CM Revanth says Telangana tops in tax collection; Rajiv Yuva Vikasam scheme launched

Hyderabad: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy announced on Monday that Telangana is at the top of the country in the tax collection and unemployment has been reduced from 8.8 to 6.6 per cent.

He said that Telangana is ahead of other States in controlling the inflation rate at 1.3 per cent. The Union government released the statistics officially.

Rajiv Yuva Vikasam scheme

Explaining his plan of making Telangana a one trillion dollar economy, CM Revanth Reddy launched the Rajiv Yuva Vikasam scheme in the Assembly premises which was also attended by the Opposition MLAs.

Under Rajiv Yuva Vikasam, beneficiaries will get financial assistance from Rs 50,000 to Rs 4 lakhs. The government will announce the list of beneficiaries on June 2. The new scheme will assist 4,000 to 5,000 beneficiaries in every Assembly constituency. The real unemployed should benefit from the scheme, he said.

The State Government decided to provide self-employment opportunities to 5 lakh unemployed youth by allocating Rs 6,000 crores, he said.

The CM said Rajiv Yuva Vikasam is not a party scheme. It is a people’s scheme. He extended gratitude to the opposition MLAs for attending the launching of the Rajiv Yuva Vikasam scheme.

“Within 48 hours of coming to power, the people’s government launched free TGRTC bus travel for women and enhanced Aarogyasri limit to Rs 10 lakhs. The government recruited more than 57,000 jobs in the 15 months of the Congress government and supplied up to 200 units of free power to 50 lakh poor families. Cooking gas cylinders at Rs 500 benefits 43 lakh families. The government already decided to distribute 1 crore 30 lakh quality sarees to women of self-help groups,” he said explaining the schemes by the government.

He also said that the government has supplied free electricity to 29,500 government schools in the state and handed over the management of government schools to women self-help groups in the name of Amma Adarsh Schools.

Caste census

“Rahul Gandhi said that the caste census is like an X-ray for the society. We conducted the caste census and adopted the BC reservation bill on Monday,” he said.

The caste survey disclosed that the BC population constituted 56.36 per cent and the government decided to provide 42 per cent reservation to the Backward Communities in education, job and political opportunities. A bill for SC classification was also introduced in the House. The government committed to render justice to the SC community by adopting the bill, he said.

The government reformed the administration and moved forward with a transparent policy. We did not back down even though State revenues decreased and debt burden increased. It is the reason why the government adopted austerity measures and moved according to a plan, he said.

The CM said the government is making efforts to increase revenue through sand sales by streamlining the policies and the system. The previous government generated only Rs 1.50 crore in revenue from sand sales every day. Now, it has been increased to Rs 3.5 crore due to strict measures taken by the government.