In yet another significant move to uplift the women and protect the girl child, the Telangana Government on Monday announced enhancing the financial assistance for the marriage of poor girls of all sections of society to Rs 100,116 from the present amount of Rs 75000.
Announcing the increase in Telangana Assembly on Monday Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said that not only the Kalyana lakshmi and Shadi Mubarak schemes had gone a long way in relieving the financial burden of the poor families but also achieved other societal milestones like checking the child marriages and ensuring the marriages get the legal status.