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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
G.V.R. Subba Rao

Andhra Pradesh government releases ₹141 crore financial aid under Kalyanamasthu and Shaadi Tohfa

The Andhra Pradesh government on August 9 (Wednesday) released ₹141.60 crore towards financial assistance under the YSR Kalyanamasthu and YSR Shaadi Tohfa schemes, benefiting 18,883 girls married during April –June, 2023.

The amount would be credited into the bank accounts of the beneficiaries’ mothers.

Depositing the amount with the click of a button virtually from his camp office at Tadepalli, near here, Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy said the schemes were introduced to help the girls from the SC, ST, BC, and minority communities, construction worker families, and the disabled pursue their education.

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