K Vasudeva Reddy, Chairman of the State Disabled Corporation, stated that the State government was spending Rs 2,000 crore per annum on pensions for 5.51 lakh physically challenged people in the state.
Reddy told reporters here on Tuesday that the state government was spending Rs 83 crore on the welfare of the disabled. He said that the government separated the Disabled Welfare Department from the Woman and Child Welfare Department at the request of people with disabilities in order to provide more benefits to the disabled community.
He stated that, in accordance with the Persons with Disabilities Act of 2016, the state government had established special courts for the disabled.
On the occasion of Louis Braille’s birth anniversary on January 4, a 9-foot-tall bronze statue of Louis Braille installed on Wednesday at the Disabled Welfare Bhawan’s Braille Park by SC Welfare Minister Koppula Eshwar and Home Minister Mohammad Mahmood Ali.
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24X7 free power helps farmers improve production
The Telangana government’s decision five years ago to provide free power to the agricultural sector 24X7 has begun to bear fruit, assisting farmers in transitioning from traditional rainfed systems to irrigated agriculture and increasing production, food security, and livelihood opportunities.
On January 1, 2018, the Telangana government began providing free round-the-clock power to the state’s 2.3 million farmers, and crop production and farmer income have increased significantly since then.
The availability of continuous power supply to the agriculture sector created a strong ecosystem that helped to strengthen the rural economy, particularly agricultural and aqua-based activities in the state.
In fact, Telangana is the only state in the country that provides free power to the agriculture sector round the clock. Due to the availability of continuous free power, the number of agricultural connections in the state has increased in the last five years to approximately 27.18 lakh from 19.03 lakh when the state was formed.
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