CM KCR launches Dalit Bandhu in his very own Vasalamarri village

Chief  Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao sprang a surprise on Wednesday, August 4, 2021, by launching the new welfare scheme — Dalit Bandhu — at his adopted village of Vasalamarri in Turkapally mandal of Yadadri-Bhongir district.

Rao declared in a meeting in the village that Dalit Bandhu had been launched. The Rs 7.6 crore required for 76 SC families in the village would be given on Thursday itself.

Each SC family will get Rs 10 lakh each under the Dalit Bandhu



scheme to start their own self-employment.

According to Rao, there were around 15 lakh to 17 lakh SC families in the state and the scheme would benefit around 10 lakh to 12 lakh families. The state government will spend a whopping Rs 1 lakh crore to Rs 1.2 lakh crore.

Rao had earlier planned to launch the Dalit Bandhu in Huzurabad. Under Dalit Bandhu scheme each SC family will get Rs 10 lakh, without a bank linkage.