Hyderabad: BRS supremo and Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR) on Sunday, October 15, released the party’s manifesto for the upcoming state polls to be held on November 30.
On the occasion, KCR said that in 2014, post the formation of Telangana, the BRS brought in policies after detailed research keeping in mind the conditions prevailing in the state during that period.
“Then, we understood that in order to better conditions in the state, we have to grow wealth and distribute it. We took the value of the state budget to Rs 3 lakh crores. The GSDP of the state increased by two and a half times. The Per Capita income increased as well. We gave equal priority to welfare and development. Telangana stood as an example to the country in both welfare and Capital expenditure,” he said.
KCR further stated that Telangana is the best in economic policy, power policy, drinking water policy, irrigation, agriculture, Dalit policy, welfare, education, health, industrial and housing policies. “We will continue all these successful policies in their current shape and improve and add depending on the requirement,” he said.
Important promises made by the BRS in its manifesto
- The party announced ‘KCR Bheema- Prati Intiki Dheema‘ insurance scheme for 93 lakh families below the poverty line (BPL) will be covered under ‘KCR Bheema’. The scheme will function similarly to Rythu Bheema (Farmers’ insurance) and up to Rs 5 lakhs will be provided.
“The government will bear 100% of the premium. This scheme will not only improve the life of the poor but also help in strengthening the government-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India,” he said.
- From April- May 2024, fine rice (Sanna biyyam) will be provided to all ration card holders, under BRS’ new ‘Telangana Annapurna Scheme’
- Senior citizens and widows will receive Aasara pensions which will go up by Rs 500 each year, By the end of the tenure, the pension will be Rs 5000 per individual. Currently, the monthly pension delivered under this scheme is Rs 2016.
- Pension for the differently abled will be increased to Rs 6016 from the current value of Rs 4016 gradually in the next five years, he said.
- Rythu Bandhu, the farmers’ insurance will be increased to Rs 16,000 per acre. Currently, Rs 10000 is delivered to the bank accounts of farmers’ per annum
- Rs 3000 for women below the poverty line (BPL) under the new ‘Soubhagya Lakshmi scheme’
- Gas cylinders will be delivered at a subsidy of Rs 400 to all eligible BPL families
- Up to Rs 15 lakhs treatment limit under the new ‘KCR Arogaya Raksha’ to all eligible individuals
- KCR said that vacant lands have been identified for the poor and another 1 lakh double bedrooms will be constructed under the government’s 2BHK policy in Hyderabad
- Residential schools will be built for students from economically weak backgrounds. Some of the junior government colleges will be converted into residential colleges, the BRS chief said
- KCR said that the state government will adopt orphan children and term them as ‘state’s children’. “Process is already underway regarding the particulars,” he added.
- On assigned lands, KCR said that irrespective of political parties, a policy will be announced after the polls
KCR asked the party candidates to reach out to cadres during their poll campaign for the assembly elections to be held on November 30.
Addressing the contesting candidates before handing over the B Forms, KCR said that except for five or six, all sitting MLAs have been given tickets to contest the assembly polls. B-Forms is proof that a particular candidate is put up by a political party in the election. In August, KCR announced the candidates for 115 out of the total 119 assembly seats.
“Except five or six sitting MLAs, all were given tickets to contest the polls. I am happy about that. There will be several opportunities for those who did not get MLA tickets,” the BRS president said.
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