Kanyadan Yojna assistance amount increased: MP
BHOPAL: The amount given by the state government under the Mukhyamantri Kanyadan Yojna has been increased from Rs. 10 thousand to Rs. 15 thousand.
The order for this has been issued by Social Justice Department and will come into effect from April 1, 2012.
The announcement in this regard has been mentioned by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan recently.
Out of the assistance amount of Rs. 15 thousand, a sum of Rs. 13 thousand 500 will be given for household items for the bride while Rs. 1500 will be made available for conducting each marriage under the mass marriage scheme to the organiser i.e. urban/rural body, as per the orders.
Under this Yojna, financial assistance is made available for the marriage of girls/widows/deserted women of poor, needy and destitute families. Upto now one lakh 83 thousand girls marriage have been solemnized under the scheme since its launch on April 1, 2006.
