Telangana State Planning Board vice-chairman B. Vinod Kumar has called on Nobel Peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi in New Delhi on Tuesday and explained the measures being implemented by the State Government to prevent child marriages and protect child rights.
He told Mr. Satyarthi that Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak schemes being implemented in Telangana have brought down the incidence of child marriages drastically as ₹1,00,116 is being given for marriage of girls who complete 18 years of age and whose parents’ annual income is up to ₹2 lakh.
The scheme was introduced on October 2, 2014, with a financial assistance of ₹51,000 for the marriage of girls from poor families to help the families stave off their financial burden. It was increased to ₹75,116 in April 2017 and ₹1,00,016 in April 2018.
