Telangana govt spends Rs.285 cr on 'Shaadi Mubarak' scheme

Telangana government has spent Rs 350 crore in helping poor girls and meritorious students from the minority communities in the state in the last three years.About Rs 285.45 crore was spent towards Shaadi Mubarak scheme alone in the last three years.

As many as 55,972 girls from economically weaker sections hailing from minority communities got married through the Shaadi Mubarak grants.

“The CM has the blessings of parents of poor girls from minorities, SC, ST and



BC communities as both Shaadi Mubarak and Kalyana Lakshmi schemes have come as a major relief to the parents, who were unable to save money for their daughters' marriages.

State government has also issued orders nominating BC welfare department as the nodal department for monitoring “Kalyana Lakshmi Pathakam and Shaadi Mubarak“ schemes instead of multiple departments such as SC, ST and minorities welfare department dealing with it separately .