Steps
For everyone
1.
Make sure the bride has never received Kalyana Lakshmi or Shaadi Mubarak before. It is given once in a lifetime. For a second marriage it is given if she never received it earlier.
2.
Get the bride's income certificate and caste certificate at MeeSeva. The income certificate must be less than six months old on the wedding date. Keep both MeeSeva numbers.
🏢 At a MeeSeva centre
📎 Income certificate (MeeSeva), Caste certificate (MeeSeva)
3.
Register the marriage and get the marriage certificate. The application needs it.
🏛️ The Sub-Registrar office, or another office that registers marriages
📎 Marriage registration certificate
Not confirmed: The BC order (G.O.Ms.No.05 of 2016) makes the marriage registration certificate compulsory; the SC, ST and minority orders do not mention it, but the online forms of both schemes ask for it.
4.
Scan each document from the original into a JPG file of 50 to 150 KB. An application with scanned photocopies is rejected.
✋ You do this yourself
📎 Income certificate (MeeSeva), Caste certificate (MeeSeva), Bride's proof of age, Aadhaar cards of the bride, the bride's mother and the groom, First page of the bride's mother's bank passbook, Marriage registration certificate, Letter from whoever performed the marriage, VRO / Panchayat Secretary approval certificate and first-marriage confirmation certificate, Marriage photo (one only), Bride's photo, Wedding card (if you have one), SADAREM certificate (if the bride has a disability)
Only if
Which community does the bride belong to? SC or ST / BC (BC-A, BC-B or BC-D) / EBC (economically backward classes)
5.
On the ePASS website, open "Registration" under "Kalyana Lakshmi Pathakam". Fill in the bride's, mother's, groom's and marriage details, and upload the files. You can also apply through any MeeSeva centre, or at the Tahsildar office.
💻 Online
📎 Income certificate (MeeSeva), Caste certificate (MeeSeva), Bride's proof of age, Aadhaar cards of the bride, the bride's mother and the groom, First page of the bride's mother's bank passbook, Marriage registration certificate, Letter from whoever performed the marriage, VRO / Panchayat Secretary approval certificate and first-marriage confirmation certificate, Marriage photo (one only), Bride's photo, Wedding card (if you have one), SADAREM certificate (if the bride has a disability)
Not confirmed: The orders set no application fee, and we found no MeeSeva charge for this service: ask before you pay and keep the receipt. We found no official last date for applying after the wedding; the online form only checks that the wedding date is no more than a month after the day you apply.
Only if
Which community does the bride belong to? Minority: Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Jain, Parsi or Buddhist (BC-C and BC-E included)
6.
On the ePASS website, open "Registration" under "Shaadi Mubharak". Fill in the bride's, mother's, groom's and marriage details, and upload the files. You can also apply through any MeeSeva centre.
💻 Online
📎 Income certificate (MeeSeva), Caste certificate (MeeSeva), Bride's proof of age, Aadhaar cards of the bride, the bride's mother and the groom, First page of the bride's mother's bank passbook, Marriage registration certificate, Letter from whoever performed the marriage, Marriage photo (one only), Bride's photo, Wedding card (if you have one), SADAREM certificate (if the bride has a disability)
Not confirmed: The orders set no application fee, and we found no MeeSeva charge for this service: ask before you pay and keep the receipt. We found no official last date for applying after the wedding.
For everyone
7.
Print the application. Check its status under "Print/Status" with the bride's Aadhaar number and phone number.
8.
The Tahsildar (MRO) checks the application and documents with field staff. The MLA of your constituency signs the list of approved brides.
🏛️ The Tahsildar office of your mandal
9.
The assistance is ₹1,00,116, or ₹1,25,145 for a bride with a disability. By the orders it is paid as a crossed cheque in the bride's mother's name (the father's if the mother is not alive; the bride's own if both parents are not alive). The MLA hands out the cheques one day a week at the mandal headquarters.
🏛️ Mandal headquarters (cheques handed out by the MLA)
Not confirmed: The cheque system is from the 2016 orders. The ePASS website now says all applicants must give the bride's mother's bank account "as per the new GO", which we could not find. Ask at the Tahsildar office how the money is paid now. The government sanctioned funds for the scheme for 2025-26 (G.O.Rt.No.173, 13.11.2025).
You cannot get this
The Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak orders require the bride to be a resident of Telangana State. They say nothing about Indian citizens living abroad. Before applying, ask at the Tahsildar office of your mandal (for Shaadi Mubarak, also the District Minorities Welfare Officer).
Not confirmed: We found no official rule that says whether this applies to Indian citizens living abroad; only that office can tell you.
You cannot get this
The Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak orders require the bride to be a resident of Telangana State, and do not mention OCI cardholders. Under the Ministry of Home Affairs notification S.O. 1050(E) of 4 March 2021, an OCI cardholder is a foreign national, not an Indian citizen, and in economic and financial fields the notification does not name has the same rights as a foreigner. Before applying, ask at the Tahsildar office of your mandal (for Shaadi Mubarak, also the District Minorities Welfare Officer).
Not confirmed: We found no official rule that says whether this applies to OCI cardholders; only that office can tell you.
You cannot get this
The Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak orders require the bride to be a resident of Telangana State. They say nothing about foreign nationals. Before applying, ask at the Tahsildar office of your mandal (for Shaadi Mubarak, also the District Minorities Welfare Officer).
Not confirmed: We found no official rule that says whether this applies to foreign nationals; only that office can tell you.
You cannot get this
This assistance is only for brides from SC, ST, BC and EBC families (Kalyana Lakshmi) and minority families (Shaadi Mubarak).
You cannot get this
This assistance is not given if the parents' combined income is more than ₹2,00,000 a year.
You cannot get this
For BC and EBC families in rural areas the income limit is ₹1,50,000 a year (G.O.Ms.No.6, BC Welfare Department, 2016). In urban areas it is ₹2,00,000.
You cannot get this
The bride must have completed 18 at the time of marriage. The online form also stops the application if the groom has not completed 21.