MIM welcomes Telangana's first budget
Hyderabad, Nov 5 (INN): MIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi has welcomed the Telangana Rashtra Samithi Government's budget for the State. "The first budget of the new State of Telangana for the financial year 2014-15 presented by Finance Minister Eatala Rajender today seeks to fulfill the promises made by TRS in its election manifesto," he said while speaking to media persons.
He said that over Rs 1 lakh crore budget has been aimed at ensuring faster development of the State as well as the continuance of welfare schemes for the weaker sections, including the minorities, backward classes, scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, disabled and women.
"The minorities - Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Parsis - who constitute 14 percent of the State's population, have been allocated budgetary allocation of Rs 1,030 crores, which is almost double the amount included for Telangana in the Vote-on-Account budget for the erstwhile combined State," he said.
Akbaruddin Owaisi expressed happiness over the enormous increase in the allocations for minorities welfare. The amount allotted by the TRS government for the minorities in the 10 districts of Telangana is twice as much as the allocation for minorities in the undivided AP (comprising 23 districts) last year.
The allocations for this year include Rs 500 crores for scholarships, Rs 95 crores for subsidy for bankable schemes, Rs 100 crores for Shadi Mubarak, Rs 105 crores for multi-sectoral development programme and Rs 53 crores for State Wakf Board.
Higher allocations have also been made for Urdu Academy, Haj Committee, Centre for Educational Development of Minorities, Study Circles, Minority Hostels and Residential Schools. Shadikhanas etc., he said.
News Posted: 5 November, 2014
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