The Telangana State Minority Finance Corporation (TSMFC) gave 20 cars to minority drivers on Tuesday through the Driver Empowerment Programme. Home Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali presented the cars to the beneficiaries, and Imtiaz Ishaq, the chairman of TSMFC, thanked Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao for launching the programme. The initiative aims to help minority drivers become owners of their own cabs, and the corporation distributed Maruti Suzuki Tour S model cars.
Ishaq said that the government has taken significant steps to develop minority communities in the state, including in education, economics, and social development. The government is also making efforts to provide self-employment opportunities to minority youth, and loans will be issued soon.
TSMFC has been involved in various other initiatives to support minority communities and contribute to their overall development and upliftment. During 2019-20, the government approved 300 cars for unemployed minority drivers in the first phase of the programme, and so far, 280 cars have been distributed. The remaining 20 cars were given out on Tuesday.
TS Minority Finance Corporation Chairman Mohd Imtiaz Ishaq, along with MLAs Jaffer Hussain Meraj and Ahmed Bin Abdullah Balala, TS Haj Committee Chairman Mohammed Saleem, and others distributed the cars to minority drivers at Haj House in Nampally.
