Hyderabad, July 27th: The state government on Monday assured that it would consider positively a proposal to issue Arogysri cards to all the four lakh retired employees. The proposal, if implemented will benefit retired persons who are not able to get reimbursement from the medical and health departments after bearing huge medical bills in private hospitals.
Some of them are forced to wait for two years to get reimbursement even though they bribe the staff in the department. The issue came up for discussion in AP Legislative Council during the Question Hour. The MLCs Mr. Tippe Swamy, Kandula Durgesh Prasad and Mr. Yellareddy Shivarami Reddy raised the issue and said thousands of retired employees were put to hardship due to the inordinate delay in clearance of medical bills.
The minister for health and family welfare, Mr. Danam Nagender, assured that the government would take all steps to clear the bills in medical and health department. He assured that the government would consider the proposal to issue Arogyasri cards to retired employees so that they don’t need to bear the medical bills while undergoing treatment in hospitals.
Kakinada, July 27th: The supply of both red gram and sugar through the public distribution system (PDS) was cut down to half the quantity from July 2009. It is said that the increased costs of these items and low supplies from government forced the district civil supplies department to reduce the q...
Rajahmundry, July 27th: The adult literacy program called ‘Akshara Bharati Phase V is likely to begin in August with more than 20,000 adults, mostly women in the age group between 15 and 35 years, to be enrolled in the program in both East and West Godavari districts. The main objective of th...
Kakinada, July 27th: The state human rights commission directed the East Godavari District administration to conduct fresh inquiries over dredging activity in the vicinity of Hope Island offshore of Kakinada port. According to sources, the Commission gave this directive, following the petition file...
Hyderabad, July 28th: The state government is to set up a task force to crack down on teachers and other employees who reportedly submitted fake certificates to get jobs and promotions. The task force will function under AP Higher Education Council. There are allegations that more than 30,000 perso...
Rajahmundry, July 28th: Police are cautioning the students to give up the practice of ragging with a warning that those who indulge in such activities would have to face stern action. A series of programs to sensitize the students against ragging are being held at several educational institutions i...
Rajahmundry, July 28th: The Andhra Pradesh State AIDS Control Society in association with voluntary agencies has launched a drive called ‘Subham’ to screen high risk groups, including commercial sex workers and male sex workers for HIV/AIDS in East Godavari. In the district nearly 10 no...
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