The Telangana Government’s efforts to recognise and register the beneficiaries for its six flagship programmes received tremendous response with over 1.05 crore applications submitted by the aspirants.
The applications were received through ‘Praja Palana’ an outreach programme of the government that ended on January 6. Thousands of applications received were not related to the schemes but people sought ration cards and also solutions to the land issues.
As per the figures revealed by the officials, a total of 1,25,84,383 applications were submitted across the State in rural and urban areas. Among these, 1,05,91,636 applications were related to the five guarantees given by the Congress party before the elections while the remaining 19.92 lakhs were related to other issues.