Rs 130 Cr released for welfare of minorities in TS
1 year, 4 months ago

Rs 130 Cr released for welfare of minorities in TS

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government on Tuesday released Rs 130 crore for the Rs 1 lakh financial aid scheme for minorities. The decision was taken at a meeting held by finance minister T. Harish Rao with AIMIM floor leader in Legislative Assembly Akbaruddin Owaisi at Secretariat. Harish Rao said selection and distribution of beneficiaries would be based on the population proportion of minorities. Owaisi thanked the CM forimplementing several schemes for the minorities and said that AIMIM and BRS would continue to work together for the development of the state.

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Rs 4K cr fund for Muslims: Revanth
1 year, 1 month ago

Rs 4K cr fund for Muslims: Revanth

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Stating that the Congress did justice to the Muslim community, in terms of benefits and administrative action, when the party was in power, TPCC chief A. Revanth Reddy on Thursday said their Minorities Declaration would provide more benefits to Muslims. Releasing the Minorities Declaration at Gandhi Bhavan on Thursday, Revanth Reddy said that the Congress, which announced declarations for …

10K Minorities Receive 'One Lakh Each
1 year, 4 months ago

10K Minorities Receive 'One Lakh Each

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The distribution programme of Rs 1 lakh financial assistance to minorities drew an overwhelming response from Muslims, Sikhs and Jains at the Lal Bahadur stadium here on Saturday. Minister Koppula Eshwar explained that the state government was implementing many welfare programmes to uplift minorities. He said that overall 27,000 people will each receive cheques for Rs 1 lakh. With …

BJP Slams Biased Finance Scheme for Minorities
1 year, 5 months ago

BJP Slams Biased Finance Scheme for Minorities

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The BJP on Monday slammed the state government's announcement of Rs 1 lakh financial aid to minorities and termed it as "yet another fraud being perpetrated on minorities." The orders issued on Sunday say that the Minorities Finance Corporation had urged the state government to extend assistance of Rs 1 lakh per minority candidate as prevails for BCs. He …

Budgetary allocations for minorities see a hike in Telangana
1 year, 6 months ago

Budgetary allocations for minorities see a hike in Telangana

The Hindu  

Telangana’s Minorities Welfare Department saw an increase in budgetary allocations, a chunk of which was spent on education and educational schemes. However, there was a slight drop in allocations in FY 2019-2020, with ₹1,344 crore, but in the subsequent year, the allocation rose to ₹1,513.45 crore. FY 2016-17 marked the allocation towards the government’s flagship welfare scheme for minorities, the …

BRS Govt Disbursed Rs 12,000 Crore For Minorities' Welfare Since 2014: Telangana CM
1 year, 8 months ago

BRS Govt Disbursed Rs 12,000 Crore For Minorities' Welfare Since 2014: Telangana CM

News 18  

The BRS government has spent Rs 12,000 crore for the welfare of minorities since it came to power in Telangana in 2014 as against Rs 1,200 crore spent by the Congress dispensation during its decade-long rule of undivided Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said. Addressing an ‘Iftar’ party hosted by the state government on Wednesday, Rao said Telangana …

State govt’s bank-linked subsidy for minorities found wanting
1 year, 9 months ago

State govt’s bank-linked subsidy for minorities found wanting

The Hindu  

The Telangana government’s push to empower small businessmen from the minority communities by means of its bank-linked subsidy scheme has left much wanting as only 2.11% of the budgetary allocation was spent for this purpose in financial year 2022-23, according to data obtained through the Right to Information Act. According to the data, the allocation for the bank-linked subsidy scheme …

Harish Rao’s Telangana Budget puts emphasis on welfare
1 year, 10 months ago

Harish Rao’s Telangana Budget puts emphasis on welfare

The Hindu  

Finance Minister T. Harish Rao has claimed that the Telangana model of development which he says combines humanitarian approach, constructive thinking, futuristic planning and transparent administration is getting accolades both nationally and internationally. Several unique schemes like Rythu Bandhu, Rythu Bima, Rythu Vedikalu and others had been introduced for the welfare of the farmers with budgetary allocation of agriculture department …

CM Jagan disburses Rs 590 crore; 2.79 lakh persons to benefit
1 year, 11 months ago

CM Jagan disburses Rs 590 crore; 2.79 lakh persons to benefit

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has released Rs 590.91 crore to benefit 2,79,065 persons who had failed to get the financial incentive under Andhra Pradesh's several welfare schemes. Chairing a high-level meeting here on Tuesday, the chief minister said the government was committed to ensure that the benefits of the welfare schemes reached all eligible persons. “We are …

₹1,70,000 crore through DBT reached people through welfare schemes in AP: Buggana
2 years, 2 months ago

₹1,70,000 crore through DBT reached people through welfare schemes in AP: Buggana

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Finance Minister Buggana Rajendranath Reddy said on Sunday that AP took loans of Rs 1,71,176 crore, including the loans by public sector units, and every rupee spent by the state government is accounted for. Keeping in view the welfare of the people, the YSR Congress government has distributed Rs 1,70,000 crore through direct benefit transfer system to the poor …

Telangana Govt Urges Centre to Release Funds Worth Rs 900 Crore for Development of Backward Districts
2 years, 10 months ago

Telangana Govt Urges Centre to Release Funds Worth Rs 900 Crore for Development of Backward Districts

News 18  

The Telangana Government on Saturday appealed to the Centre to immediately release funds and grants to the state which has been pending for some time. In a letter addressed to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, finance minister Harish Rao urged her to release Rs 900 cr funds immediately towards the development of backward districts under the Bifurcation Act under 94 …

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