Dalit Bandhu first benefits to Vasalamarri, not Huzurabad
The Hindu
Programme launch at Huzurabad only a formality, say officials
Dalit families of Vasalamarri village in Alair Assembly constituency in the district, not of Huzurabad as has been decided earlier, will be the first beneficiaries of Dalit Bandhu Scheme, the government’s flagship programme to empower eligible Dalit families through direct benefit transfer of ₹10 lakh. “All the Dalit families in Vasalamarri will get ₹10 lakh starting Thursday. Programme launch in Huzurabad on August 16 will only be a formality,” senior officials quoted Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao as saying. An official statement was released later in the evening. Vasalamarri of Thurkapally mandal, KCR’s adopted village, would be the first village in the State in which all the Dalit families would be extended the DBS benefit, and it would also be completed in a single phase.
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