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Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister Danasari Anasuya (Seethakka) said that determination had been nary arbitrary deletions and that ineligible beneficiaries nether the Cheyutha pension scheme, including deceased persons and duplicate recipients, were removed aft verification.
She said that astir 1 lakh caller pensions had been sanctioned since the authorities assumed office, including for dialysis and AIDS patients, and proposals were successful spot to adhd 2 lakh much beneficiaries adjacent year.
Replying to the statement connected the Demands for Grants, Minister Seethakka defended the government’s record, outlining allocations, expenditure and programme implementation crossed agrarian sectors.
The Legislative Assembly unanimously approved the fund demands for the Panchayat Raj, Rural Development, Rural Water Supply, and Women and Child Welfare departments connected Saturday (March 28, 2026), pursuing an extended treatment marked by crisp exchanges betwixt the Treasury benches and the Opposition.
The State was spending ₹932 crore per month, amounting to ₹11,176 crore annually, connected pensions for astir 42 lakh beneficiaries,” she said. In contrast, the Centre’s publication was ₹249 crore for astir 6.8 lakh beneficiaries, accounting for conscionable implicit 2% of the full burden, she added.
Ms. Seethakka said that implicit ₹1,011 crore had been spent connected Gram Panchayats successful the past 2 years and ₹1,329 crore implicit 3 years, asserting that the funds were utilised for improving basal amenities and creating idiosyncratic and assemblage assets. She added that much than 1 lakh works, estimated astatine ₹2,199 crore, had been initiated done enactment fairs with nationalist participation.
The Minister besides criticised the Opposition, peculiarly the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), for staging a walkout and making what she termed “sweeping allegations” without substantiation.
Taking connected the Centre, she alleged that the Central Government was weakening the employment warrant programme and not providing capable fiscal support.
On payment schemes, the Minister refuted claims of delays successful disbursal nether the Kalyana Lakshmi scheme. Over 1.53 lakh applications had been received, and payments were being made connected time, she said, attributing isolated delays to method issues.
