Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy tonight said Rs 1,000 crore and Rs 400 crore will be spent this year for infrastructure and water works in localities were SCs and STs stay.
He also announced that�in order to provide better education facilities for students completing tenth standard, 100 hostels for SCs, each costing Rs 2 crore and 250 hostels for STs, each costing Rs 1 crore each,�would be set up in the state.
A sum of Rs 1,150 crore would be spent to provide subsidy�for�providing�self-employment to�educated SC and ST youth, he said.
