Telangana Rashtra Samiti has unveiled a part of its manifesto for the coming Assembly elections in the State and promised Rs 3,016 per month unemployment allowance for the jobless youth.
TRS President and caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao came out with fresh promises after a meeting of the manifesto committee on Tuesday in Hyderabad. He said that after coming to power the TRS Government will study the models of unemployment allowance being implemented in various States and decide the modalities of its implementation including the eligibility criteria. “We will pay the allowance to all the unemployed youth irrespective of their numbers. From the comprehensive household survey we have an idea” he said.
KCR came out with another set of promise to help the state farmers stand on their own feet. He promised another round of waiver loans to the tune of Rs 1 lakh per farmer. The incentive under the Rythu Bandhu scheme will be increase from Rs 4,000 to Rs 5,000 per acre per crop and every farmer will get Rs 10,000 for two crops per acre every year, he told the media.
He also promised that the age of eligibility for the old age and other pensions will be brought down to 57 years and it will be increased to Rs 2,016 per month.
The State has 40 lakh beneficiaries of pension schemes for aged, single women, widows, differently abled, beedi workrs and toddy tappers.