Steps taken to support Brahmins, says Savitha

Minister for BC, EWS, Handloom and Textile, S Savitha, has said that the NDA government led by Chief Minister N Chandrababu has taken measures to support Brahmins financially and is giving top priority to their welfare. The Brahmin’s Corporation was started by CM Chandrababu Naidu in 2014 to support the poor Brahmins. She visited the office of Brahmin Corporation at Gollapudi in Vijayawada on Wednesday.
The Minister asked the officials of Brahmin Corporation about the number of people being benefited from their schemes. She enquired about the measures being taken to protect the lands and properties under the corporation across the State. The Minister recalled that many schemes were implemented under the Brahmin Corporation and efforts were made to provide financial security to Brahmins. In 2014-19, Chandrababu Naidu implemented 10 schemes like Bharti, Bharti Videsi Vidya, Gayatri, Vedavyasa, Vasishta, Dronacharya, Chanakya, Kalyanamastu, Kasyapa and Garuda. She said that the credit of implementing the scheme like Dhoopa-Deepa-Naivedyam in temples goes to Chandrababu.
She said that however, after YS Jagan Mohan Reddy became CM, all the schemes implemented by Chandrababu were stopped. Like all other communities, Brahmins were also deceived in the name of Navaratnalu. Once again, Chandrababu became the CM and good days have started for Brahmins, she said. The plight of Brahmins will be taken to the notice of the CM. The Minister said that plans are being made to implement new schemes along with the old ones. Steps are being taken to grant loans through the corporation for self-employment.
Minister Savitha added that Chandrababu has fulfilled the promise by increasing the honorarium to temple priests from Rs 3,000 to Rs 7,000, and Dhoopa-Deepa-Naivedyam was increased from Rs 2,000 to Rs 3,000 and the government has incurred a burden of 32.40 crore.