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The Hindu
19-06-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
BCs benefited largely in Alliance government rule, says APIWA Board Chairman
The Backward Castes (BCs) were mostly benefited during the last one year of Alliance government regime, said Andhra Pradesh Inland Waterways Authority Board (APIWA) Chairman Dr Z. Shivaprasad. Addressing a press conference organised on 'Development of BCs during the coalition rule in the year' at Telugu Desam Party (TDP) office in Nellore on Wednesday, Dr. Shivaprasad said, 'The Alliance government is shaping the BC Protection Act to create fear and prevent attacks on the BCs. It has allocated ₹47,457 crore for the development of BCs in the 2025-26 State budget. Among nominated posts, Legislative Assembly seats and local bodies, the BCs were given the maximum posts.' He said, 'Assembly Speaker Ch. Ayyanna Patrudu, Union Minister K. Rammohan Naidu, TDP President Palla Srinivasa Rao, eight ministers in the State cabinet, and 38 legislators were from the BC communities only. During 2014-19, the TDP government had spent ₹3,700 crore for BC Corporation. Today, the Alliance government has allocated large amount of funds.' The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) government had stopped funds for BC Corporation and cancelled subsidised loans. It had only considered the BCs as vote bank, he alleged. He said that the TDP government had earlier increased BC reservations in local bodies from 20% to 34%, and now passed a resolution in the Legislative Assembly to implement 33% reservation for the BCs. Earlier, the TDP government had provided state-of-the-art equipment to 4.2 lakh poor BCs dependent on handicrafts through the Adarana scheme. Now, the Alliance government has allocated 10% of the liquor shops for Geeta workers. A special corporation has also been formed for the welfare of goldsmiths. It has repealed GO 217, which will affect the employment of 20 lakh fishermen. It is credited with increasing the compensation for hunting bans at ₹20,000 under the 'Matsyakarula Sevalo' scheme and salaries of Nayi Brahmins in temples to ₹25,000. It has abolished the GST on the handloom sector. It is also providing free electricity to power looms.
Hans India
04-06-2025
- Business
- Hans India
Artisans will be transformed into entrepreneurs, says Savitha
Amaravati: The coalition government's goal is to transform traditional artisans into entrepreneurs, and as part of this, advanced equipment will be provided under the third phase of the Adarana scheme . This was announced by S Savitha, Minister for BC, EWS, Handlooms and Textiles Welfare. Minister Savitha held a review meeting on Tues-day with Executive Directors (EDs) from various districts at the State Secretariat here. She began by enquiring about the free tailoring training be-ing provided to women across the State, gather-ing district-wise updates. The Minister stated that the State government was providing free tailoring training and sewing machines to empower women economically. She expressed satisfaction that women attending the tailoring training were expressing contentment with the scheme. She instructed the EDs to frequently visit the tai-loring training centres. She emphasised on ensur-ing 100 per cent attendance of beneficiaries and strictly implementing FRC (Financial Resource Certification). She also directed officials to ensure excellent training for women and to take measures to pro-vide market access for the garments they pro-duce. Savitha informed that the government has decid-ed to provide advanced equipment instead of tra-ditional tools to artisans under the third phase of the Adarana scheme. She clarified that Adarana-3 was being implemented with the objective of transforming traditional artisans into entrepre-neurs. She instructed officials to collect details on the type of equipment beneficiaries desire based on their regions and to regularly submit this infor-mation to the State BC Corporation officials. Sa-vitha reiterated that Adarana-3 will be imple-mented in a way that truly benefits traditional of the State BC Welfare Department Satyanarayana, Director Mallikarjuna, the execu-tive directors from erstwhile districts and officials from the BC Corporation participated in the meeting.
