The Telangana government in the Budget introduced on Monday in the Assembly has given lion’s share to welfare schemes.
Presenting the Budget, Finance Minister T. Harish Rao said the welfare programmes being implemented in Telangana are role models for the rest of the country.
“It is no exaggeration to say that the golden age of welfare is ushered in by the TRS government,” he said adding that government has increased the quantum of pension being given to the poor people from ₹200 to ₹2,016 to old-age people, widows, AIDS patients, handloom workers, and toddy tappers. Pension to differently abled was increased from ₹500 to ₹3,016. Even single women, beedi workers, and filaria patients also get a pension of ₹2,016 per month. During the last seven-and-a-half years, the government has spent an amount of ₹46,650 crores towards Aasara.
