The Telangana Cabinet, chaired by CM Revanth Reddy, met at the Secretariat on Thursday, November 5, and took several decisions. Minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy briefed the media.
Indiramma family life insurance
- ₹5 lakh life insurance cover for every family in the state.
- Launch on November 19, Indira Gandhi's birth anniversary, at a public meeting in Siddipet, along with the start of Indiramma saree distribution.
- Indiramma committees will collect applications door to door from November 20 to 30; Tahsildars and gram panchayat secretaries will receive them.
- The Hans India reports the scheme covers about 1.5 crore households, the state pays the full premium, and ₹4,000 crore has been allocated.
Other decisions
- Separate commissions for SCs and STs, each with a chairman and five members, replacing the joint commission; the 2003 Act will be repealed.
- 'Maa Indiramma Intlo Deepavali' celebrations at 2,25,000 completed Indiramma houses, with ministers and MLAs taking part.
- An ordinance amending the Fire Service Act, 1999, to tighten fire safety in apartments and commercial complexes.
- The appeal window against survey and boundary notices cut from 60 days to 30.
- 136 posts for new courts: 56 for Kataram and Elkathurthy, and 80 for Siddipet, Choutuppal, Mahabubabad and Vemulawada.
Barrages and summit
Telangana Today reports the CM told officials to start restoring the Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla barrages in December, with final approvals by the end of November. The restoration proposals are estimated at about ₹4,193 crore, and construction firms will pay for fixing structural defects. The Invest Telangana Global Summit is on December 7, 8 and 9. The CM tours Kodangal from November 7 to 9. No BRS or BJP response to the decisions had been reported.
