Telangana launches Indiramma housing scheme with ₹5 lakh aid for poor families

In March 2025, the Telangana government, led by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy of the Congress party, formally began the Indiramma housing scheme (Indiramma Indlu). It was one of the state's flagship welfare programmes and followed a promise made before the 2023 assembly election.

Under the scheme, eligible poor families without a pucca (permanent) house receive ₹5 lakh in assistance to build one. The money is released in stages as construction reaches set milestones, rather than as a single payment. Beneficiaries are selected from applications gathered through surveys and local verification.

The launch mattered because it was among the largest welfare commitments of the Congress government in Telangana, which took office in December 2023. It set the pattern for a series of schemes aimed at low-income households, and later announcements, such as the planned ₹5 lakh family life insurance cover, have been read against this record of delivering on welfare promises.