Hyderabad: In a big determination, chief minister A Revanth Reddy Tuesday directed officers to increase Rs 10 lakh Aarogyasri well being cowl to all of the folks within the state by delinking the necessary norm of getting a white ration card to avail the scheme.
“Delink the ration card and prolong the scheme to all by finishing digital well being profile of all of the residents on the earliest,” the CM stated whereas addressing the district collectors’ convention on the secretariat.To this point, solely these with white ration playing cards are getting free medical therapy as much as Rs 10 lakh in company hospitals below Aarogyasri. Nevertheless, there was no readability whether or not even the wealthy and above poverty line households could be coated below the Aarogyasri scheme. An announcement from the CMO stated Aarogyasri playing cards will probably be given to each citizen in Telangana, however sources informed TOI that what was really mentioned within the collectors convention was delinking ration card from the scheme, to allow the government give separate ration card just for rice and different proposed commodities by way of truthful worth outlets, and an unique Aarogyasri card at no cost medical therapy.
The CM requested the officers to work out modalities for giving Aarogyasri well being card to each citizen. Although no additional particulars got by the CMO on funds required if Arogyasri is prolonged to all of the folks of the state, one of many components to delink ration playing cards from Aarogyasri is to make sure that solely the poor will take the meals safety playing cards (ration playing cards) for rice.
There are studies that numerous above poverty line households are additionally holdingwhite ration playing cards to avail Aarogyasri profit. Such card holders don’t take Rs 2-per kg rice from ration outlets which is resulting in their quota of grains in large portions being offered in black market. That is inflicting lots of of crores of rupees loss to the state govt.
Telling the collectors that they’re the “eyes and ears of this praja govt,” the CM stated they need to make discipline visits commonly to know what individuals are desirous about growth and welfare schemes, together with the six ensures, and report it again to the government. Don’t confine your self to your air-conditioned workplace chambers,” he stated.
The CM directed the collectors to guard govt lands, ponds and water our bodies from encroachment.
He stated incentives and salaries for docs working in rural areas needs to be elevated, functioning of govt colleges and hospitals improved and all Dharani-related grievances of the farmers needs to be solved by Aug 15.
The Congress govt’s precedence is to serve the folks by way of colleges, hostels and hospitals. The govt. is spending Rs 85,000 monthly on each poor pupil in govt college, he stated.
CM Revanth stated earlier there have been 10 districts with large geographical areas. “These 10 districts have been break up into 33 districts for administrative comfort. There isn’t a distinction within the powers and tasks of the district collectors, then and now. If the ten district collectors might do an exquisite job, why not 33 of them now. It’s your accountability to instil confidence among the many folks about growth and welfare schemes of the government,” he stated.
The CM needed praja palana seva kendras in each district the place folks can lodge their complaints and submit functions to avail welfare schemes if they’d missed making use of for it within the first spherical.
Officers defined that to this point 5.89 lakh folks have utilized for Gruhajyoti (free energy provide as much as 200 models) and three.32 lakh folks for Rs 500 gasoline cylinders at seva kendras alone.
It’s the key accountability of the collectors to make sure that growth and welfare schemes are balanced and take choices with humane contact, the CM stated.
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