Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has been making claims about continuing the previous government’s welfare initiatives
Hyderabad: After abolishing the KCR Kits, KCR Nutritional Kits, Bathukamma sarees, and several other schemes, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has been making claims about continuing the previous government’s welfare initiatives, while also inflating loan repayment figures within a month.
To promote institutional deliveries, the previous government had implemented the KCR Kits and KCR Nutritional Kits. Apart from providing essential items like baby soap, powder, handbags, towels, and diapers, pregnant women received financial assistance of Rs 12,000 in three phases. In the case of a girl child’s birth, an additional Rs 1,000 was given.
Similarly, women were gifted sarees annually during the Bathukamma festivities. All these schemes have now been discontinued by the Congress government.
Although self-help group (SHG) women were promised two sarees annually, the scheme is yet to take off. Likewise, during the Assembly elections, the Congress party had pledged to offer one tola of gold along with Rs 1,00,116 under the Kalyana Lakshmi scheme.
Over the last 16 months, the Congress government has been distributing Kalyana Lakshmi cheques, albeit with significant delays and to a limited number of beneficiaries. Yet, during the May Day celebrations at Ravindra Bharathi, the Chief Minister claimed that all welfare schemes, including the crop loan waiver, Kalyana...
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