The dwindling number of priests within the Parsi community has set the alarm bells ringing as the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP), the community’s apex body, has introduced a first-of-its-kind financial welfare scheme to attract more members to take up the profession.

Under the ‘Mobed Amelioration Scheme’, which was launched this month, the BPP aims to provide full-time priests across the country financial support and preferential allotment in housing.

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