BC welfare minister Gangula Kamalakar on Thursday said Rs 7,220 crore was disbursed under Kalyan Lakshmi-Shaadi Mubarak scheme benefiting 9.31 lakh people in the state.
Replying to a question on the scheme during the assembly session, the welfare minister said that the scheme was initially rolled out for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes and minorities in 2014-15.
It was extended to BC communities from 2016 and Rs 3,834 crore was spent on them. An amount of Rs 877 crore was spent on Scheduled Tribes, Rs 1,475 crore on Scheduled Castes and another Rs 1,534 crore was spent on minorities, he said.
As part of the scheme, Rs 50,000 was earmarked for each member initially and then it was increased to Rs 75,000 and now to Rs 1,10,116.
The eligibility criteria for the scheme is a familys annual income should be less than Rs 2 lakh in urban areas and Rs 1.5 lakh in rural areas.