Telangana Govt releases another Rs.500 crore for Dalit Bandhu scheme

The Telangana State Schedule Caste Corporation released another Rs 500 crore on Thursday, as per the instructions of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, to be deposited in the account of Karimnagar District Collector for the implementation of Telangana Dalit Bandhu as a pilot project in Huzurabad.

The Rs 2,000-crore target for the implementation of the scheme in the constituency as announced by the Chief Minister has been achieved with the latest release of Rs 500 crore. The State government released the Rs 2,000 crore in five instalments between August 9 and August 26.

On 26th August, 2021 there was a landmark day in the implementation process of the ambitious Telangana Dalit Bandhu scheme with four beneficiary families getting down to business, literally, and the State government completing the financial exercise of making the promised Rs 2,000 crore available with the district administration to take the programme forward with the release of the last tranche of Rs 500 crore.

The grounding of



Dalit Bandhu, replete with the required funds, comes within 10 days of the formal launch of the scheme by Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao at Shalapalli on the outskirts of Huzurabad on August 16, when he handed over cheques to 15 beneficiaries. To be implemented in the Huzurabad Assembly constituency as a pilot project, the scheme is aimed at empowering Dalits through a Rs 10 lakh no-strings-attached grant for each of the 21,000 Dalit families in the constituency to help them set up businesses.

Four of the 15 Dalit families who received the cheques decided to utilise the Rs 10 lakh given to them to buy tractors, auto-trolley and car for transportation purposes. Civil Supplies Minister Gangula Kamalakar, Social Welfare Minister Koppula Eashwar and District Collector RV Karnan handed over a tractor each to two families who opted for this business, an auto trolley to another and a transport vehicle to a fourth family at the District Collectorate here, marking the grounding of the scheme.