The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) led Telangana Government, released Rs. 250 crores for the Dalit Bandhu Scheme.
Under the announced Dalit Bandhu scheme, the financial benefits would empower Dalits in Telangana. The Dalit Bandhu Scheme (Dalit Empowerment Program) would provide financial assistance to Dalit families. The Chandrashekar Rao Government would provide Rs. 10 lakh financial assistance directly to the bank accounts of Dalit beneficiaries under the Chief Minister Dalit Empowerment Programme. The eligible families selected as beneficiaries from 119 Assembly constituencies would receive the money to make them financially stable and self sufficient.
On the 13th of September, Mr. K. Chandrasekhar Rao, the Chief Minister of Telangana, officially extended the Dalit Vandhu scheme to four mandals. The four mandals selected for the scheme implementation were: Chintakani mandal in Madhira constituency, Tirumalagiri mandal in Thungathurthy constituency, Charagonda mandal in Achampet constituency and Nizamsagar mandal in Jukkal constituency.
Later, on the 18th of October, Mr. K. Chandrashekar Rao ordered the release of the money for the implementation of the scheme in the four mandals. As per the orders of KCR, the Telangana Finance Department released the money to the Commissioner of Scheduled Castes Development Department. The TRS Government even issued an official order to this effect on Monday evening, the 18th of October.
According to sources, Rs. 100 crore has been released for Chintakani mandal in Madhira Assembly constituency in Khammam district, Rs. 50 crore each for Tirmalgiri mandal in Thungathurthy Assembly constituency in Suryapet district, Charakonda mandal in Achampet and Kaluwakurty constituencies in Nagarkurnool district, and Nizamsagar mandal of Jukkal constituency in Kamareddy district.
In the past, the State Government had released Rs. 2,000 crores for the Huzurabad Assembly constituency, where the scheme was first rolled out as a pilot project. As of now, the pilot project of the Dalit Bandhu scheme has been launched in the KCR adopted Vasalamarri village and Huzurabad Assembly constituency. Now with the released money, the State Government launched Dalit Bandhu scheme would be implemented in the four more mandals, benefiting the Dalits of the mandals.
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