The Telangana government has decided the scrap the fee
reimbursement scheme and announced a new one called FAST-(Financial Assistance
to Students from Telangana). This scheme will be applicable for all those who
are staying in Telangana from 1956. According to the government it will be a
better scheme than fee reimbursement.
Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao who briefed about the
decisions of the cabinet said fee reimbursement was a big scam that had taken
place during the regime of previous governments and his government would probe
into it. There would be no fee reimbursement in Telangana government. The AP
government should bear the fee reimbursement of their students.
The cabinet had decided to name the proposed new veterinary university
after P V Narasimha Rao and agriculture university after Prof Jayashankar.
In regard to EAMCET, the Chief Minister said the government had
approached the apex court to postpone the dates for counselling. “We hope the
court will give its verdict in its favour,” he said. The cabinet also decided
to open toddy shops in twin cities by Dussera.
Rs 10
lakh exgratia to T-martyrs families
The cabinet ratified the proposal to provide Rs 10 lakh
ex-gratia to the families of the Telangana martyrs from 1969 Telangana movement
to the formation of T state. Housing, agricultural land and job to one of
the eligible kin of the martyrs would also be provided. Chief Minister also
said the cases booked against Telangana activists from 2001 would be withdrawn.
KCR announced Rs 1000 pension scheme for the elderly and widows
and Rs 1500 pension scheme for handicapped after Dusara and before Diwali
festival. He announced Kalyana Laxmi scheme providing Rs 50,000 assistance to
perform the marriages of eligible women in SC and ST communities.
Stating that all the contract employees working in government
departments would be regularised and the salaries would be increased on par
with the central government scales, the CM said special increment would be
given to the government employees on the occasion of the creation of Telangana
state.
The cabinet decided to constitute a study committee with a High
Court sitting or retired judge to study the possibility of providing 12 per
cent reservation for Minorities and STs. A Tribunal would also be created to
protect the wakf properties. The cabinet approved the proposal to provide
Rs 1000 crore budget for minorities in the budget.
The cabinet also ratified the constitution of Telangana
State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) and State Advisory Council to
advise the government on the implementation of the schemes and programmes.
