Chief Minister reiterates commitment to women empowerment

Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy connected Tuesday flagged disconnected 553 buses for aforesaid assistance groups (SHGs) adjacent arsenic helium asserted that Telangana’s economical advancement rests successful the hands of women, arsenic helium reiterated that the authorities was committed to the empowerment of women successful each spheres.

The lawsuit happened astatine a packed Parade Grounds with respective participants, including members of SHGs, not lone successful beingness but besides braving the abrupt downpour. The Chief Minister was flanked by Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, Women and Child Welfare Minister Danasari Anasuya (Seethakka) and different leaders, arsenic portion of the week-long ‘Mahila Shakti’ celebrations.

Addressing the gathering, Mr. Reddy cited the contributions of leaders specified arsenic Chakali Ailamma, Arutla Kamaladevi and Mallu Swarajyam. He credited the past Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru for empowering women by close to franchise. He pointed retired that the Congress authorities had initiated respective schemes for women. “We respect the world arsenic Mother Earth, the federation arsenic Bharat Mata, and the authorities arsenic Telangana Talli,” helium said, adding that the erstwhile authorities did not springiness a azygous pistillate the accidental to service arsenic a Minister during its archetypal five-year term.

He said women had excelled successful nationalist beingness arsenic ministers, mayors, municipal chairpersons and corp heads, and would play a greater relation successful governance with the implementation of 33% preservation for women.

The Chief Minister said the Congress authorities had restored interest-free loans to women and continued the escaped autobus question strategy contempt disapproval from governmental opponents. He maintained that women had saved crores done the strategy and were utilizing the installation for education, employment and different purposes.

Mr. Reddy handed implicit a cheque of ₹20.34 crore from TGSRTC towards monthly rental payments for the 553 buses to the Mandal Mahila Samakhyas. The outgo was calculated astatine ₹69,468 per autobus per month. He besides released a ₹500-crore cheque towards interest-free loans for women’s self-help groups.

Promising greater economical empowerment, helium said the authorities would yet alteration women to ain galore much buses and proceed moving towards making 1 crore women financially prosperous by 2034. He remarked that though the India Meteorological Department had predicted El Niño conditions, rains arrived instantly aft the buses were launched, describing it arsenic a motion of nature’s blessings connected the initiative.