Telangana backward classes welfare minister Gangula Kamalakar said on Thursday that Shaadi Mubarak and Kalyana Lakshmi beneficiaries will receive cheques on the wedding day itself.
If the application is submitted 15 days before the wedding, the cheque would be given to the bride’s family on the wedding day, he said.
Commenting on the delay in issuing the cheques to beneficiaries, he stated that delay in submission of applications is the cause for it.
Schemes such as Shaadi Mubarak and Kalyana Lakshmi
Financial aid is provided to the families of brides whose annual income is less than 2 lakh under the Shaadi Mubarak and Kalyana Lakshmi schemes.
Apart from providing support, it prevents child marriage as girls aged beyond 18 years are only eligible for the schemes.
Child marriages prevented to some extent through the schemes
Child marriages in the state have been reduced to some extent thanks to the Telangana government’s Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak schemes. The minister responded to members of the legislative assembly during the question and answer session.
He stated that so far, 10,26,396 people have benefited from the Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak schemes, with 4,87,346 from the Backward Classes, 1,21,639 from the scheduled tribes, 2,10,676 from the minority department, and 2,06,735 from the scheduled caste.
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The government spent Rs 8,673.67 crores on the initiatives, including Rs 4,355 crores released by the BC welfare department, Rs 1,682 crores released by the minority department, and Rs 1,660 crores released by the SC welfare department.
The minister went on to say that these programmes aided in the reduction of child marriages in the state and the same matter was reported in National Family Health Survey.
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