Telangana Releases ₹60 Crore to Shore Up Welfare Hostels
A technology-first push aims for real-time oversight to improve student care.
Overview
- Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy released ₹60 crore from the CM Relief Fund for urgent needs in BC, SC, ST and Minority hostels.
- Funds will cover diet charges, temporary staff salaries, motor repairs and other emergency works in residential hostels.
- Officials were ordered to deploy facial recognition, build a food-quality monitoring app and maintain a facilities dashboard.
- Hostels will be linked to nearby medical colleges, community health centres and hospitals with a proposed 24-hour online doctor hotline.
- The Chief Secretary and Sabyasachi Ghosh were tasked to submit a comprehensive action plan and to maximize central funding with timely state matching grants while district collectors step up inspections and senior officials oversee timely delivery of books and uniforms.