Hyderabad: Telangana finance minister T Harish Rao on Thursday announced that the state government will soon implement a financial assistance scheme for minorities which would provide Rs 1 lakh without the necessity of bank approval.
“A Government Order (G.O.) is going to be issued regarding the same in a couple of days,” Harish Rao said, at a minorities’ programme held at the city’s Jal Vihar.
“After a request from minister Mahmood Ali, the chief minister ordered me to push the file forward in two days,” Harish Rao remarked.
A similar scheme is already under implementation for the Backward Classes in the state.
The scheme for BCs provides financial support of Rs 1 lakh to craftsmen and members of vocational communities between the ages of 18 and 55.
The announcement of the new minorities’ scheme comes a week after the Association for Socio-Economic Empowerment of the Marginalized’s (ASEEM) representation to state minorities welfare minister Koppula Eshwar, and Telangana government on minorities welfare, A K Khan that the same financial assistance should be provided for Muslim communities that are listed under the BC – E category.
