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Rs 1 lakh cr for SCs, STs & many more promises
Sangareddy: Rs 1 lakh crore for SCs, STs & Many More Promises, Chief Minister Kalvakuntla Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) said here on Wednesday that crop loans worth Rs 12,000 crore.
Sangareddy: Chief Minister Kalvakuntla Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) said here on Wednesday that crop loans worth Rs 12,000 crore and transport tax for auto rickshaws would be waived off, while the Gajwel Development Authority would be constituted shortly. Addressing a public meeting at Gajwel town, KCR said that crop loans worth Rs 12,000 crore would be waived off to benefit nearly 22 lakh farmers. He made the statement after a formal meeting with bankers earlier in the morning at Hyderabad.
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He said that his government would spend about Rs 1 lakh crore in five years for the welfare of scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, backward classes and minorities. Out of this amount, Rs 50,000 crore would be spent on SC/ST welfare activities alone, he said. He said that the government would establish a Horticulture Research Station at Gajwel. The government would also provide free and compulsory education on par with corporate English medium educational institutions, he said.
Rao also said that hospitals on the lines of the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NMIS) would be established in every district of Telangana, while each primary health centre would get four regular doctors. He said that Gajwel would be a "model constituency" in Telangana, for which a Gajwel Development Authority would be constituted.
Already a special officer has been deputed to look after Gajwel's developmental activities, while a special personal assistant would be appointed in the Chief Minister's Camp Office exclusively for Gajwel, he said. KCR said that the Government was also committed to build two-bed room houses each at a cost of Rs. 3 lakh. “Scheme for pensions to the widows, physically handicapped persons would also be implemented soon, “he added.
He said that green house cultivation would be undertaken in 1,000 acres in each district, He announced formation of an advisory committee with editors, intellectuals, sociologists, poets and artistes to highlight the shortcomings in the government, if any, from time to time to rectify the same. KCR announced that plans were afoot to introduce compulsory free education from KG to PG for all. Referring to the irrigation projects, he said that one lakh acres in each assembly constituency would be irrigated and this programme would be completed in two and half years. He said that he would be indebted to the people of Gajwel for returning him to Assembly. He announced formation of Gajwel Assembly Development Authority (GADA) and Hanumanta Rao has been appointed for the same.
Referring to the political corruption, he said that nobody would be spared in case of political corruption. Home Minister Nayini Narasimha Reddy, Minister Harish Rao, MLAs Solipet Lingareddy, Padma Devender Reddy, Madan Reddy, Chinta Prabhakar and others were present.
