Hyderabad, May 24 (PTI) Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Sunday announced that the state government would launch the ‘Indiramma Bheema’ on June 2, a scheme providing Rs 5-lakh life insurance cover to 1.15 crore families.
Addressing an event at Khammam, he said the Congress government in Telangana is fulfilling every promise made during the elections and delivering welfare benefits directly to the doorstep of the poor, an official release said.
“The historic ‘Indiramma Bheema’ scheme will be launched across the state on June 2 as a State Formation Day gift. This insurance scheme would act as a protective shield for 1.15 crore families in the state, irrespective of caste, religion, or economic status,” the Deputy CM said.
He criticised the previous BRS regime, claiming that families of farmers who died by suicide had to struggle even for minimal financial assistance from the government. To ensure such situations are never repeated, the Congress government has decided to provide Rs 5 lakh insurance coverage to every family that loses its head, he said.
Officials will soon visit every household to collect details related to the scheme, Vikramarka said.
He further announced that a scheme to allot solar power plants to women’s self-help groups across the state will be launched on May 27 at Rajupalem village of Madhira constituency.
He said the government is providing interest-free loans worth Rs 20,000 crore annually to women’s groups and promised to increase it up to Rs 1 lakh crore if needed. He also noted that women are already traveling free in RTC buses across the state. Soon, 550 special RTC buses will be allocated exclusively for women entrepreneurs to operate. The government aims to make one crore women millionaires, he added.
He alleged that the BRS government “deceived” people for ten years in the name of double-bedroom houses. He said the Congress government is providing Rs 5 lakh financial assistance to every poor family to build their own house. So far, 4.5 lakh houses have already been sanctioned statewide. He also announced that the Cabinet recently approved an additional 2 lakh houses.
The Deputy CM said that the government has introduced a free breakfast scheme in government schools besides junior college students are being provided midday meals.
He assured farmers that the government will procure every grain of maize and paddy produced by them at the Minimum Support Price (MSP).
Vikramarka alleged that opposition parties, unable to digest the welfare schemes being implemented by the government, are spreading false propaganda on social media. He called upon party workers to counter such “conspiracies”.
He said pamphlets explaining government schemes would soon be distributed door-to-door, and Congress workers should confidently visit villages and explain the facts to people. PTI VVK GDK VVK ROH
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