<h1>Government raises monthly assistance for abandoned Muslim women to Rs 25,000 and expands minority welfare programs</h1> The state chief minister said the government implemented measures to aid Muslim women abandoned by husbands, including a financial assistance scheme introduced in 2007 raised from Rs 10,000 to Rs 25,000 per month, and broader Minority Welfare Department schemes supporting education and employment for Muslim youth. Authorities claim madrasas were regularized and teachers given government-equivalent salaries, graveyards fenced to reduce communal tensions, riot victims investigated, compensated and placed on pensions, and the minority welfare budget increased from Rs 3.54 crore in 2004-05 to Rs 1,080 crore.