Govt approves allotment of extra land to Ramakrishna Mission

Accepting a request of the Ramakrishna Mission, the government today decided to allot its ashram here additional land adjacent to its existing campus.

The Union Cabinet today approved allotment of land measuring 82 sq m to the Mission in the Paharganj area.

The land is next to its existing facility and it has been alloted to "expand their welfare activities at the prevailing rates," an official statement said.

The Mission had requested the government for allotment of a small incidental plot of land in Krishna Market to further expand their welfare activities. The land is lying vacant and is prone to encroachment and illegal activities, the statement said.
 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had last year visited the Ramakrishna Math and Mission headquarters at Belur Math in West Bengal which had reportedly turned down his request to join the monastic order thrice in the past.