The Congress government maintains that it has made significant strides in fulfilling its promises despite financial constraints inherited from the previous BRS regime.
Published Jun 06, 2025 | 9:00 AM ⚊ Updated Jun 06, 2025 | 9:00 AM
Revanth Reddy during the Telangana Formation Day celebrations. (Screengrab)
Synopsis: The Revanth Reddy government, which rode to power on the six guarantees and other promises made to the electorate, seems to be struggling to keep its word.
A Revanth Reddy-led Congress government appears to be struggling to implement promises the party had made to the people ahead of the Assembly elections in 2023.
Several promises, both six guarantees and others, remain unfulfilled even as the state government celebrated Telangana Formation Day festivities on 2 June, the second anniversary after the Congress came to power.
For instance, no job calendar was released by the state government on Telangana Formation Day. Amid protests in July 2024, Revanth Reddy had announced in the Assembly budget session that a job calendar would be released on 2 June.
The calendar was intended to provide a clear timeline for filling vacancies in government departments. The exercise, it was said, would ensure transparency in recruitment processes for Group I, II, and III positions.
“We will fill all vacancies in government departments. We will also address the transparency issues raised by the job aspirants in the conduct of examinations for recruitment,” Reddy stated during a meeting with Congress leaders and student representatives on 6 July 2024. He had then asked the youth not to walk into the trap of the opposition parties.
However, when no job calendar was released, the Opposition parties termed it a betrayal of the unemployed youths.
In December last year, Union Minister and Telangana BJP president G Kishan Reddy released a chargesheet, “Six Promises, 66 Lies.” He said the Congress went back on its promise of creating two lakh jobs. Besides, the government implemented only a partial loan waiver, leaving nearly half of the total number of farmers who took loans high and dry.
The government’s failure in keeping promises extends beyond the job calendar. For instance, the Rythu Bharosa scheme. The BRS alleged that only a fraction of the promised ₹15,000 per acre under the Rythu Bharosa scheme has been disbursed. The Congress government, however, maintains that it has made significant strides in fulfilling its promises despite financial constraints inherited from the previous BRS regime.
The chief minister has repeatedly described as achievements the waiver of ₹18,000 crore in farm loans for over 22 lakh farmers within 25 days and the creation of 55,000 government jobs in 2023.
“We have done what the BRS could not do in 10 years. Telangana is the only state to waive such a massive amount for farmers in such a short time,” Reddy asserted during his Independence Day speech in August 2024.
The government has also pointed to initiatives like the Mahalakshmi scheme, which provides free bus travel for women and gas cylinders at ₹500 for 42 lakh women, and the Gruha Jyothi scheme, offering free power up to 200 units for eligible households.
“We are committed to fulfilling every promise made to the people of Telangana,” Revanth Reddy said at a recent event and reiterated that efforts were on to restructure the state’s debt and attract ₹40,000 crore in investments to spur employment.
The Opposition has criticised the incomplete rollout of schemes like the ₹4,000 monthly pension for seniors and ₹5 lakh housing aid for the homeless, promised under the Indiramma Housing scheme.
In response, the government accused the BRS of leaving a ₹7 lakh crore debt burden, which Reddy claims has constrained the state’s finances.
“We are rebuilding Telangana’s economy while fulfilling our promises, unlike the BRS, which destroyed the state’s finances,” he said recently.
Six guarantees
Mahalakshmi Scheme
Promise: ₹2,500 monthly assistance for women; free bus travel for women, girls, and transgender persons; LPG cylinders at ₹500.
Status:
Free bus travel: Implemented (December 2023, covering TSRTC buses).
LPG cylinders at ₹500: Implemented (February 2024, 42 lakh women benefited).
₹2,500 monthly assistance: Not implemented.
Rythu Bharosa Scheme
Promise: ₹15,000 per acre for farmers; ₹12,000 for tenant farmers; ₹500 bonus per quintal for superfine paddy.
Status:
₹15,000 per acre: Partially implemented, limited disbursements.
₹12,000 for tenant farmers: No significant progress.
Paddy bonus: Implemented, restricted to superfine paddy.
Gruha Jyothi Scheme
Promise: 200 units of free electricity for households.
Status: Implemented (February 2024).
Indiramma Indlu Scheme
Promise: ₹5 lakh housing assistance; 250 square yard plots for Telangana movement fighters.
Status:
Housing assistance: Not fully implemented, limited progress.
Plots for fighters: No clear progress.
Yuva Vikasam Scheme
Promise: ₹5 lakh Vidya Bharosa cards; Telangana International Schools in every mandal; 2 lakh government jobs.
Status:
Vidya Bharosa cards: Not implemented.
International schools: Partially implemented, ₹11,000 crore allocated.
Two lakh jobs: Partially implemented (57,946 jobs by March 2025).
Cheyutha Scheme
Promise: ₹4,000 monthly pension; ₹10 lakh Aarogyasri health coverage.
Status:
Pension: Not fully implemented.
Aarogyasri: Implemented (December 2023).
Job Calendar: Promised by June 2, 2025, for Group I, II, and III vacancies.
Status: Not implemented.
Indira Mahila Shakti (March 2025): Sewing machines and financial aid for 63.86 lakh women.
Status: No progress.
10 Grams Gold and ₹1 lakh as Wedding Gift
Status: Not implemented.
₹25,000 Pension and Jobs for Martyrs’ Families:
Status: Not implemented.
Free Scooties for Girls
Status: Not implemented.
Farm Loan Waiver
Status: Partially implemented (₹18,000 crore waived for 22 lakh farmers).
(Edited by Majnu Babu).
