Promises to be kept
Aasara pensions to be raised from Rs1,000 to Rs2,016
Differently abled pension from Rs1,500 to Rs3,016
Rs3,016 allowance for eligible unemployed youth
Rs5 lakh to Rs6 lakh aid to build houses in their own plots
Farm loan waiver of up to Rs1 lakh
Rythu Bandhu assistance to rise from Rs8,000 to Rs10,000
Drinking water for all 66 municipalities and 23,968 villages by March-end
Rs77,777 crore spent on irrigation sector so far with plans to spend another Rs1,17,000 crore
New power plants being constructed to make Telangana power-surplus state
Naveen S Garewal
Tribune News Service
Hyderabad, January 19
The Rythu Bandhu scheme introduced to financially help farmers during the last tenure of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government has become part of national agenda of action, said Governor ESL Narasimhan in his first address at the joint session of both Houses of the state legislature today.
He said the scheme had become a role model for several states and has earned praise even in the international arena.
"It is a matter of pride that the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation praised this scheme,” he said, highlighting the robust rate of growth of Telangana that has clocked 17.17 per cent between 2014 and 2018 and is 29.93 per cent in the current financial year.
The Governor said: “Several steps were initiated by my government to restore confidence in the desperate farmer through revitalising the agriculture sector which was labelled as a waste during the erstwhile rule.”
He highlighted the series of administrative reforms, taking up of irrigation, drinking and power projects and the launching of welfare programmes for people that have propelled Telangana as a leader that other states are emulating.
“The welfare schemes implemented by my government have created a sense of self-confidence and feeling of a secure life. With the benedictions of people who were benefited by the welfare measures, the TRS government returned to power for a second term, with a much higher majority,” Narasimhan said.
He said the government was committed to implementing schemes drafted for development of SCs and STs.
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