On Saturday, february 10, the congress administration in telangana announced their estimate for 2024–25, failing to live up to its commitment and allocating Rs 2,262 crore towards the welfare of minorities. On Saturday, february 10, telangana Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, the deputy chief minister and minister of finance, unveiled the vote on account budget for 2024–25. 

The budget has an outlay of Rs 2,75,891 crore, of which Rs 53,196 crore is expected to be spent on implementing six guarantees. The congress administration did not, however, fulfill its election pledge to provide Rs 4000 crore for the welfare of Telangana's minority population.
 
Furthermore, the sum is just a little more than the Rs 2,200.34 crore that the previous BRS government set aside for minority welfare in 2023–2024. Budgetary funding for minorities' welfare increased by 9.71% between 2014–15 and 2015–16. The next two years witnessed stable growth, with increases of 6.55% and 3.78%, respectively.
 
The information unequivocally demonstrates a notable increase of 60.07% in budgetary allocation for the welfare of telangana minority in 2017–18 and a significant decline of 31.50% in 2018–19. The funding was raised exclusively to fund the state's expansion of TMRIES schools.
 
The following years saw a reversal of the trend, with the budget allocation increasing to 10.81% in 2019–20, 13.88% in 2020–21, and an astounding 27.28% in 2022–2023. The most recent data, which shows a more moderate 2.80% growth from 2023–2024, illustrates the metric's fluctuating but rising tendency across the decade.
 
This amount, however, is probably going to go up following the lok sabha elections when the budget estimate is changed and the official budget for 2024–25 gets unveiled.
 
A budget of Rs 2,200.34 crore was declared for minorities in telangana by former finance minister Harish Rao last year. Of this amount, Rs 1,600.36 crore was set aside for initiatives, while roughly Rs 600 crore was set aside for administrative costs, such as upkeep and other expenditures of minority institutions.
 
Minorities, who make up 14.24% of the total population in telangana, were allocated the following amounts towards welfare in the respective fiscal years: Rs. 1,030 crore in 2014-15, Rs. 1,130 crore in 2015-16, Rs. 1,204 crore in 2016-17, Rs. 1,249.49 crore in 2017-18, Rs. 2,000 crore in 2018-19, Rs. 1,369.95 crore in 2019-20, Rs. 1,518.05 crore in 2020-21, Rs. 1,728.71 crore in 2022-23, and Rs. 2,200.34 crore in 2023-24.

When the Department of Minority Welfare was founded in 1993, it had a budget of Rs. 1.20 crores. telangana has 50.05 lakh minority residents, according to the 2011 census. To efficiently carry out programs for minorities' welfare, the government established the Commissionerate for Minority Welfare in 2012.
 
The congress party made a minority statement with comprehensive plans for Christians, Sikhs, and Muslims before the telangana elections.
 
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SIBY JEYYA

11/02/2024 09:29 AM