Hyderabad, Aug. 17 -- Telangana BC Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar on Monday said the government had no intention of scrapping the Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak schemes and assured that the welfare programmes would continue.
Addressing a press conference at the Secretariat, Prabhakar said the government was taking all necessary legal measures to vacate the court stay on the schemes. He said the government would file a counter-affidavit and, if necessary, approach a higher court to overcome the legal hurdles.
He said the government was implementing welfare schemes for SC, ST, BC, EBC and minority communities through the Green Channel. A total of Rs 16,375.87 crore was being provided to 16,78,347 beneficiaries, he said.
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