Yogi government will spend 150 crores on the marriage of OBC women

Lucknow (IANS) | The Yogi Adityanath government will spend Rs 150 crore to get poor women from Other Backward Classes (OBC) married.

An official spokesman said that the government has issued instructions to all the districts that non-compliance of the prescribed rules will be considered as an irregularity.

He said that the state government is allocating funds and providing grants for the marriage of ‘OBC’ daughters.

The grant is provided by the State Backward Classes Welfare Department on applications submitted by any such family belonging to backward classes. So far, the state government has provided a grant of Rs 771 crore to 3,85,514 beneficiaries under the marriage grant scheme.

In the order issued by the department, it has been said that by the 10th of every month, the officers will have to inform the government about the amount spent under this head. Along with this, the approved amount will not be used for any other work under any circumstances and the remaining amount will have to be deposited in the treasury at the end of the financial year.

According to the terms and conditions set by the department, the annual income of the applicant should be Rs 56,460 in urban areas and Rs 46,080 in rural areas.

The age of the groom should be 21 years and the age of the bride should be 18 years in the application. Caste certificate has to be attached. Under the scheme, the benefit of marriage grant can be given to a maximum of two daughters of a family.

Also, under the Chief Minister’s Group Marriage Scheme, grants are given by the Social Welfare Department for the marriage of daughters of economically weaker sections.

The Social Welfare Department organizes mass marriages and spends Rs 51,000 on each marriage. Earlier this amount was Rs 35,000.

So far more than 2.25 lakh women have been married under this scheme.

–IANS