Haryana Minister of State for Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes Krishan Kumar on Monday said that the State Government gives Rs 31,000 to women sportspersons for their own marriages under Mukhyamantri Vivah Shagun Yojana irrespective of their caste or annual income.
The Minister said that financial assistance was being given to women sportspersons participating in 26 Olympic games, 22 non-Olympic games, and 16 other tournaments and competitions. He said that a provision of Rs 11,000 lakh has been made during 2017-18 for Mukhyamantri Vivah Shagun Yojana and other schemes of which more than 46.55 per cent had already been spent till November 30, 2017.
Krishan Kumar said that financial assistance of Rs 41,000 was being given to families belonging to Scheduled Castes, nomadic and denotified tribes living below poverty line for marriage of their daughters whereas Rs 11,000 was being given to families belonging to general category and backward classes living below poverty line who have 2.5 acres of agricultural land or annual income below Rs 1 lakh.
Similarly, financial assistance of Rs 51,000 was being given to widows for marriages of their daughters and to widows, divorcee, destitute and orphans for their own marriages, whose annual income is below Rs 1 lakh, he added.