Telangana Government’s ‘Praja Palana’ outreach program receives over 1.05 crore applications

Over 1 crore applications received for 6 flagship programmes of Telangana govt.

The Telangana Government’s efforts to recognise and register the beneficiaries for its six flagship programmes received tremendous response with over 1.05 crore applications submitted by the aspirants.

The applications were received through ‘Praja Palana’ an outreach programme of the government that ended on January 6. Thousands of applications received were not related to the schemes but people sought ration cards and also solutions to the land issues.

As per the figures revealed by the officials, a total of 1,25,84,383 applications were submitted across the State in rural and urban areas. Among these, 1,05,91,636 applications were related to the five guarantees given by the Congress party before the elections while the remaining 19.92 lakhs were related to other issues.

As many as 1,11,46,293 households were covered during the outreach programme, which was held in 12,769 gram panchayats and 3,623 municipal wards from December 28 to January 6.

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There was a single application for five schemes — Mahalakshmi, Rythu Bharosa, Gruha Jyothi, Indiramma Indlu and Cheyutha. The 6th guarantee is related to ‘Yuva Vikasam’ and the applications for these will be received from the aspirants in educational institutions.

Sonia Gandhi released the six guarantees assurance at a massive public meeting held in the city right after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting before the elections. As per the guarantees, under the ‘Mahalaxmi’ scheme every woman will get financial assistance of ₹2,500 per month and cooking gas cylinder at ₹500.