MIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi on Wednesday welcomed the maiden budget of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi government for the State.
"The first budget of the new State of Telangana for the financial year 2014-15 presented by Finance Minister Eatala Rajender seeks to fulfill the promises made by TRS in its election manifesto," Owaisi said while speaking to media persons.
He said that over Rs 1 lakh crore budget has been aimed at ensuring faster development of the State as well as the continuance of welfare schemes for the weaker sections, including the minorities, backward classes, scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, disabled and women.
"The minorities - Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Parsis - who constitute 14 percent of the State’s population, have been allocated budgetary allocation of Rs 1,030 crores, which is almost double the amount included for Telangana in the Vote-on-Account budget for the erstwhile combined State," he said.
"The TRS Government, I am sure, would do everything in its power to fulfill the hopes and aspirations of the people of Telangana and work towards the goal of making the State Bangaru Telangana,” he said.
