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Yogi govt allocates budget for marriage of poor Muslim girls

In its first supplementary budget for the current financial year, UP government has made an additional provision of Rs 74 crore towards giving monetary aid for the marriage of poor girls belong

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Virendra Singh Rawat Lucknow
The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has made budgetary allocation for the marriage of poor Muslim girls in the state.

In its first supplementary budget for the current financial year, the state government has made an additional provision of Rs 74 crore towards giving monetary aid for the marriage of poor girls belonging to the minority communities.

Earlier, the Yogi government has provided additional funds of Rs 10 crore for setting up of multi-purpose educational hubs in minority-dominated areas of Uttar Pradesh.

The budgetary allocation is in sharp contrast to the allegations mounted by the Opposition parties against Yogi

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