Shivraj Singh Chouhan begins to make good his promise of govt relinquishing administration of Temple actions: Read about latest cabinet decision that will help monks

Weeks after promising to free Hindu temples from authorities administration, the Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led Madhya Pradesh authorities on Tuesday took the first massive step within the path of that path after it allowed monks to keep up their livelihood by means of the income from temple agricultural land. This would moreover indicate that the monks would not be relying on the meagre salaries which were being given by the federal authorities and would have the power to keep up themselves greater.

Ashish Agrawal, the media accountable for the BJP state unit, revealed that the Cabinet of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has decided that monks can now take advantage of the income generated from as a lot as 10 acres of agricultural land associated to managed temples. Similarly, if the land exceeds 10 acres, the monks will retain the income from the first 10 acres and the remaining land could be auctioned for farming, with the proceeds deposited into the temple’s account.

The Cabinet has moreover taken a name to impress a advertising and marketing marketing campaign to free temple lands from encroachment.

Last yr, the Religious Trusts and Endowments Department of the Madhya Pradesh authorities issued orders to increase the honorarium for monks. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched that temples and monks with out agricultural land would get hold of a month-to-month honorarium of Rs. 5,000.

Similarly, temples with 5 acres of agricultural land would provide monks with a month-to-month honorarium of Rs. 2,500. However, monks serving temples with better than 10 acres of agricultural land would not get hold of any separate wage.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan pronounces liberating Hindu temples from govt administration

In April 2023, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had launched that the state authorities will not administration any actions of temples.

During a Parshuram Jayanti event in Bhopal, the chief minister stated, “We have decided that the government will relinquish control over temple activities, and the auction of temple land will be conducted by priests instead of collectors.”

हमने फैसला किया है कि मंदिरों की गतिविधियों पर सरकार का कोई नियंत्रण नहीं रहेगा। मंदिर की जमीनों को नीलाम कलेक्टर नहीं बल्कि पुजारी कर सकेंगे।

निजी मंदिरों के पुजारियों को भी सम्मानजनक मानदेय देने की व्यवस्था की जाएगी। pic.twitter.com/QiMMREi6MI

— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) April 22, 2023

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has prolonged advocated for the liberation of Hindu temples from authorities administration. The RSS has continuously emphasised that Hindu temples are subject to authorities oversight and expressed concerns that funds generated by these temples are being utilized for the upkeep of church buildings and mosques.