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    100% subsidy scheme for widows, poor, single mothers

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    By The Hindu Bureau

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    100% subsidy scheme for widows, poor, single mothers

    Widows and women, who have been abandoned, will soon be able to apply for a State government grant of ₹50,000 so that they can stand on their own feet.

    The Telangana State Minorities Finance Corporation (TGSMFC), an agency of the Minorities Welfare Department, in the presence of Minister Adluri Laxman Kumar, virtually launched the scheme.

    Speaking to The Hindu, TGSMFC Chairman Obeidullah Kotwal said that the Indira Amma Minorities Mahila Yojana Scheme offers ₹50,000 to each woman, which is 100% subsidised. The beneficiaries are widows, divorced women, or those who are single and poor, including those whose husbands have abandoned them.

    The move is intended to make such beneficiaries financially independent. Applicants are required to submit their Aadhaar cards, food security or ration cards, case certificate, if applicable, or documents pertaining to their divorce or khula.

    On the other hand, Revanth Anna Ka Sahara Miskeeon Ke Liye scheme, he said, would provide new mopeds and two-wheelers to members of the economically weaker sections of the Pasmanda Muslim community, including the Fukhra Jamath, Sanchara Muslim, and Kasha Muslim Jamath.

    Officials said that the initiative is aimed at enabling beneficiaries take up income-generating activities and improve their means of livelihood.

    “We are allocating ₹25 crore for the scheme for widows. We intend to have 5,000 beneficiaries in the first phase,” Mr. Obeidullah said. For the two-wheeler scheme, the government is allocating ₹5 crore, aiming to help 500 beneficiaries.

    Also on the anvil is providing generators to those belonging to the Kasha Muslim Jamath so that they can use their power tools to break stones and rocks, a vocation the community has been involved in for many years.

    “We embarked on a survey and found that there are between 7,000 and 10,000 people belonging to this community. The idea is to give a group of five people a generator set. An action plan is being prepared,” he said. It is estimated that around ₹15 crore would be earmarked for this scheme.

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