Correct Answer :   Telangana

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, on Tuesday (2 May 2023), announced the “Gita Karmikula Bheema” for the benefit of toddy tappers.

* It will be modelled on Rythu Bheema to help the families of the toddy tappers in the unfortunate event of their untimely death.

Decision at the review meeting :

* Under the scheme, the family of the toddy tapper will get an insurance amount of ₹5 lakh.

* The money would be credited to the account of the next of the tapper’s kin.

* The chief minister asked officials to fine-tune the scheme and come up with detailed guidelines for its implementation.

* He issued the instructions to the officials at a review meeting, which he chaired at the new Secretariat.


The idea behind the scheme :

* The chief minister said that it was unfortunate that several toddy tappers had died after accidentally falling from trees.

* It was the responsibility of the government to go to the rescue of the families of such toddy tappers, he said.

* He added that though the state government was paying ex gratia to the families that lost their breadwinners, the financial help was sometimes taking time to reach them.

* “To overcome this problem, it has been decided to model the Gita Karmikula Bheema on the lines of Rythu Bheema,” the chief minister said..

Source : The South First