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Minister for Social Welfare, Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities and Senior Citizens, and Swarna Gramam & Ward Secretariat Systems Dola Sree Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy connected Wednesday said the TDP-led NDA authorities successful the State was ushering successful a caller epoch of payment governance aimed astatine societal justice, adjacent opportunities and empowerment of marginalised communities.
Addressing the media, Mr. Swamy said, arsenic lasting societal and economical equality could beryllium achieved lone done prime education, accomplishment development, employment, healthcare, and dignified living, extended reforms were being implemented done payment hostels, residential schools, survey circles, scholarships, accomplishment improvement initiatives, disablement payment programmes and Swarna Gramam and Ward systems.
Education reforms
Top precedence was accorded to acquisition empowerment, helium said, elaborating that nether the Post-Matric Scholarship scheme, ₹1,543.17 crore had been released towards interest reimbursement, benefiting 5.40 lakh SC students. Additionally, ₹326.74 crore was provided to 2.51 lakh pre-matric students nether the Talliki Vandanam programme.
Free coaching was being offered for NEET, JEE, Civil Services, Group examinations, and DSC recruitment tests. Of the 2,000 candidates trained nether DSC coaching, 331 secured teaching jobs, demonstrating the effectiveness of the programme, helium said.
Educational standards successful Social Welfare Residential Schools and hostels had improved significantly, with walk percentages of 85.32% successful SSC and 72.30% successful Intermediate, helium said, adding that residential schools achieved 89% SSC and 92% Intermediate walk rates. Forty-five students scored supra 950 marks successful Intermediate, portion a hostel pupil secured 591 marks successful SSC. Four Centres of Excellence were being established to hole students for national-level examinations specified arsenic NEET and JEE, helium said.
To amended hostel infrastructure, ₹104.96 crore had been spent connected repairs and improvement works successful 774 hostels. RO drinking h2o plants, sanitation systems, house-keeping unit and caller matrons had been provided. AI-enabled CCTV cameras had been installed successful 989 hostels astatine a outgo of ₹19.80 crore to heighten pupil safety. Mechanised kitchens and trained cooking unit were ensuring hygienic and nutritious meals, helium said.
Disability welfare
Highlighting disablement payment initiatives, the Minister said services were extended to astir 30 lakh persons during International Day of Persons with Disabilities programmes, with allocation of implicit ₹13 crore. Assistive devices were distributed to 52,263 beneficiaries, portion recruitment had started for 329 backlog posts reserved for persons with disabilities. Disability pensions had been enhanced to ₹6,000 per period and accessibility measures, including peculiar lifts, were being introduced successful Collectorates, and a dedicated assembly had been established for transgender welfare.
He said nether the Swarna Gramam and Ward system, 1.68 crore households had been mapped and e-KYC completed for 1.71 crore families. DigiLocker facilities wre being promoted, and transparent promotion and transportation policies were being implemented for colony and ward staff.
