Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao today announced to start the Dalit Bandhu program to empower the SCs in Telangana state.
It will be implemented like a movement and to become a role model for the country, he announced.
The Chief Minister addressed an awareness program for Dalit delegates and people who came from Huzurabad to his Pragathi Bhavan office in Hyderabad. He stated that the state government is committed to providing financial support to the Dalit youth and people to become industrialists and businessmen.
The Chief Minister appealed to them to work together for the success of this program and achieve this goal and help empower Dalits in the state. He spoke about the aims, implementation, and action plan for the Dalit Bandhu scheme.
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We have a plan and are forming the guidelines to implement the same to be expanded in the state. As a pilot project Dalit Bandhu will be implemented in the Huzurabad segment and will be expanded to the entire state, the Chief Minister said.
K Chandrasekhar Rao directed the officials to conduct a special drive in 10 days to address land issues in the Huzurabad segment. The government will offer financial assistance to the young and educated Dalit people to do business he said. The meeting by the Chief Minister gets significance as this segment is set to bypolls likely in September.
The Chief Minister instructed the collector to conduct a special drive to address the issues of the lands in this segment. The government will offer financial support to the Dalits to get housing facilities in the state. There shall be no Dalits without housing facilities and we are committed to providing the same, he announced. Dalits will get houses if they have empty lands.
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The Chief Minister announced to spend about Rs 80,000 cr for Dalits empowerment in the state. He already started to offer Rs 10 lakh to Dalit families eligible in this segment. He hoped that the Dalit youth and educated will make use of the funds to become businessmen in the state to be a role model for the country.
We will provide to help Dalits get permissions for petrol bunks, fertilizer shops, and other such commercial businesses, he said. Our aim is to empower Dalits by spending huge funds, KCR said.
SOURCE-NSS
