Education And Health Are Investments, Not for Vote-Banks: CM Revanth Reddy
Revanth Reddy highlighted the women empowerment schemes introduced by the state government, including the one to promote one crore women as millionaires by 2034
Hyderabad: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy said that the government would promote India’s youngest state as ‘Developed and Healthy Telangana’ by introducing welfare and nutritious food distribution schemes for students and women to ensure that the population was in good shape.
Revanth Reddy said that the state government had introduced many initiatives to build a healthy and developed state. “We introduced the breakfast scheme in government schools to ensure that the children of the poor do not go hungry and also launched a breakfast and lunch scheme for teachers,” he said.
Addressing a meeting after inaugurating a plant to manufacture Balamrutham, pre-cooked food provided to children below six years of age, in Nacharam on Tuesday, the Chief Minister recalled that then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had launched the initiative of setting up Balamrutham plants to support pregnant women in Mahbubnagar district and it had now grown into an industry.
The government was taking all measures to strengthen the government schools on par with the corporate educational institutions. “Our goal is to provide quality education to students as the government is considering spending on education as an investment. We are not introducing such schemes for vote-bank but for the better future of the students, the Chief Minister said.
Revanth Reddy highlighted the women empowerment schemes introduced by the state government, including the one to promote one crore women as millionaires by 2034.
“We have provided free RTC bus travel facilities to over two crore women. We allotted Indiramma houses in the names of women, providing 200 units of free electricity, supplying fine-quality rice to 3.28 crore people, set a target to build one lakh houses to support the poor in urban areas, made women the owners of 1,000 RTC buses and entrusted a 1,000-megawatt solar power generation projects to women," Revanth said.
The CM stated that the Congress government was moving forward to empower women financially adding that Indira Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi to minister Danasari ‘Seethakka’ Anasuya had proven that they can excel in politics.