Hyderabad, Oct 15th: The State government may expand the Rajiv Arogyasri health insurance scheme to include Above Poverty Line families too. As of now the scheme is meant for the Below Poverty Line groups but APL families will be able to avail its benefits by paying a marginal premium. A meeting of the state government held on Thursday also discussed the possible de-linking of Rajiv Arogyasri from other programmes implemented for BPL families including the subsidized rice scheme.
Sources said that the Arogyasri minister Mr. P. Satyanarayana told the Cabinet that people who had taken white ration cards for Arogyasri were also using them to get free rice too. He suggested that there should be separate cards for Arogyasri. The cabinet decided to appoint a sub-committee to study the issue and suggest remedial measures. This was the first Cabinet meeting attended in full strength after Mr. Rosaiah took over the reins of administration.
Sources said that the Arogyasri minister Mr. P. Satyanarayana told the Cabinet that people who had taken white ration cards for Arogyasri were also using them to get free rice too. He suggested that there should be separate cards for Arogyasri. The cabinet decided to appoint a sub-committee to study the issue and suggest remedial measures. This was the first Cabinet meeting attended in full strength after Mr. Rosaiah took over the reins of administration.
4579km roads damaged by floods Posted on 16-Oct-2009
Hyderabad, Oct 15th: Andhra Pradesh Minister for Roads and Buildings Galla Aruna Kumari said that as per the present estimates roads of 4579 kilometers were damaged in the flood-affected areas of Mehboobnagar, Kurnool, Krishna, Guntur and Nalgonda districts. Addressing a press conference, she s...
ICRISAT project to boost Sorghum Posted on 16-Oct-2009
Hyderabad, Oct 15th: The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has launched a new project that aims to increase food security for small farmers in dry land areas of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The project titled Harnessing Opportunities for Productivity Enh...
Sarpanches to lay seize of ZP Posted on 17-Oct-2009
Kakinada, Oct 16th: The Sarpanches of 33 peripheral villages at their meeting held at Nemam village 10kms from Kakinada on Oct 14 have resolved to lay seize of the Zilla Parishad hall and stall the proceedings of the ZP general body meeting on Oct 15, in protest against the move to merge villag...
Bank loans for flood victims Posted on 17-Oct-2009
New Delhi, Oct 16th: Senior Andhra Pradesh Congress leader V Hanumantha Rao on Oct 16 sought the help of public sector banks for small traders and shopkeepers affected by the recent unprecedented floods in the river Krishna. The floods affected the lives of millions of people living in the basin area...
Jagan is not leader of masses Posted on 17-Oct-2009
Kakinada, Oct 16th: Congress MP of Amalapuram G V Harsha Kumar today claimed that Mr Jaganmohan Reddy unlike his father and late Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy, is not a leader of the asses, but has the ability to mobilize people for meetings. He claimed that the Kadapa MP’s influ...
TRS want Centre to 'scrap SC order' Posted on 19-Oct-2009
Hyderabad, Oct 18th: Telangana Rastra Samithi (TRS) president K Chandrasekhar Rao reiterated that his party would launch an agitation to exert pressure on the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government to scrap the Supreme Court Judgment, declaring Hyderabad as 'free zone for police recruitment...
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