Govt balm for BCs in the offing

Hyderabad: A slew of measures will be recommended to the Chief Minister for the welfare and prosperity of the Backward Communities in the State and by a committee comprising elected representatives from the community and submit a report in this direction to the Chief Minister in three to four days.

BC Ministers, MLAs, MPs and MLCs who discussed the conditions of the BCs in the State for the past three days concluded their deliberations and they would compile a report and submit it to the Chief Minister.

Revealing this to the media on Tuesday, Finance Minister E Rajend slew of measures will be recommended to the Chief Minister for the welfare and prosperity of the Backward Communities in the State and by a committee comprising elected representatives from the community and submit a report in this direction to the Chief Minister in three to four days. ar, after the meeting of the BC public representatives, said the report would be compiled after taking financial and other aspects of the recommendations they proposed into consideration. The Minister said a new insurance scheme would be launched soon to provide compensation to the family of a person who died in accidents. This would be made applicable to all the sections of the society irrespective of caste and section.

The Minister said though the government had taken up several programmes for the welfare and development of the people in the State, still there are gaps in the progress of the BC communities.

He said the Chief Minister took particular interest in this regard and held a meeting of the BC public representatives. After listening to the suggestions made by several MLAs, cutting across party lines, the Chief Minister decided to form a committee of BC public representatives and the committee held exhaustive meeting in the past three days.

The Minister said the committee had discussed the issues of the BCs from the perspective of their political representation, education, presence in private sector and employment. He said that already the government had established 119 BC residential schools in the State and had been spending Rs 1.25 lakh per year on each student.

Rajendar said about 62 new degree residential women colleges would be opened in the State to encourage the BC women in pursuing higher education. The government would start a coaching centre for the students who wanted to appear for Group-1 and Civil Services examinations.

The asset creating sub communities of BCs including dairy farmers and fishermen would be supported financially. The sub-castes who are engaged in service sectors like barber saloons and others would be provided with loans. A corporation would be formed for the nomad sections of the BCs.

The Finance Minister said on the line of Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DICCI), a BC Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry would be formed soon to encourage the BCs in becoming entrepreneurs.

The government would lead an all-party delegation to Delhi to submit a memorandum to the Prime Minister to provide reservations to the BCs in the legislative Houses.