Hyderabad, July 6 -- Telangana deputy chief minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka claimed that the government has spent Rs 22,000 crore in a year on the Indiramma Indlu scheme.

"As soon as the Congress came to power in Telangana, we immediately spent Rs 5 lakh per house for 4.5 lakh houses in the first phase," he said while speaking at a land distribution programme in Khammam district on Sunday, July 7.

Assuring that the government is committed to providing homes and dignity to people through the scheme, Bhatti said, "There are 1.10 crore families in Telangana, and the Indiramma government is providing at least one welfare benefit to nearly 93 lakh families."

On farm loan waivers, Bhatti said that the state government has successfully waive...