start a business of the beneficiary’s choice- Meant for economically backward women of specific castes- Encourages entrepreneurship and self-reliance

Under this scheme, free bicycle assistance is provided to Socially and Educationally Backward class girls studying in Class 9 in government and grant-in-aid schools across Gujarat.

Benefit: Free bicycle provided to each eligible girl student.

The aim of the scheme is to enable Scheduled Caste Widows/girls/destitute women for self-employment. A stipend of Rs.600/- P.M. and raw material costing Rs.300/- per month per trainee is given to a trainee for getting training from the nearest Kalyan Kendar run by this department.

Benefit: ₹600/- stipend per month. ₹300/- per month for raw materials. 1 sewing machine.