Jangaon: Panchayat Raj Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao said that the Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is striving hard to provide all possible assistance to persons with disabilities (PWD). Distributing battery-powered tricycles and other prosthetics to the 119 differently-abled at Palakurthy in Jangaon district on Wednesday, he said that KCR made sufficient budgetary allocations for the welfare of physically challenged persons.

"The State is spending Rs 150 crore per month for the disabled persons. The physically disabled quota has been increased to 4 per cent to 5 per cent. This apart, the government was giving priority to differently-abled persons of BC, SC and ST in providing loans," Errabelli said. Telangana Vikalangula Co-operative Corporation (TVCC) chairman K Vasudeva Reddy was present.
Later, the Minister distributed cheques worth around Rs 23.05 lakh to the 23 beneficiaries of Kalyana Laxmi programme.

Source: https://www.thehansindia.com/telangana/telangana-committed-for-welfare-of-challenged-persons-693497?infinitescroll=1