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Uttar Pradesh scraps free pilgrimage scheme for elderly Hindus recently, the name of the sheme is? |
| Answer» Uttar Pradesh State Government, under Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath has scrapped 'Shravan Yatra', a scheme under which elderly citizens could undertake pilgrimage free of cost. Shravan Yatra was started in 2015 by the Samajwadi Party government under Akhilesh Yadav. The scheme was named after a mythological character named Shravan Kumar, who had carried his blind parents on his shoulders for a pilgrimage. Under this scheme, entire boarding and lodging expenses for the pilgrimage undertaken by senior citizens residing in the state was borne by the state government. | |