Congress govt. committed to ensure welfare of the poor, says Bhatti

Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka has said the Congress government was working with the objective of providing fine-quality rice to the poor and ensuring that no poor family went hungry.

Telangana has around 1.15 crore families, of which 1,06,28,092 families have ration cards. The government is providing six kg of fine-quality rice per person every month to 3,42,57,109 beneficiaries through the ration cards, he said at a programme organised in Khammam on Saturday to distribute Digital Smart Ration Cards on the occasion of Independence Day.

He claimed that no other State was implementing such a massive programme. People had faced difficulties in obtaining ration cards during the previous BRS regime, and fine-quality rice was not distributed then, he said.

Mr. Vikramarka said the Congress government under the leadership of Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy had sanctioned new ration cards to every eligible poor family in the State.

In Khammam district, 62,158 new ration cards had been sanctioned in addition to the existing 4,73,275 ration cards.

He also highlighted various other flagship welfare schemes of the Congress government – including free travel for women on TGSRTC buses, free electricity up to 200 units for poor families and enhancement of Rajiv Aarogyasri scheme coverage from ₹5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh.