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Rs.3,016 dole for the unemployed in Telangana

Sat 23 Feb 2019, 11:16:37

Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao announced plans to introduce unemployment allowance of Rs 3,016 per month to eligible unemployed youth during next fiscal. While a team of officials are working out the nitty-gritty of the scheme including eligibility criteria, the State government has allocated Rs 1,810 crore for the proposed scheme in the Budget.

Presenting the Vote on Account Budget for 2019-20 in the State Assembly on Friday, Chandrashekhar Rao allocated Rs 2,744 crore for subsidised rice distribution scheme through ration shops. He stated that while the State government was supplying the subsidised rice without restricting the number of members in a family, it was supplying fine rice to all welfare hostels and for mid-day meal scheme in the State.

The State government which had recently increased the amount of Rs 1,00,116 to beneficiaries under Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak schemes, has allocated Rs 1,450 crore for the same in the new fiscal. About 3,28,923 were benefited under Kalyan Lakshmi and 1,08,702 women benefited under Shaadi Mubarak.

Apart from providing relief to the poor, these schemes helped the government end the menace of child marriages in the State as it is applicable to girls of above 18 years of age.

The Chief Minister earmarked Rs 16,581 crore for SC special development fund and another Rs 9,827 crore for ST special development fund. The Special Development Fund has been created in the proportion of the population of SCs and STs. An enactment has been made to carry forward unspent balances of funds allocated in a year to next year. “No State government in the country would enact such legislation to protect the interests of SCs/STs in the society,” he said.

Further, the State government has decided to extend all the schemes meant for the welfare of SCs and STs to the poor belonging to the minority communities. It has set aside Rs 2,004 crore for minority welfare in the Budget 2019-20. The State government had established 206 residential educational institutions for minorities in the last four years.

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