‘EBC Nestam’ scheme

AP Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on 23 Feb 2021 gave its nod to a new welfare scheme – EBC Nestham – that will benefit poor women belonging to forward castes. The new Economically Backward Caste (EBC) scheme – EBC Nestam – will be implemented from the coming financial year. Under it, the government will provide financial assistance of Rs. 45,000 to each woman beneficiary aged between 45–60 years at the rate of Rs. 15,000 per annum for three years. The government has allotted Rs. 670 crore per annum for the scheme, totalling to Rs. 2,010 crore for three years.