New madarasas to no longer receive grants from the Uttar Pradesh Govt

A welcome decision from the Yogi Adityanath Government

(Right side) Chief Minister of UP Yogi Adityanath

Lucknow (UP)  – No new madarasas will receive Government grants from now on ! This bold decision has been taken by the council of ministers led by Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of UP. Currently, there are 16,461 madarasas in the State, out of which 559 madarasas receive Government grants  which is used to pay the salary of the teachers and other workers.

The #UttarPradesh government on Tuesday, May 17, accepted a proposal to exclude new Madrasas from its grants list.@ashishaajtak https://t.co/bPFsn5zOa9

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The Samajwadi Party had started this project of providing Government grants to madarasas in 2003.

Editorial viewpoint

Hindus hope that the Government would stop the grants being given to the madarasas and instead divert the funds towards development !