Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka has said government welfare schemes reached 1.06 crore of the state’s 1.15 crore families, while ₹1.64 lakh crore was directly transferred to farmers, women and other beneficiaries over the past three years.
Bhatti made the statement at a public meeting in Mannanur after laying foundation stones for development works worth ₹74.82 crore in Achampet constituency. He said the Congress government was pursuing welfare delivery alongside infrastructure creation and that public funds were being spent through planned welfare and development programmes.
“As much as ₹1.64 lakh crore has been deposited into the accounts of farmers, the poor and women. I am ready to discuss these figures with anyone and accept any challenge on them,” Bhatti said, according to the report.
The schemes cited by the deputy chief minister include free fine rice distribution, Rajiv Aarogyasri health coverage of up to ₹10 lakh, Cheyutha pensions for 43 lakh families and Rythu Bharosa assistance for 71.4 lakh farmers. He also referred to free electricity for households consuming up to 200 units a month and free travel for women on state-run RTC buses under the Mahalakshmi scheme.
The government’s stated welfare outreach combines direct financial support with services that affect household expenditure, mobility and access to health care. The figures presented by Bhatti cover a large share of Telangana’s families, although the statement did not provide a scheme-wise breakdown of the ₹1.64 lakh crore, the transfer period for each programme or independent details on how the beneficiary figures were calculated.
Bhatti also said the government had provided jobs to 76,000 candidates and was implementing the Indiramma Indlu housing scheme to help seven lakh families obtain homes. In Achampet, 7,300 houses had been sanctioned, with assistance of ₹5 lakh for each house.
The housing announcements place rural construction and household asset creation alongside the state’s wider welfare commitments. The statement did not specify the construction stage, completion schedule or total expenditure released for the sanctioned houses. It also did not clarify whether the seven lakh families referred to a statewide sanction, an intended beneficiary base or another implementation milestone.
On infrastructure, Bhatti said ₹90,000 crore had been earmarked for road development across Telangana. He said district-specific development plans were being prepared according to local resources and economic potential, with a focus on tourism, road connectivity and completion of the SLBC project.
The deputy chief minister also referred to the government’s efforts to address issues faced by families displaced by the Nakkalagandi project. The statement did not provide details of the number of affected families, the rehabilitation measures under consideration or the timeline for resolving those issues.
The Achampet works and the broader road allocation indicate that the government is presenting welfare delivery, housing, connectivity and regional economic planning as parts of a single development programme. The next milestones will be the execution of the sanctioned works, delivery of Indiramma Indlu houses, progress on the road projects and further details on the SLBC project and displaced families.
