KCR Proposes Initiative To Uplift Dalits With Empowerment Scheme Feb 12, 2021, 17:07 IST CM KCR announced in the empowerment scheme “The ignored Dalits are to be supported to improve their condition,” Nalgonda: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Wednesday announced a Rs 1,000 crore in ‘Chief Minister’s Dalit Empowerment Scheme’ which is to be implemented from the present financial year. He said, Dalits have been ignored for decades and their condition needs to be improved, so a special fund of Rs 1,000 crore in the upcoming budget is allocated. The state government will monitor keenly the effective utilization of funds sanctioned. He addressed the public meeting at Palem in Haliya Mandal after laying foundation stones for 13 lift irrigation schemes, this will also help the once-parched erstwhile Nalgonda district.