Hyderabad (Telangana): Telangana Municipal Administration Minister K T Rama Rao said on Monday that around 74 lakh bank accounts would be credited with Rs 1,500 on Tuesday as support for the needy during the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
"Total of Rs 1,112 crore has been transferred by the government to the banks," he tweeted.
Rao, who is also the working president of the ruling TRS, said more than three lakh tonnes of free rice has been distributed to 87 per cent of the 76 lakh beneficiaries in the state.
The state government had announced that in view of the hardships being faced by people due to lockdown, each of the 87.59 lakh food security cardholders in the state would be given 12 kg of rice.
It had also said all food security card-holding families would be given a one-time support of Rs 1,500 to meet expenditure on other essential commodities.
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Meanwhile, Congress' Telangana unit president and Lok Sabha MP N Uttam Kumar Reddy said a meeting of all opposition parties would be convened on April 15 to discuss the coronavirus situation in the state and to review the measures taken by the government.