First Five Year Plan was launched in entire
India including M.P. on 1stApril, 1951.
On 8tht Dec., 1951, the Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru
presented the First Five Year Plan of India. Formal
commencement of this Plan is considered to be 8tht Dec.,
1951 and working of the scheme is considered to be 1st
April, 1951.
First Five Year Plan focused mainly on Agriculture and
Community Development. Education, Irrigation and
Electricity were also the key areas but not industries.
(All 4-different regions of the state had different plans
under this.)

This scheme was started to provide financial
assistance for marriage of firls of poor families.
• Started on : 2006
• Moto : To provide financial assistance to poor, needy,
destitute families for marrying their daughters/widow/
divorcees.
• Eligibility : This assistance is given only in mass
marriages with the condition that the girl must have
attained the age of 18 years.
•  From 2013, amount increased to 25,000/- (out of which
17 thousand are for domestic appliances, 5 thousand
for marriage rituals and 3 thousand for marriage
function).
•   The initial amount was increased to 10,000/- in 2009,
which further increased to Rs. 15,000 in 2012 and
Rs.17,OOO in 2013 and Rs. 43,000 in 2016.
Kamalnath Govt. decided to offer 48,000/- to bride out
of total 50,000/-.