Telangana Only State In India To Set Up Exclusive Brahmin Sadan: CM KCR

Hyderabad, May 31 (Maxim News): Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao claimed that Telangana is the only state in the country to set up an exclusive Brahmin Sadan, a new benchmark in ensuring the welfare of the Brahmin community.

Brahmana Samkshema Parishad was established to ensure welfare and development of the Brahmin community, especially people who were below the poverty line in the community. The Brahmin Samkshema Parishad was set up on February 1, 2017. Since then Rs. 100 crore was being allocated annually to implement different welfare and development programs for the Brahmin community in the state, he said after formally inaugurating the Viprahitha brahmin Sadan at Gopanpally here today.

People from the community can perform marriages and other functions for free at the Kalyana Mandapam in the Sadan. This apart, there is an auditorium, information centre and Seer’s accommodation centre on the premises, which is spread across nine acres.

Speaking on this occasion, the Chief Minister announced that the monthly honorarium of veda or Shasta pandits will be increased from Rs. 2500 to Rs. 5,000. This apart, the eligibility age for beneficiaries under the scheme would be cut down from 75 to 65 years.

The Chief Minister said currently the assistance under Doopa Deepa Naivedhyam programme was being extended to 3645 temples in the State and shortly the assistance would be extended to 2796 temples, he said, with this, 6441 temples would be covered under the programme. Presently Rs. 6,000 was given under the Doopa Deepa Naivedhyam for Archakas for maintenance of the temple has been increased to Rs. 10,000.

The chief Minister further said Rs. 2 lakh assistance being extended for operations and maintenance of Veda Patashalas would now be made an annual grant. The government has also decided to extend the fee reimbursement for students pursuing education in IIT and IIMs, he said. The Chief Minister also assured that Anuvanshik archakas issues would also be discussed in the cabinet and addressed at the earliest.

The All India Brahmin Federation President Dr. Pradeep Jyothi hailed Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao’s move to construct an exclusive Brahmin Sadan. This is the first of its kind initiative by a State government. We also thank the Chief Minister for implementing several welfare and development programs, especially the overseas education scheme for students and entrepreneurs support scheme Brahmin community said Pradeep Jyothi. (Maxim News)

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