KCR beema, Rs 15-lakh KCR Arogya Raksha, gas cylinder for Rs 400 to be game-changers: KCR announces BRS manifesto

HYDERABAD: Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) Chief and Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) on Sunday declared the party manifesto for election-2023 at the party headquarters Telangana Bhavan.

He said that Telangana from day one of its formation in 2014 had strived to provide a balanced growth after carefully considering its revenue and expenditure. “We took the help of Dr GR Reddy the then finance commission head we requested BPR Vithal to look into our financial situation. Telangana at the time of formation was facing a dire situation, unemployment, lack of power, irrigation and drinking water,” KCR said.

He announced that BRS (Then TRS) while implementing the manifesto implemented 90 percent of programmes that were not mentioned in the party manifesto in 2014 and 2018. “Policies like Kalyana Lakshmi, residential schools, Rytu Bandhu, Rytu Bima, foreign study scholarships, were not mentioned in the manifesto but become flagship programmes,” he said.

While attributing the peace prevailing in Hyderabad and Telangana, he said that the strengthening of ‘Ganga Jamuna Tehzeeb” helped the State to achieve milestones such as highest per capita income and highest per capita power consumption in the country. “While I salute our minority brethren, I would like to announce that 204 minority residential colleges will be turned into residential degree colleges,” the BRS chief declared.

While continuing with successful agricultural, economic, industrial, IT, law and order, Dalit, irrigation, drinking water, power, education, health and industrial policies BRS chief said that the party decided to enhance benefits in several other programmes.

Telangana Annapurna Scheme - Every household with a ration card to be given fine rice.

KCR Aarogya Raksha Scheme - Aarogyasri Bima Scheme coverage increased to Rs 15 lakh

Rythu Bandhu will be increased to Rs 16,000 per acre per year in phased manner . Immediately Rs 11,000 and will implement an increase of Rs 1,000 per year.

Soubhagyalakshmi Scheme - All eligible poor women to get Rs 3,000 per month

Own buildings for Mahila Swashakti Groups.

119 Gurukulas for the upper caste poor

Gas cylinder for Rs 400 to all eligible BPL families, and journalists

Aasara Pensions to be increased to Rs 5,000. First year, it will be hiked to Rs 3,000 and will see an increase of Rs 500 every year.

Differently abled person pension to be increased to Rs 6,000. To benefit 5,35,000 people.

Will work towards removing restrictions on assigned lands to help Dalit community

To construct one lakh 2BHK dignity houses in Hyderabad city. This is in addition to the present one lakh 2BHK houses.

KCR Bhima Prathi Intiki Dheema- Rs 5 Lakh Insurance scheme for all BPL card holders. 100 percent premium will be paid by the government through LIC. Covering 93 Lakh families. In all Rs 3,000 – Rs 4,000 crore will be spent.

Will study CPS to OPS pensions for government employees. A committee will be formed on it.

119 residential schools for economically backward students

Minority junior colleges to be converted to residential colleges

The orphan policy of the Telangana Government will be implemented in the next term by considering them as State Children.

Rights to assigned landholders : To call a meeting of all Dalit MLAs to make a decision