Dalit Bandhu benefits within a week: Harish

Siddipet: Finance and Health Minister T Harish Rao has said the State government will deposit Rs 10 lakh in the bank accounts of beneficiaries under Dalit Bandhu scheme within a week.

Addressing the beneficiaries at Chelkapally village of Chinna Kodur Mandal in Siddipet constituency on Sunday, the Minister called upon them to choose the best path to achieve financial empowerment by utilising the opportunity to the optimum. Saying that the government will soon organise a meeting with the beneficiaries over lunch to discuss the business units they need to invest in, harish Rao said the Dalit Bandhu will uplift the backward Dalits who were ignored for over 70 years in independent India.

Earlier, the Minister held a similar meeting with Dalits at Banjarupally in Narayanraopet Mandal where the officials identified 21 families eligible for Dalit Bandhu scheme. Stating that the village had set an example by becoming the first village in the country to install solar panels on all the houses, the Minister urged them to show the way to other Dalit Bandhu beneficiaries by utilising the fund properly. He further said that the State government will soon release the funds to help the poor people construct houses in their own lands.

The Minister said that Mana Vuru and Mana Badi, on which the State government was spending Rs 7,300 crore, will change the way government schools in the State function forever.