Hyderabad, Feb. 21 -- Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu has directed officials to implement self-employment schemes for Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) youth within two months with a budget allocation of Rs 3,000 crore. He emphasised that the government is committed to the welfare and is ready to allocate the necessary funds for its implementation.
At a pre-budget meeting of the SC, ST, BC, and Minority Welfare Departments held at Dr B.R. Ambedkar Telangana Secretariat on Friday, the Deputy CM reviewed key welfare initiatives. He criticised the previous decade's administration for neglecting self-employment schemes for SC and ST youth and instructed officials to immediately prepare an implementation plan. He...