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INCTelangana 2023Transportmeasurable

Rs 12,000 a year to every auto driver

“ప్రతి ఆటో డ్రైవర్ కు సంవత్సరానికి రూ. 12000 లు ఆర్థిక సహాయం అందచేస్తాం.”

English: “We will give every auto driver Rs 12,000 of financial assistance a year.”

— Abhaya Hastam - Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee Manifesto, Assembly Elections 2023, page 29 · source
KAAM CHALU HAIIn progressprovisional

The verdict

No payment was found by July 2025. During an August 2026 drivers' strike the government reiterated the promise and gave written assurances on other demands, but no rollout was reported. Provisional rating.

Rule applied: In progress: deadline not reached; rating is provisional and not counted in the final score

⏳ 795 din baakiImplied deadline (end of term): 8 Dec 2028Confidence: mediumAI draft · review pending
0/10prov.

Evidence timeline

  1. News24 Jul 2025· The South Firstsupports
    As Telangana's auto drivers wait for Congress' much touted pre-poll promises, distress mounts ↗

    “none of the key assurances – such as the ₹12,000 annual assistance or the creation of an Auto Driver Welfare Board – have been fulfilled.”

  2. News24 Aug 2026· Siasatcontext
    Telangana auto strike averted as govt agrees to 10 of 14 demands ↗

    “the government had reiterated its manifesto promise of Rs 12,000 annual assistance to autorickshaw workers”

More transport promises from this manifesto

Promise ID inc-tg-2023-031 · drafted 5 Oct 2026 by research-agent · JSON