Chief minister Addressing the 64th Independence Day celebrations on Sunday, Rosaiah said that since the economy was now looking up, the government would continue all the welfare schemes launched by Y S Rajasekhara Reddy and will also envisage new welfare schemes and development programmes. K.Rosaiah delivered his 30-minute speech sitting on a chair contrary to the normal practice of addressing the state from the podium as he has not yet fully recovered from his recent indisposition. This is the first time that any chief minister in the state had done so.
If required, this government will conceive new schemes for the welfare of poor. It is not my intent to have my own mark on the new welfare programmes," the CM said. The government had prepared a four-pronged strategy to plug loopholes in the implementation of the schemes. The state exchequer had lost Rs 100 crore per day due to floods, drought and agitations for T state. However, Rosaiah said, the revenue increased by 31 per cent between April-June this year.
Referring to the irrigation sector, he said modernization of Krishna, Godavari and Penna deltas and Nagarjunasagar and Nizamsagar canals at a cost of Rs 15,000 crore will be completed by 2013-14. It was also proposed to generate 291 MW power this year and 7,500 MW power in the next four years. To reduce power transmission loss due to technical glitches, re-structured and accelerated power development programme has been launched in 113 towns by at an expense of Rs 388 crore. Referring to Indira Kranthi Patham scheme (Pavala Vaddi), Rosaiah said the government has set a target to provide Rs one lakh crore loans to self help groups by 2015-16 and make every household "lakshadhikari" as promised by YSR.
For More updates Click here
No comments:
Post a Comment