AP CM releases Rs 6,394 crore for YSR Aasara scheme
In three tranches earlier, the Government has repaid the self-help groups’ loans to the tune of Rs.19,176crore defaulted during the rule of TDP which promised the loan waiver.
Anantapura: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday released Rs 6394.83 crore towards the fourth and final tranche for waiving off balance loans of 78,94,169 women members of 7,98,395 self-help groups that owed a total of Rs.25,571 crores
to various banks in 2019.
In three tranches earlier, the Government has repaid the self-help groups’ loans to the tune of Rs.19,176crore defaulted during the rule of TDP which promised the loan waiver.
Addressing a huge public meeting before releasing the amount with the click of a button at Uravakonda on Tuesday, the Chief Minister said he was happy to fulfill his 2019 election promise
of repaying the bank loans of women’s self-help groups.
He said that education quality, improvement in literacy rate and security of women are the parameters for assessing the social progress of any state and the Government has been focusing on these factors for empowering women.
In the last 56 months, the Government has implemented a plethora of welfare schemes in full transparency and without any bias and carried out administrative reforms aiming at social, economic and political empowerment of women, he said, adding that no other state in the country has taken up as many welfare programmes as in Andhra Pradesh.
The Government has so far distributed a whopping Rs 2,66,772.55 crore through DBT and non-DBT welfare schemes to 5,68,56,709 women with the DBT welfare component being Rs 1,81,460.04 crore, besides distributing 31 lakh house site pattas and constructing 22 lakh houses for the poor women.
The Government entered into marketing tie-up with MNCs like Amul, Hindustan Lever, ITC, P & G, Ajio Reliance, Gramin Vikas Trust, IRMA (Institute of Rural Management, Anand), Ayekart, Kalgudi and Allana for selling the products of self-help groups, the Chief Minister said.
“Aiming at empowerment of women, the Government has so far spent Rs 55,922.44 crore, Rs 26,067.30 crore, Rs 14, 129.12 crore, Rs 11, 901 crore and Rs 2028.77 crore on social pensions, Amma Vodi, YSR Cheyuta, Vidya Deevena and Kapu Nestam respectively,” the Chief Minister said, adding it is committed to continue the welfare schemes for women.
With the implementation of YSR Aasara, 14,77,568 women have launched their own grocery stores, small size dairy farms, cloth shops and goat and sheep breeding centres.
