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Over one lakh religious organizations get Taka 176cr grant
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Taka 13.22 crore have been distributed among 11,461 Hindu religious organisations and 5101 destitute people of the community on the occasion of the Durga Puja from the Relief and Welfare Fund of the Prime Minister in the last nine years since 2009. Residential Buddhist monks and other destitute people of the community have got Taka 7.61 lakh from the government for treatment purpose. The Christian Religious Welfare Trust has donated Taka 1.59 crore to 284 Christian churches for their construction, repair, earth filing and construction of boundary walls of cemeteries. A total of 9057 Hindu temples and 446 cremation grounds have received over Taka 12.40 crore and 1.24 crore respectively as donation respectively while 999 Buddhist pagodas and cremation grounds got over Taka 2.33 crore and 28.66lakh respectively from the government. The government has donated Taka 37.73lakh and 6.27 lakh among 160 Christian churches and 13 cemeteries respectively for their overall development. A total of 10343 destitute Muslims received around Taka 18.87 crore from the government while 2,422 Hindu destitute people got over Taka 3.50 crore from the government since 2009. The government gave Taka 22.39 crore to people and over Taka 111.84 crore to 68,511 organisations during the period. |