Assuring that the TRS Government will always stand by the Anganwadi staff, Finance Minister T Harish Rao said that they in turn should support the TRS and the Government.
Speaking at the thanks giving meeting organized by the TNGOs and Anganwadi staff here today, he said that during earlier Governments, staff salaries were not hiked even after struggles. The agitating Anganwadi staff were trampled upon with horses.
The present TRS government has increased the Anganwadi salaries three times in seven years and the credit for it went to Chief Minister KCR.
Harish started the TRS government has crested S history in the country by hiking salaries of contract and other staff along with regular employees. The BJP government in Gujarat is not paying at least half of the salary being paid in Telangana to their Anganwadi staff.
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He assured that he would see that the salaries are paid in the first week, that 450 Anganwadis got promotion as supervisors, and eligible Anganwadi staff got double bedroom houses and pensions.
He appealed to the staff to support the government that works. He also said that KCR had sanctioned 4,000 double bed room houses to Huzurabad, but the MLA Etela Rajenderreddy failed to get even one house constructed.
BJP false Claims
The Finance Minister said that the BJPLeaders were indulging in false propaganda that the salaries of Anganwadi staff were paid by the Centre. This is a blatant lie. The Centre was paying only Rs. 2700, while the State government was paying Rs. 10950 per month.
Minister G Kamalakar praised Anganwadi staff saying they were not doing job but serving society. It is KCR who had raised their salaries three times.
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TNGOs former leader Deviprasad said earlier governments had crushed the staff agitations, but KCR increased their salaries without asking.
SOURCE-NSS
