Hyderabad, Feb. 22 -- Telangana deputy chief minister Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu has directed officials to implement self-employment schemes worth Rs 3,000 crores for the benefit of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes youth before the end of the current financial year.

A pre-budget meeting was held at the Secretariat on Friday, February 21, where Bhatti reviewed budget proposals from departments handling SC, ST, BC (Backward Classes), and Minority Welfare.

Emphasizing that public welfare is the government's top priority, he assured that no expense would be spared in implementing these schemes.

Bhatti remarked that during previous governments' tenures, such self-employment initiatives were not effectively implemented for SC and ST youth....