TS govt set to give subsidies through bank accounts

Hyderabad, April 17: The Telangana state government has made a decision, which will help to middle-class families.The govt has announced that to deposit the subsidy amount given to them for buying yarn and under other welfare schemes directly into their bank accounts.

The govt has resolved to link the Aadhaar number and the biometric identity of each weaver to his bank account while releasing the subsidy amount.

The benefits of welfare schemes and subsidy and will reach the all targeted beneficiaries without giving any scope for irregularities if bank accounts of weavers are linked to Aadhaar numbers.

The government has also decided to geo-tag all the handlooms in the state in order to maintain a record of the data of handloom workers in the state.

The Information Technolgy Minister KT Rama Rao, who also holds the handlooms and textiles portfolio, has asked officials of the handlooms department to prepare a handloom directory.