Tamil Nadu state government has started a new Two Wheeler Subsidy Scheme for Ulemas. This announcement is made by honourable Chief Minister Edapaddi K Palaniswami on 19 February 2020 for welfare of minority communities in TN state.
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Accordingly, EPS announced a subsidy of 50 per cent for Ulemas to buy two-wheelers and also double the Ulema pension to Rs. 3,000 from existing Rs. 1,500 per month. Ulemas are the guardians and interpreters of religious knowledge in Islam.
Tamilnadu CM said that there are more than 2800 institutes registered with the TN Waqf Board. The ulemas of these institutions would be able to get Rs. 25,000 or 50% subsidy (whichever is less) on purchase cost of two wheeler. The pension amount under the Ulema Pension Scheme has also been revised.
In the pension scheme implemented in the Tamil Nadu state in 1981, all the Pesh Imams, mothinars, Arabic teachers and mujawars who retired from Tamil Nadu Waqf Board institutions are paid pension.
Now all those people among these who have completed 20 years of service and reached 60 years of age are eligible for an increased pension amount.
