Micro-industries will be set up in each Assembly constituency for economic empowerment of women: Deputy CM Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka

Reiterating that the Congress government will take up the Babasaheb Ambedkar Pranahita-Chevella project, Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka said that micro-industries will be set up in every Assembly segment to promote entrepreneurial spirit and economic empowerment of women.

The Deputy Chief Minister was addressing a public meeting in Luxettipet town of Mancherial district on Sunday. Earlier, he laid the foundation stone for a 1MW solar power plant of Indira Mahila Shakti women SHGs at an estimated cost of ₹3 crore at Andugulapet village in the district.

Minister for IT and Industries D. Sridhar Babu, Health Minister C. Damodar Rajanarsimha and Prohibition & Excise Minister Jupally Krishna Rao and others accompanied him.

The State government is considering launching a special development plan for Adilabad district, he said, recalling the overwhelming response he received from people of the erstwhile Adilabad district during his People’s March padayatra before the 2023 Assembly elections.

“We have focused on allocating solar power projects to women’s SHGs, he noted, asserting that the government will work for the economic empowerment of women despite financial challenges,” he said.

He criticised the BRS government for abandoning interest-free loans for women, which were introduced by the successive Congress governments in the past. Now, the Congress government has revived the scheme, he added.

In pursuit of our goal to make one crore women into crorepatis, we have distributed interest-free loans worth ₹21,600 crore in the form of cheques to women’s SHGs in the first year itself, Mr. Vikramarka said.

He added that the cheques were being handed over to women SHGs in Mancherial on the occasion as part of the ongoing disbursement of interest-free loans across the State.

He noted that the women’s groups were provided security and loan support in purchasing buses, which were then leased to Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC). So far, 150 buses have been leased out to the TGSRTC, and a lease amount of ₹1 crore has been received by the women’s groups, he said, adding that the remaining 450 buses will also be leased out to the TGSRTC soon.