Average spend on five welfare areas 5 times higher in TRS rule: CM
The Hindu
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Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has stated that average spending under five major welfare heads during the last seven years of TRS government was five times higher than the amount spent during the previous 10 years of Congress rule.
Replying the short discussion on “Government Welfare Programmes in the State” in the Legislative Assembly on Friday, he said a total of ₹74,165 crore was spent during the last seven years on SC Development, Tribal Welfare, BC Welfare, Minorities Welfare and Women Development and Child Welfare against ₹21,663 crore spent during the previous 10 years.
The numbers reeled out by him were figures audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), the Chief Minister said adding that the average spend on the five welfare areas was ₹2,166 crore a year during the previous Congress rule (2004-14), while it was ₹10,115 crore during the last seven years (2014-21).