Telangana Cabinet decides on two guarantees to be launched on Dec 9

The first Cabinet meeting of the Congress government that was held here on Thursday has decided to go ahead with implementation of two out of the six guarantees from December 9. These will pertain to the free travel for women in TSRTC buses across the State and the Rajiv Aarogyasri health insurance scheme of Rs 10 lakh each.

Ministers D Sridhar Babu and Ponnam Prabhakar, who addressed the media after the cabinet meeting, said extensive discussions on the rest of the four guarantees would be held in due course of time, with all the guarantees to be implemented within 100 days. The implementation of the two guarantees that would be launched coinciding with Congress Parliamentary Party leader Sonia Gandhi’s birthday on Saturday, would be discussed with the departments concerned again on Friday.

The cabinet, they said, also decided to bring out a white paper on the



financial status of the State, detailing the income and expenditure of the previous government. Stating that supply of 24 x 7 power for all sectors, industrial, agriculture and domestic, would be top priority for the State government, Sridhar Babu said officials would be asked to give a detailed report on the power situation in the State from 2014.

Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy would hold a review meeting on Friday on the Gruha Jyothi scheme, which assures 200 units free electricity for all households, he said, adding that officials would also be asked to assess the crop damage in the wake of the recent rains.

Prabhakar, speaking on the launch of the free travel scheme for women, said the beneficiaries would have to produce some sort of identity card, like the Aadhar Card. Any issues that could crop up in implementation of the scheme would be sorted out on the go, he added.