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Trust formed for Ram temple construction: PM
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- Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently told the Lok Sabha that the Cabinet had approved a scheme for the construction of a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya by setting up an autonomous trust, the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra, to take forward the process as per the Supreme Court’s orders
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(1) SC Mandate: The Supreme Court mandated 3-month deadline to set up a trust was to end on February 9, a day after Delhi votes.
(2) One member from Dalits: The Union Home Ministry notified the Trust that there would be 15 trustees, out of which one would always be from the Dalit society.
(3) Area to Trust: Modi announced that the government had decided to transfer the entire 67.703 acres to the trust. “This trust will be fully autonomous to take any decision regarding the construction of temple.”
(4) 5 acre to Sunni Waqf Board: The Uttar Pradesh government had approved the Supreme Court’s direction to grant 5 acres to the Sunni Central Wakf Board, he said.
Sources
The Hindu