Grama Jyothi
The Government of Telangana
launched Gram Jyothi program as a logical continuation to Mana Ooru-Mana
Pranalika. The objective of the programme
is to improve the service delivery to
the people in core sectors through the strengthening of the Gram Panchayats by
bringing together the efforts of various independent departments. Grama Jyothi
aims at synergising the developmental activities of the departments by
achieving functional and financial convergence through preparation of Gram
Panchayat Developmental Plans. It seeks to exploit the enormous collective
energy of the people by making them active partners in the development process,
decision making and take good advantage of the social capital at the village
level. The goal of Grama Jyothi is to bring in much desired accountability,
transparency in the functioning of public institutions working at village level
and make them responsive to the needs of the people.
Mission Kakatiya
A flagship programme of the
government aimed at restoring 46,300 tanks in five years spending Rs 20,000
crore. Works of about 8,000 tanks, costing Rs 3,000 crore, is underway and
would be completed before the onset of monsoon. The initiative will improve the
ground water table, reduce the power consumption by farm sector, get higher
yields, spur the growth of livestock and rejuvenate rural economy on the whole.
Telangana Water Grid Project
A mammoth 1.26 lakh km
stretch of pipelines would be laid to quench the thirst of Telangana towns and
villages apart from providing water for the industrial needs. Government has
sanctioned Rs 4,000 crore for the FY 2015-16 out of a total project cost of
35,000 crore. Panchayat Raj, Rural Development, Rural Water Supply department has
prepared the design for the project.
Haritha Haram
Another flagship programme
of the government, Telanganaku Haritha Haram envisages increasing the green
cover of the State from the present 25.16 to 33 per cent of the total
geographical area. A total of 230 crore seedlings would be raised in the coming
three years starting the first week of July celebrated as ‘Green Week’. Fifty
lakh saplings would be planted in GHMC limits alone this monsoon. Forest
Department and District Water Management Agency (DWMA) have made ready 41 crore
saplings for this year. Rs 325 crore has been set aside in the FY 2015-16 for
the purpose.
Kalyana Lakshmi/ Shaadi Mubarak
To alleviate financial
distress of SC/ST and minority families, Government decided to sanction a
one-time financial assistance of Rs. 51,000 at the time of marriage for brides
who are residents of Telangana State. Accordingly, Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi
Mubaarak Schemes have been introduced with effect from October 2, 2014 for
unmarried girls, who have completed 18 years of age at the time of marriage and
whose parental income does not exceed Rs. 2 lakh per annum. Rs 47 crore and Rs
32 crore disbursed to 9,368 SC and 6,483 ST brides respectively. Another Rs 50
crore was distributed to 10,533 brides from Minority sections.
Arogya Lakshmi
Telangana government
provides one nutritious meal every day to pregnant and lactating women and
children below the age of six through Anganwadi centres. The scheme was
launched officially on January 1, 2015 by Honourable Chief Minister Sri K.
Chandrashekar Rao. For the women, 200 ml of milk for 25 days a month and one
egg each day will be given with meal. Children, aged between seven months and
three years are provided with 16 eggs a month in addition to a 2.5 kg food
packet. For children aged between 3 and six years, one egg a day in addition to
rice, dal, vegetables and snacks is supplied.
A total 18,96,844 lactating
mothers, 5,18,215 infants and 21,58,479 pregnant women were covered under the
scheme expending Rs 627.96 crore in the past year. The quantity of food items
supplied under the scheme has also been increased across all the categories.
Aasara pensions
As a part of its welfare
measures and social safety net strategy, the Telangana government has
introduced the “Aasara” pensions, with a view to ensure secured life with
dignity for all the poor.
‘Aasara’ pension scheme is
meant to protect the most vulnerable sections of society in particular the old
and infirm, people with HIV-AIDS, widows, incapacitated weavers and toddy
tappers, who have lost their means of livelihood with growing age, in order to
support their day to day minimum needs required to lead a life of dignity and
social security.
The Telangana Government
introduced “Aasara” - a new Pension scheme - enhancing the monthly pension from
Rs. 200 to Rs. 1000 for the old aged, widows, weavers, toddy tappers and AIDS
patients and Rs. 500 to Rs. 1500 for disabled persons.
The government has spent Rs
4,700 crore on pensions benefitting 37, 65, 304 people including senior
citizens, widows, physically handicapped, poor & old-aged artists and beedi
workers. An increase of 478% over the previous such schemes.
Housing for the poor
This hallmark initiative of
the Telangana government is intended to provide quality and respectable housing
to the poor. The ‘housing for the poor’ plan provides for two and three storied
buildings with the 2 BHK flats in Hyderabad and other urban areas while they
are to be built as independent houses in rural areas. A pilot has been taken up
at IDH Colony in Bhoidguda, Secunderabad. As many as 396 units - with each
comprising of two bedrooms, hall and kitchen - are being constructed in 32
blocks of G+2 on 580 square yards at a cost of Rs 37 crore at 7.9 lakh per each
flat.
Land distribution to Dalits
Another significant welfare
scheme of the government that provides 3 acres of agricultural land to landless
SC women, along with the provision for creation of irrigation facilities, land
development and other agricultural inputs for their sustained livelihood.
Government distributed 2,524 acres of land to 959 Dalits spending Rs 94 crore
in the first year.
Rice distribution
A whopping 87.57 lakh
eligible families, approximately 2,86,00,000 (two crore eighty six lakh)
beneficiaries, are being supplied rice from 1st January, 2015 at 6 kgs per
person at Re. 1 per kg without any ceiling on the number of members in the
family. More than 1.80 lakh MT of rice per month would be required for this
purpose. Rs. 1,597 was being spent on the subsidy.
To arrive at the
eligibility of the BPL families, the family income limit in rural areas has
been increased to Rs. 1.50 lakh and in urban areas to Rs. 2 lakh. The land
ceiling has also been increased to 3.5 acres of wet land and 7.5 acres of dry
land.
Government started
supplying superfine rice, or Sanna Biyyam, to schools and hostels benefitting
56 lakh students annually with an additional outlay of Rs 120 crore. More than
12,500 MT of rice is being distributed for the purpose.
Strengthening security apparatus
To safeguard and secure the
lives of its citizens, the Telangana Government sanctioned an amount of Rs. 271
crore for the purchase of 4,433 vehicles for Hyderabad and Cyberabad Police.
Out of these, 3,883 vehicles equipped with modern technology have already been
purchased. The number of new vehicles provided to the remaining nine districts
in the State is 550. Additionally, 1500 motor cycles have been provided
to Cyberabad Police to respond within 10 minutes of receiving a complaint or
call. State government has allocated a monthly amount of Rs.75,000, Rs.50,000
and Rs.25,000 to each police station in the city, district headquarters and
villages, respectively.
The Government has taken up
CCTV project under which one lakh CCTV cameras are planned to be installed in
2015-16 in Hyderabad city. All these cameras will be connected to the proposed
Command and Control Centre.
SHE Teams
Keeping rising incidents of crime against women in mind, the
Telangana government has constituted a seven member committee headed by IAS
officer Poonam Malakondaiah to advise it on the measures to be taken for the
safety and security of women and girls. The committee submitted its report with
77 recommendations. Forming SHE teams is one of them. The teams keep tab on the
eve-teasers and stalkers in crowded places. Initially set up in Hyderabad and
Cyberabad police Commissionerates, they were expanded to all the Telangana
districts on 1 April following the encouraging results.
