Telangana govt to provide financial assistance to teachers from April 20

HYDERABAD: The Telangana government has decided to deposit Rs 2,000 financial assistance to teachers and staffers working with various private educational institutions from April 20. Following the decision of chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao to help the private teachers on Thursday, education minister Sabitha Reddy, BC welfare and civil supplies minister Gangula Kamalakar and chief advisor Rajiv Sharma held a video conference with district collectors on extending financial help to the teachers.
They asked the collectors to ensure that 25 kgs fine rice and Rs 2000 per month is distributed to all teaching and non-teaching staff working in all recognized private schools.
“Collectors should to utilize the database available with the education department pertaining to the private schools and take utmost care in identifying the beneficiaries. Education department will send a link to all the districts through which the data should be uploaded between April 10 and 15. Scrutiny and grievance redressal will be done from April 16 to 19. Amount will be deposited directly into the beneficiaries bank accounts between April 20 and 24. Similarly, rice will also be distributed to the beneficiaries through fair price shops during these days,” the minister said and added that this scheme would continue till the schools reopen .

Gangula Kamalakar informed the district collectors that sufficient stocks of rice are available at all the mandal level stock point. Collectors can also utilize the rice distributed to the schools two months ago, he said. The collectors to work out a system to provide rice those who do not have a ration card and ensure no genuine beneficiary is left out.