Jumbo budget aims at welfare schemes to strike \'hat-trick win\'
1 year, 11 months ago

Jumbo budget aims at welfare schemes to strike \'hat-trick win\'

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The last Budget of the Chandrasekhar Rao-led BRS government is expected to pump more money into social welfare schemes, one of the main focus areas on which the party would contest the Assembly elections in 2023, with a special emphasis on Dalits, farmers, and pensioners. Official sources said the government's Budget will allocate more funds to schemes such as Dalit Bandhu, Rythu Bandhu, Rythu Bima, Aasara pensions, Rs 3 lakh financial assistance for the construction of houses, free power to agriculture, crop loan waiver, and so on, while a few new welfare schemes such as Girijan Bandhu and BC Bandhu are expected to be announced. Official sources said the government was planning another 'jumbo budget,' this time relying on its own revenue collections rather than the Centre's grants and funds, despite a Rs 40,000 crore shortfall in the Rs 2.53-lakh crore budget tabled for fiscal 2022-23. Similarly, farmers are partitioning their holdings with kin to ensure free Rs 5 lakh Rythu Bima insurance coverage for their family members, which adds to the state government’s burden of paying LIC premiums each year.

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Lok Sabha polls: Election Commission halts Telangana’s welfare scheme for farmers
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha polls: Election Commission halts Telangana’s welfare scheme for farmers

Hindustan Times  

The Election Commission of India on Tuesday directed the Telangana government to defer disbursement of funds to farmers under Rythu Bharosa scheme till Lok Sabha polls are held in the state on May 13, while maintaining that chief minister A Revanth Reddy has violated the model code of conduct by publicly referring to the payouts in his elections campaigns. Full …

BJP president JP Nadda accuses Telangana government of corruption, calls for change
1 year, 1 month ago

BJP president JP Nadda accuses Telangana government of corruption, calls for change

India TV News  

In a fervent rally at Narayanpet, BJP national president JP Nadda launched a scathing attack on the K Chandrasekhar Rao-led Telangana government, accusing BRS MLAs of collecting a hefty 30 per cent commission in the state's 'Dalit Bandhu' scheme. Accusing Rao of engaging in appeasement politics for electoral gains, Nadda criticised the decision to make Urdu the second official language …

Welfare Schemes Hit Fund Crunch Hurdle, Lakhs Affected
1 year, 5 months ago

Welfare Schemes Hit Fund Crunch Hurdle, Lakhs Affected

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Welfare schemes of the BRS government are facing a fund crunch hurdle, with benefits pending for an array of beneficiaries, causing hardships to them. Among the major pending schemes are funds disbursal of arrears of over Rs 3,000 crore in fee reimbursements and scholarships, and Rythu Bandhu aid for farmers owning over five acres. Under Dalit Bandhu, 1.30 lakh …

BRS Bets Big on Cash Transfers Before Assembly Polls for Hat-trick Victory
1 year, 6 months ago

BRS Bets Big on Cash Transfers Before Assembly Polls for Hat-trick Victory

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The BRS is lining up a slew of direct benefit transfers under its flagship schemes over the next few months to gain an edge among political parties in the state in the run-up to the Assembly elections. The BRS government has lined up cash transfer schemes every month, with Rythu Bandhu figuring twice on the list, ₹1 lakh sop …

Four major Cabinet decisions fail to reach beneficiaries
1 year, 7 months ago

Four major Cabinet decisions fail to reach beneficiaries

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Even after more than two months, four major Cabinet decisions passed by the state government on March 9 are yet to be implemented. The Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao at Pragathi Bhavan on March 8 approved the implementation of the second phase of Dalit Bandhu to 1.3 lakh beneficiaries in the 118 Assembly constituencies at …

BJP slams ‘unrealistic’ budget proposals
1 year, 10 months ago

BJP slams ‘unrealistic’ budget proposals

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Terming the state budget as nothing but a farce and an election stunt, the state BJP described as a particularly disappointing one for SCs, STs, BCs and EBCs. In a statement here on Monday, the party’s state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar pointed out that if the government had to waive-off crop loans up to Rs one lakh, it should …

Harish presents \'welfare budget\' with outlay of Rs 2.90 lakh cr
1 year, 10 months ago

Harish presents \'welfare budget\' with outlay of Rs 2.90 lakh cr

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The last full Budget of the Chandrashekar Rao-led BRS government presented by finance minister T. Harish Rao in the Assembly on Monday, ahead of the December 2023 Assembly elections, placed a significant emphasis on welfare spending and infrastructure development with a total outlay of Rs 2,90,396 crore. The Budget allocated Rs 12,000 crore for a housing scheme for the …

KCR\'s Budget to focus on steady funds flow for welfare schemes
1 year, 11 months ago

KCR\'s Budget to focus on steady funds flow for welfare schemes

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: As the state government's own tax revenue registered a nearly 20 per cent growth this fiscal, believed to be highest in the country, Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao has focused on ensuring uninterrupted flow of funds to welfare schemes and development programmes in the upcoming Budget, which is expected to be presented in the Assembly on February 3. According …

In Telangana, Rythu Bandhu, Dalit Bandhu take a backseat due to fund crunch
2 years ago

In Telangana, Rythu Bandhu, Dalit Bandhu take a backseat due to fund crunch

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana government's severe fund crunch has forced the Cabinet, which met at Pragathi Bhavan on Saturday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, to postpone a decision on releasing funds for Rythu Bandhu and Dalit Bandhu this month. The Cabinet was supposed to take a decision on releasing funds for Rythu Bandhu for the ongoing rabi …

CM to prioritise Rythu Bandhu over Dalit Bandhu
2 years ago

CM to prioritise Rythu Bandhu over Dalit Bandhu

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Rythu Bandhu scheme, through which the Telangana government has been providing financial assistance to land-owning farmers via direct benefit transfer, is set to take precedence over Dalit Bandhu beneficiaries. According to official sources in the finance department, the state government, which is facing a nearly Rs 40,000 crore fund crunch this year due to the Centre's restrictions on …

Harish Rao presents mega State Budget
2 years, 9 months ago

Harish Rao presents mega State Budget

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Finance minister T. Harish Rao on Monday presented a ‘KCR mark budget’ with higher allocations to the Telangana Rashtra Samiti government’s flagship schemes and a revenue surplus of `3,754 crore, in the Legislative Assembly. The total budget outlay has been pegged at Rs 2.56 lakh crore, up from last year's budget of Rs 2.31 lakh crore. The budget reflected …

Welfare schemes to get bigger pie in TS budget
2 years, 9 months ago

Welfare schemes to get bigger pie in TS budget

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: With just three more days to go for the presentation of Budget 2022-23 in the Legislative Assembly on March 7, finance minister T. Harish Rao and department officials are giving final touches to present a ‘populist budget’ with more allocations to welfare schemes. Several welfare schemes are facing fund crunch and the state government wants to implement welfare schemes …

Dalit Bandhu sop put on fast track across state
2 years, 11 months ago

Dalit Bandhu sop put on fast track across state

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The state government has expedited the implementation of Dalit Bandhu scheme in 118 Assembly constituencies across the state. At present, the scheme is being implemented only in Huzurabad Assembly constituency on a pilot basis besides Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao’s adopted village Vasalamarri in Bhongir district, where the scheme was launched in August last year. The state government has …

New welfare schemes add to state\'s budget crunch
2 years, 11 months ago

New welfare schemes add to state\'s budget crunch

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The State Budget preparation this time has become a tightrope walk for the finance department with the TRS government's decision to launch new welfare schemes from 2022-23, all of which have huge financial implications. According to official sources, the new schemes the state government wants to roll out for 2022-23 and would impose a heavy financial burden on state …

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