Rajahmundry, July 15th: In order to eliminate ineligible beneficiaries from the Abhaya Hastam pension scheme meant for Dwcra women, a third party survey will be taken up shortly. Taking part in an awareness program on the pension scheme here on Wednesday, the municipal commissioner, Mr. K. Manik Raj, said that Dwcra group women in the age group of 18 to 59 could enroll in the scheme before July 30.
As per the norms of the scheme, each person should pay Rs 30 per month while the government pays an equal amount as premium to the insurance company. In case of natural death of a member of the scheme, Rs 30,000 will be given and incase of accidental death Rs 70,000 will be given as compensation.
The municipal commissioner said that, to identify genuine persons to avail the scheme, a two member team would be formed for every 20 Dwcra groups and each team would educate four groups per day. Mr. Manik Raj said that for all 50 divisions in the municipal corporation limits, 151 teams were going to be formed.
Rajahmundry, July 15th: In an attempt to give a major boost to sericulture, the state government has expanded the targeted raising of mulberry plantations by 200 more acres, in addition to the existing acreage in each district. It is also offering several incentives to farmers to raise silk worms a...
Kakinada, July 16th: The East Godavari district collector, Mr. Gopalkrishna Dwivedi, sought the cooperation of managements of various colleges in the district for effective implementation of anti-ragging law and implementing the guidelines issued by both the UGC and the Supreme Court. He also...
Rajahmundry, July 16th: Authorities will start weeding out of bogus ration cards as a pilot project in six mandals each, in both East and West Godavari districts from August 10. The large number of bogus ration cards are increasing burden upon the state exchequer to provide welfare benefits to all ...
Jangareddygudem, July 16th: The Communist Party of India (CPI) demanded setting up a national oil pool by the Center to overcome the crisis due to fluctuations in the prices of crude oil in the international market. The CPI state executive committee member, Mr. Dega Prabhakar, said on Thursday that...
Hyderabad, July 17th: A newborn baby was kidnapped by an unidentified woman from the Government Unani Hospital near Charminar on Friday. According to the police Ms Nazia Begam delivered a baby boy on July 16. Nazia’s husband, Mr. Mohammad Isaka, said an unidentified woman told his wife that h...
Hyderabad, July 17th: The AP High Court on Friday, refused to stay the process of counseling for filling engineering and MBBS seats. A division bench was dealing with a petition challenging an ordinance to give 25 percent weightage to the marks obtained in Intermediate examinations and restricting ...
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