BRS Manifesto Released: Increased Aasra Pension And Rythu Bandhu

Hyderabad, Oct 15 (Maxim news): BRS President and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has released the election manifesto. During this occasion, KCR highlighted that several schemes were implemented in the previous two elections that were not mentioned in the manifesto.

He specifically mentioned the Rythu Bandhu scheme, which was not included in the manifesto but was successfully implemented. Stating that the BRS government is committed to the welfare and empowerment of minorities, KCR assured of providing opportunities to minorities in various sectors especially upgrading minority junior colleges to degree colleges to enable students from minority communities to pursue higher education and enhance their prospects for a better future.

The BRS chief further announced a new scheme Telangana Annapurna scheme with the aim of ensuring that hunger is eradicated in the state. He said rice is provided to children in hostels and Anganwadis, but from April and May onwards, every family holding a ration card will receive fully prepared rice.  He said that the scheme will eliminate the suffering caused by hunger and ensure that every household has access to nutritious food.

In a similar way to the Rythu Bima scheme, KCR decided to provide insurance coverage to 93 lakh white card holders by paying 100 percent of the premium. He said that the insurance scheme, called KCR Bima will be implemented through LIC (Life Insurance Corporation). The estimated cost for providing insurance to 93 lakh families ranges from Rs. 3600 to Rs, 4000 per family. “Despite the cost, the party has decided to proceed with this initiative. 

The implementation of this insurance scheme is expected to commence within four to five months after the government comes to power, with the likelihood of it being effective from June onward, KCR said.  

CM KCR emphasized that the TRs government was the first and only government to implement the pension scheme on a large scale, providing pensions to thousands of individuals.  The scheme initially started with a pension of Rs. 1,000 to Rs. 2,016 and as the financial stability of the state improved, the government gradually increased the pension amount.  He said that the government has decided to further increase the pension to Rs. 5,000.  However, this increase will not be immediate.  Starting in March, the pension will be increased to Rs. 3,000 and it will be raised by Rs. 500 each year, reaching Rs, 5,000 by the end of the fifth year.  This incremental approach ensures that the government is not burdened all at once.  The government has also increased the disability pension to Rs, 4,016 and plans to raise it to Rs. 6,000 in a phased manner.  The BRS also took a decision to provide gas cylinders for Rs. 400 to eligible women.  Under the Saubhagyalakshmi scheme, poor women below the poverty line receive an honorarium of Rs. 3,000.  In the manifesto, the Rythu bandu was enhanced to Rs. 16,000 and the Aarogyasri limit to Rs. 15 lakh.  KCR also said that they would build more than 1 lakh double-bedroom houses for the poor in Hyderabad and announced 119 Residential schools for the poor from the upper caste.

IMPORTANT POINTS OF THE MANIFESTO

• Rythubandhu increased to Rs. 16 thousand the first year from Rs. 12 thousand
• Pensions of disabled persons to be increased to Rs. 6,000
• Increase in support pensions to Rs. 5,000 (after March, the pension will be increased to Rs. 3,000 and will be increased by Rs. 500 every year to Rs. 5,000 by the end of the fifty years.
• Rice for every ration card holder under the Telangana Annapurna scheme
• Free insurance for all people on the lines of Rythu Bima, KCR Bima – every household Bhima scheme through LIC insurance for 93 lakh families.
• Rs. 400 gas cylinder for deserving poor women and also for Accreditation Journalists.
• Rs. 3,000 honorarium for poor women under the Saubhagyalakshmi scheme.
• Rs. Another lakh double-bedroom houses in Hyderabad
• Arogyashri increased to Rs. 15 lakhs
• Employee-style health scheme for journalists
• 119 new Gurukulas have been established for the upper caste poor in the constituency
• Mahila Swashakti groups have their own buildings

• Full rights over assigned lands

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