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AMMA TWO WHEELER SCHEME IN TAMILNADU

 

To empower running girls the Tamil Nadu authorities has delivered the “Amma Two Wheeler Scheme” to permit them to shop for girls-pleasant two-wheelers at a backed price. The scheme enables ease running girls’s tour to work. Since the principle motto of the scheme is the benefit of use, simplest gearless or auto-geared cars are protected withinside the scheme. This article gives perception into how the Amma Two Wheeler Scheme on line utility shape may be downloaded, the schemes’ benefits, eligibility and the system to apply.

AMMA TWO WHEELER SCHEME STEP BY STEP GUIDE

✅ Step 1 : Objective and Outline of the Scheme

It is a scheme to empower working women by enabling them to purchase women 

friendly two wheelers to ease the duir commute to their enterprises, places of 

employment, engagements with banks and community based institutions. Ease of 

use is a key consideration and therefore the vehicle is gearless/auto-geared. The 

Differently Abled may avail retro-fitted three wheeler scooters. Each year one lakh

working women will be benefited through this scheme. The Scheme will be in 

operation from 2017-18 onwards. A maximum subsidy of 50% of the cost of the two 

wheeler or Rs.25,000/, whichever is less, will be provided. 

Amma Two Wheeler Schemes

 

✅ Step 2 : Area of operation 

All Rural and Urban areas of Tamil Nadu

✅ Step 3 : Subsidy

A beneficiary under this scheme will be provided with a maximum subsidy 

of 50% of the cost of the vehicle or Rs.25,000, whichever is less, to purchase a

brand new motorized gearless / auto-geared two wheeler whose engine capacity

should not exceed 125cc. The balance cost, over and above the subsidy amount, 

has to be borne by the beneficiary through a bank/institutional loan or through her 

own funds. 

✅ Step 4 :  Loan Facilities 

The beneficiary can buy the vehicle of her choice from her own 

funds or by availing loans from Banks/Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs) 

governed by the rules of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Reimbursement of

subsidy to the beneficiary will be permitted in case the vehicle is purchased from her

own funds, subject to the fulfillment of the other conditions specified for eligibility.

✅ Step 5 :  Choice of vehicle

The beneficiary can choose any brand new motorized 

gearless/auto-geared vehicle of their choice subject to the maximum engine 

capacity of 125cc and which is eligible to be registered under the Motor Vehicles 

Act of 1988. The vehicle should have been manufactured on after 01.01.2018 and

comply with the latest emission norms. Details of all the vehicles provided under this 

scheme will be collated/gathered by the Project Director (PD), Tamilnadu State 

Rural Livelihoods Mission (TNSRLM) of the respective District and shared with the 

Transport department who shall not permit change in registration of ownership due 

to sale or other considerations without the prior permission of the PD, TNSRLM for 

a period of 3 years.

✅ Step 6 : Eligible Beneficiaries under the Scheme

Women who are engaged individually or 

collectively as a group for a livelihood activity / wage employment and are 

commuting for a long distance and their earnings being the primary source of 

income for the family are the intended beneficiaries. This will also include (among 

others) the following categories.

• i. Women registered as workers in the Organized and Un-Organized sectors. 
• ii. Women employed in Shops and Establishments.
• iii. Self-employed women involved in petty trades or otherwise. 
• iv. Women working in Government Aided Organisations / Private Institutions / Government Projects / Community Based Organizations – Panchayats Level Federations(PLF) Village Poverty Reduction Committees (VPRCs), Mavatta Makkal Kattral Maiyam (Makamai), who are either on consolidated salary or daily wages or on contract employment.
• v. Banking correspondents/Banking Facilitators and ASHA workers. 

✅ Step 7 :  Eligibility criteria

a) The beneficiary should be a native of and residing in Tamil Nadu, should be in the 

age group of 18 to 40 years and should know driving and possess a valid Two 

Wheeler / Learner License Registration (LLR) at the time of applying.

 b) The annual income of the beneficiary should not exceed Rs.2,50,000/- (Rupees 

Two lakhs fifty thousand only) and only one woman beneficiary is eligible to avail the

benefit in a family, who is willing to contribute the balance money for the purchase of 

the vehicle.

 c) Should have appeared for the class 8

th examination (Passed/Failed).

d) Priority will be given to the working women residing in remote places, hilly regions, 

women headed households, deserted women, destitute widows, differently abled 

women , Unmarried women aged above 35 years, Scheduled Caste/Tribes and

Transgender. 

e) Saving clause: if the applicant has applied with a Learner License 

Registraion(LLR) she should get a valid Two Wheeler Driving License before 

submitting the subsidy claim form. She should also attach a copy of the two Wheeler 

Driving License to the subsidy claim form, at the time of applying. Further, she

should produce the original Driving License for official verification, as and when 

needed.

✅ Step 8 : Allocation of Two Wheelers to Districts

Allocations to the districts with the break-

up for urban and rural areas will be based upon the women population as per 2011 

Census. The same criteria will be used to arrive at the allocation within the district. 

The existing norms of reservation for the SC/ST communities and for Differently 

Abled will be followed. Beneficiaries will be selected by Selection Committees 

headed by the Commissioner (Greater Chennai Corporation) in case of Chennai city 

and the District Collectors for the other districts. Equity between all local bodies in 

distribution of the subsidy will be ensured as far as possible by the selection 

committees while drawing up the final list, 

✅ Step 9 : Details of reservation

✅ Step 10 :  How to apply

 Applications will be made available at all Block Offices, Urban Local Body offices, 

and the Collectorates free of cost to the applicant. No application fee should be 

collected from the applicant. All the received applications should be in the 

prescribed format (Annexure C1)

The application forms will be filled and submitted to the respective Block offices /

Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) either in person or by Speed/Registered Post. Each 

of the Block offices for rural areas / ULBs for urban areas must open one or more

designated counters as required for receiving the filled-in applications from 10.00 

am to 5.00 pm on all working days. A unique application number will be assigned 

to each duly filled application form containing the ULB/RLB code followed by the 

running serial number within the ULB/RLB. Acknowledgement of receipt which is 

part of the application form will be filled in, signed and given to the applicant by 

mentioning the unique application number.

💢 In case of Corporations and larger municipalities, designated counters in more 

than one office may be opened for receiving the application from 10 am to 5.00 

pm and the same shall be widely publicized,

💢 Block Development Officer (Village Panchayat) / Executive Officer (Town 

Panchayat) / Municipal & Corporation Commissioners will ensure the 

maintenance of a Receipt Register at all designated centers where the filled in

application form are received.

💢The filled in Application forms can be submitted either in person or by

Registered/ Speed Post.

Step 11 : Documents to be submitted by the applicant along with the Application Form

Copies of the following documents should be submitted by the applicant along with 

The Application Form:-

• i. Proof for Age (18 to 40) / Date of birth
• ii. Proof for Residence ( EPIC card, Driving License, Aadhar Card, Utility Bills etc., 
• in the Applicant’s name)
• iii. Driving License / Learner License Registration (LLR) issued by competent 
• authority 
• iv. Income Certificate issued by Employer / Self Certification
• v. Proof of Employment issued by the Employer/Organization/Project Head/Society 
• in case of Wage / Salaried employment.
• vi. Aadhaar card.
• vii. Proof of Educational Qualification / Appearance for VIII standard exam (Transfer 
• Certificate, SSLC etc.,)
• viii. Passport size photograph.
• ix. Proof to establish membership of priority category, wherever applicable.
• x. Community Certificate (in case of SC/ST category).
• xi. Differently Abled Identity Card issued by competent authority.
• xii. Quotation/Pro-forma invoice of the vehicle.

Note: Driving license / Learner License Registration (LLR) and age proof are 
mandatory at the time of submitting application. Any short comings should be 
intimated to the applicant in the acknowledgement slip (Annexure C1).

✅ Step 12 : Implementation Process

Step (i)

The District Collector must give proper advertisement through Press and Media 

releases, display of scheme details on Notice Boards in the Collectorates,

Government offices in the districts to ensure awareness of the scheme. 

Step (ii)

The applications will be received from the date of Press Release for a period of

15 days. The date for inviting applications will be uniform throughout the State.

Time schedule for implementing the scheme for 2017-18 is given in the 

serial number 14 below.

Step (iii)

 Data Entry and Desk Verification: In all the Blocks/ULBs a separate counter will 

be functioning on all working days in the designated period between 10.00 am to 

05.00 pm for receiving the applications and to provide acknowledgment (receipt 

attached to the application form). All the applications should be data entered on the 

same day or by the next day in the Block Office / ULB. The status of the same will 

be monitored by PD, TNSRLM on an everyday basis and daily reports will be sent 

to the Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women 

(TNCDW) in the prescribed format.

The first level sorting of applications will be done for segregating incomplete 

applications, prime facie ineligible applications and multiple applications in the same 

name. 

Step (iv) Field Verification

A. Rural Areas: All the Applications received from the Rural areas in the Districts will 

be given an Unique Application Number containing the District, Block and Village 

Panchayat code as per Annexure D1 (MNREGA CODE). After the basic scrutiny, 

only the eligible applications will be handed over to the Field verification team.

The field verification team will record their specific recommendations by verifying 

the eligibility criteria against the documents submitted along with the application. 

Copies of documents may also be collected during the field verification. The Check 

list for verification is given in Annexure C1.

Super Check: The District collector shall designate a nodal officer (not less than the 

rank of Assistant Director) for ensuring due diligence and to finalize the Block level 

beneficiaries list to be placed before the District Level Selection Committee.

B. Urban Areas : All the applications received from the Urban areas in the Districts will 

be given a Unique Application Number containing the District, ULB and Ward 

Numbers as given in Annexure D.

(i) Town Panchayats: The Assistant Director (Town Panchayats) shall prepare 

ward-wise proceedings for field verification of applications in each Town Panchayat in 

the district as mentioned below:

Field Verification: 

 There will be a two member team involved in field verification for Town 

Panchayat areas.

💢 Either one of these Town Panchayat Staff depending on staff 

strength – Junior Assistant/ Bill Collector/Overseer/Sanitary 

Supervisor

💢 Social Animator (Swachh Bharath Mission)

Recommending Authority:

Executive Officer of the concerned Town Panchayat will recommend the 

applications to be placed before the District Level Selection Committee

 Super Check:

Assistant Director (Town Panchayats) and Assistant Executive Engineer (Town 

Panchayats) will randomly inspect and super-check the applications between 

them.

(ii) Municipalities and Corporations

The Municipal and Corporation Commissioners shall prepare ward-wise proceedings 

for field verification of applications as mentioned below:

Field Verification:

There will be a two member team involved in Field Verification.

 Bill Collector / Sanitary Supervisor

Social Animators (Swachh Bharath Mission)

Recommending Authority:

Either one of these Municipality / Corporation Staff at the Ward - Sanitary 

Inspectors / Town Planning Inspectors / Revenue Inspectors will recommend the 

eligible cases to the District Level Selection Committee (Urban).

Super Check:

Municipal Engineers / Town Planning Officers / Revenue Officers / Sanitary 

Officers in Municipalities and Zonal Level Officers (Revenue, Health, 

Engineering) in Municipal Corporations will ensure super check of the 

applications

Greater Chennai Corporation

The field verification may be drawn from Ward level officials of Revenue, 

Sanitation, Engineering with the recommending authority from unit level. Super 

Check may be carried out by zonal level officers in the 15 zones.

Step (iv) Selection of Beneficiaries

After the process of verification and super check, the final list of eligible 

beneficiaries Village wise and Block wise (in case of rural areas) / Ward wise and ULB 

wise (in case of urban areas) will be selected by the District level Selection committee.

Step (v) Subsidy

💢 If the applicant fulfils all the eligible conditions and is willing to buy the vehicle 

from her own funds she will be advised by the Selection Committee to submit 

her Subsidy Claim Form (Annexure C2) for releasing the subsidy . The 

subsidy will be released directly to her bank account after purchase of the 

vehicle and submission of proof of registration. 

💢 If the applicant fulfils all the eligible conditions, and prefers to go in for a loan,

her application will be sent to the Bank or vehicle financing company as per 

her choice.

💢 In the above both cases, the applicant is required to complete the purchase 

and claim the subsidy after submitting the documents within a period of 45 

days of receipt of the order of the Committee.

Step (vi) Subsidy Claim in case of loan

In case of purchase through vehicle loan option, on receipt of the application, the

Banker or the NBFC should independently process the loan application within 15 days.

If the loan is sanctioned, the sanction order along with the subsidy claim form jointly

signed by the beneficiary and finance company/bank manager should be sent to the

Deputy Commissioner (Education’s) office in case of Chennai Corporation and PD

(TNSRLM)’s office in the case of the other districts with the copy of registration of

vehicle within the next 30 days.

Subsidy under the Amma Two Wheeler Scheme will be back-ended.

Banks/NBFCs should disburse the full cost of the vehicle as the loan. Banks/NBFCs

should not charge interest on the subsidy portion of the loan amount and should be kept

in the subsidy reserve fund account with the nodal branch of the concerned bank.

Banks/NBFCs should not charge any interest on the subsidy held in the reserve fund

account.

There shall be a maximum lock-in period of 24 months for claiming the subsidy

amount. In the event of pre-closure, the subsidy can be adjusted immediately. These

subsidy accounts have to be reconciled every 3 months with PD, TNSRLM.

Step (vii) Review at the State and District Level

The Amma Two-Wheeler scheme will be included as a subject in the State Level

Bankers Committee (SLBC) and District Level Review Committee (DLRC) to review the

progress of the scheme regularly apart from the regular reviews undertaken for the

same.

Step (viii): Record Keeping

Deputy Commissioner (Education) in case of Chennai corporation and Project

Director (TNSRLM) in case of other 31 Districts will safe keep all the related records

and should produce them at the time of inspections and audit.

Step (ix): Facilitation

The Vehicle delivery, Vehicle Registration, Issue of RC Book, Vehicle Insurance,

etc. will be facilitated by the Deputy Commissioner, Education/PD, TNSRLM with the

concerned departments / banks / financial institutions

Step (x):

The decision of the District Level Selection Committee shall be recorded in

writing.

The progress of the scheme will be monitored by the Commissioner (GCC) and

District Collectors. PD, TNSRLM will designate an Assistant Project Officer each for

rural and urban areas for coordinating all activities including receipt of applications, data

entry, field verification, conduct of District Level Selection Committee and regularly

report the progress to the District Collectors. They will send regular reports to the MD

TNCDW on a daily basis in the prescribed format in Annexure E.

✅ Step 13 : Conditions to Ensure Intended Usage of the Vehicle

The scheme is intended to provide vehicles for the beneficiary’s own use only

and the vehicle shall not be sold / transferred / gifted / lent-on-long-term basis to any

other person for a minimum period of three years. Moreover, the list of vehicles

purchased under this scheme will be communicated by the Project Director)PD),

TNSRLM to the Regional Transport Officers who shall ensure that no transactions

happen on these vehicles for 3 years.