Andhra Govt Spent Rs 51,000 cr On Welfare Pensions, says CM Naidu

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday said the TDP-led NDA government has spent Rs 51,000 crore on welfare pensions in the past 18 months. 

Addressing a public meeting at Unguturu village in Eluru district during the distribution of NTR Bharosa pensions, Naidu said the state will spend Rs



1.6 lakh crore on the scheme over the next five years, at Rs 33,000 crore per year.

"On pensions alone, in 18 months, we spent Rs 50,763 crore. Nobody in the country is extending welfare at this scale," he said, adding that 63 lakh people are benefiting under various categories, with women accounting for 59 per cent.