The decision benefits 1,42,929 Shiksha Mitra and 24,717 instructors. Government estimates additional burden exceeding Rs 1,475.27 crore. Honorarium payable for 11 months yearly, with Centre share proposal under Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan also planned by state.
Complaint says ailing Hindu man was invited to Sunday prayer promising cure, sermon urged conversion, warned non-believers of misery and poverty, police were informed, suspects fled, and some attendees were detained.