November 23, 2024

NCM vice chairman complimented state government for launching innovative schemes

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Telangana: Hyderabad: January 30 ( HS) The Vice Chairman of the National Commission for Minorities Atif Rasheed complimented the state government for launching innovative schemes such as Shaadi Mubarak which he termed as revolutionary and would be a role model for the rest of the country.

Atif Rasheed held a meeting to review the implementation of the Prime Minister’s new 15 point programme on minority welfare and various central and state government schemes at BRKR Bhavan on Friday. The state government also received pat for successfully running minority residential schools in the state. The various schemes taken up for the welfare of Christians such as graveyards, financial assistance schemes and Christmas gifts also received the praise of the National Commission for Minorities.
 Speaking on the occasion, Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar IAS gave an overview of the vision of Honourable Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on minority welfare and various schemes of the state government for the welfare of minorities since the formation of the state. The progress achieved in the implementation of schemes such as Shaadi Mubarak, CM overseas scholarship scheme, Scholarship schemes, Telangana Minority Residential Schools etc were explained. Secretary Minority Welfare Nadeem Ahmed made a power point presentation and briefed the officials about the various schemes.
 Sunil Sharma,IAS., Principal Secretary to Govt.(TR&B), Housing), Arvind Kumar,IAS., Principal Secretary to Govt.(MA&UD), Ravi Gupta,IPS., Principal Secretary to Govt.(Home), Sabyasachi Ghosh,IAS., Principal Secretary to Govt. (Youth Services), Joint Secretary Minority Welfare Government of India Daniel Richards, Director Dhanalakshmi, S.A.M. Rizvi,IAS., Secretary to Govt. (HM&FW), . D.Divya,IAS., Spl.Secretary to Govt. (WD& Senior Citizens Welfare), B.Shafiullah,IFS., Secretary, TMREIS, Omar Jaleel, Commissioner Intermediate Education, A Devasena, Director School Education, AHN Kanthi Wesley, Managing Director, Telangana State Christian (Minorities) Finance Corporation, Sri Shahnawaz Qasim,IPS., Director, Minorities Welfare and other officials were present on the occasion.