K. Chandrashekar Rao, the Chief Minister of Telangana, on the 10th of February, announced Rs. 1,000 crores for the welfare of Dalits in Telangana.
Mr. Rao’s initiative is aimed at empowering Dalits in Telangana.
According to sources, the announcement was made during his visit to Haliya, Nalgonda district ahead of the Nagarjuna Sagar by elections.
The new ‘Chief Minister’s Dalit Empowerment Scheme’ would be implemented from the ensuing financial year, 2021.
While announcing the scheme, Mr. Rao said, “Allocation will be made for the creation of a special fund of Rs. 1,000 crores in the upcoming budget to implement this scheme. Dalits have been ignored for decades and their condition needs to be improved. The SC Sub-plan is already in place for effective utilisation of funds sanctioned, and the State government is working hard to improve their conditions further. I will directly monitor the scheme for its effective implementation.”
Mr. K. Chandrashekhar Rao also announced a Rs. 186 crores monetary fund to be constructed in order to strengthen municipalities and local bodies in Nalgonda district.
Besides, the KCR led Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Government, also announced Rs. 20 lakhs each for 844 gram panchayats in Nalgonda district.
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The amount was announced from the Chief Minister’s Special Fund.
In addition, the TRS Government also announced Rs. 30 lakhs each for every mandal headquarters. Adding to this, Rs. 10 crores was funded for the Nalgonda municipality, Rs. 5 crores for Miryalaguda municipality and Rs. 1 crore each for the remaining six municipalities in the district for their development.
KCR also announced the construction of two more Lift Irrigation Schemes (LIS) at Veerlapalem and Thopucherla.
All the aforementioned developments were in accordance with the development of Nalgonda district ahead of the Nagarjuna Sagar by elections in Telangana.
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