LPG refill at ₹ 500, 200 units free power: CM Revanth Reddy to implement 2 more guarantees

Hyderabad: Telangana government has decided to immediately implement two more guarantees promised to the people during the election.

The government will be allocating funds for the guarantees in the budget.

Congress had promised six guarantees to the people during assembly elections. The government implemented free bus travel for women and enhancement of medical coverage under the Arogyasri scheme from ₹ 5 lakh to ₹ 10 lakh soon after taking charge.

Chief Minister Revanth Reddy said not a single citizen will be meted out injustice in availing scheme benefit. He said guarantees will be implemented to benefit all the deserving people.

He was chairing a review meeting of the cabinet sub-committee and senior officials on the Praja Palana programme. Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka, Ministers – N Uttam Kumar Reddy, D Sridhar Babu, and P Srinivas Reddy participated in the review.

The Chief Minister discussed with officials the distribution of cooking gas cylinders at the subsidized rate of Rs 500 to the poor, the construction of INDIRAMMA houses, and the supply of 200 units of free electricity scheme.

The officials have been asked to be ready with the necessary action plan for the implementation of the three guarantees. The CM instructed the officials to make arrangements to implement two of these guarantees immediately.

CM Revanth inquired about the financial requirement for the implementation of each guarantee and the details of the number of beneficiaries under each scheme. The CM advised the state Finance Department to allocate the necessary funds in the budget.

The CM said that he would hold another meeting with the cabinet sub-committee before the assembly session and take a final decision.

The Praja Palana programme was conducted from December 28, 2023, to January 6 across the state.

The government received applications from people, who are eligible to avail the benefit of five guarantees, in the Gram Sabhas and Ward Meetings. A total of 1,09,01,255 applications were registered and completed all the data entry in a record time on January 12th.

Officials explained to the CM that some of the applicants submitted more than one application and some of them did not furnish the details of Aadhar and ration card numbers. CM Revanth Reddy advised the officials to re-examine such applications and conduct a field visit, if necessary, to verify the details in the applications. The officials were asked to verify the details of the applicants more times, if required so that no eligible will be left in availing the scheme benefits. Arrangements will be made to rectify the errors or mistakes in the applications in the MPDO offices or the next Praja Palana programme.

The CM warned the officials not to impose unnecessary rules for the implementation of the guarantees. A mechanism will be developed to ensure every eligible applicant gets the benefit of the scheme. The CM ordered the officials to make arrangements to receive the applications as a continuous process and provide an opportunity to those who did not apply.

Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari, DGP Ravi Gupta, Finance Special Chief Secretary Ramakrishna Rao, Civil Supplies Commissioner DS Chauhan, Municipal Administration Principal Secretary Dana Kishore, GHMC Commissioner Ronald Rose, Home - Secretary Jitender, CM Principal Secretary Seshadri, CM Special Secretary Ajith Reddy, Intelligence Chief Shivadhar Reddy and other officials participated.