Hyderabad : Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya on Sunday felicitated the newly appointed Chairman B.S. Ramulu and three members – Dr. Vakulabharanam Krishna Mohan Rao, Dr. Eediga Anjaneya Goud and Juluru Gowri Shankar of Telangana State B.C. Commission. He expressed his happiness on the constitution of the commission even though very lately.
Dattatreya stated that the problems of the backward classes were deep and the officials only could solve the problems and hence the commission is of very high importance today. He invited the Chairman and Members to Delhi and promised that he would arrange for their meeting with Union Minister for Social Justice Thawar Chand Gehlot. He advised them to discuss the Telangana State BCs’ problems with the Union Minister and assured of the Centre’s full support and help towards the development of the BCs in the State. He appreciated them for their enthusiasm.
The Union Minister further stated that that skill development and education for BCs was of utmost importance to bring them into a national stream and urged the State Government to impart the skill development on an intensive scale to increase their incomes and standards of living. He urged to make it fruitful with the Induction of the Technology and the Modern Technical implements in the crafts to boost the production and thus the artisans’ Incomes. The skill training should be imparted to the wards of the artisans and BCs also. The cooperative spirit has to be brought in and loans should be granted liberally. On account of the no subsidy component from the state government, the loans are not sanctioned and the lives of the BCs are affected a lot, the Minister stated.
He urged the State Govt to fund the caste federations to the extent of Rs 100 crore per each federation, constitute the committees in the Managing Committees in federations and bring up the standard of the BCs through them too.
Further, Dattatreya elaborated on the urgent need for the full funds for the reimbursement of fees to the BC students in the state.
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