Kalayna Lakshmi benifits will be extended: KCR
Hyderabad, Jan 5 (INN): Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on Tuesday announced that the Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak scheme would be extended to all White Ration Card holders from March this year.
The Chief Minister was addressing a meeting after dedicating the Kakatiya Thermal Power Project Stage-II Chelpur village of Warangal district to the nation.
The Chief Minister said that presently the Kalyana Lakshmi scheme of giving Rs. 51,000 cash at the time of marriage was confined to SC and ST girls. He said other sections of the society including Backward Classes would be included in the scheme from March onwards.
The Chief Minister also promised to reguralise the services of contract junior lineman working with electricity department on immediate basis. Further, he said that the pay scales of outsourcing employees in the electricity department would be increased. He assured that he would sign the related files immediately after reaching Hyderabad.
KCR said that the TRS Government has overcome the power shortage within a short time. He also listed out other schemes being implemented by his government.
The function was attended by Assembly Speaker S. Madhusudan Chary, Deputy CM Kadiyam Srihari, Ministers Jagadish Reddy, Pocharam Srinivas Reddy and Ajmeera Chandulal, MLAs T. Rajaiah and Konda Surekha, MPs P. Dayakar, Vinod Kumar and Seetharam Naik, Telangana GENCO CM Prabhakar Rao and others.
News Posted: 5 January, 2016
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