Hyderabad, July 27: Mr. Farooq Husain MLC in a letter to chief minister stated that the government of Andhra Pradesh has allotted a budget of 100 lakh rupees for Muslim mass marriages for the year 2011-12 which is inadequate pertaining to Muslim minority population of the state. Minorities of the state are mostly living below poverty line. The welfare programme of Muslim mass marriages of the government holds significance for the poor Muslims particularly for those residing in rural areas. As a result more and more Muslims are approaching for mass marriage institution but the budget allotted for that is inadequate to meet the demand.
Hence it is imperative to raise the budget from 100 lakh rupees to 200 lakh rupees so that more people are covered. Apart from this for each marriage, for the purchase of marriage items such as gold and other items the unit cost of 150000 rupees is inadequate in this period of high inflation. Hence keeping in view the present prices of gold and other items the unit cost should be raised to 250000 rupees. Mr. Farooq Husain appealed to chief minister to consider about hiking the budget for Muslim mass marriages and also raise unit cost. This move will refurbish government’s image in the eyes of Muslims. He said.
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