Hyderabad, Oct 7: Telangana BC Welfare Minister Gangula Kamalakar today informed the Assembly that 9,31,316 families or persons have benefited through Kalayana Lakhsmi and Shaadi Mubarak Schemes in the state so far.

Replying to a question raised by the members during the question hour, Mr Kamalakar said keeping in view the financial problems being faced by the poor people during the wedding of their daughters, Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has increased the financial assistance under Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak schemes from Rs 50,000 to Rs 75,000 and to Rs 1,00,116 in the state.

This is a 100 per cent grant for Backward Classes (Backward Classes (BCs), Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Minorities.

So far, an amount of Rs 7,722 crore was spent under Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak Schemes, the Minister said.

The Minister said, 4,35,365 BCs (Rs 3,834.86 crore) , 1,11,876 STs (Rs 877.82 crore) , 1,88,212 SCs (1475.59 crore and 1,95,863 Minorities (Rs1534.53 crore) were benefited in the state under Kalayana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak schemes so far.

Stating that no state in the country is implementing Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak schemes, Mr Kamalakar said 1.04 lakh applications were pending at MRO and RDO offices.(UNI)