Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao Distributes Handloom Sarees Among Anganwadi, ASHA Workers

KTR and Tribal Welfare Minister Satyavathi Rathod also distributed jute bags made by transgenders.

Ministers KTR distributing handloom Sarees to Anganwadi Staff (Photo: ABP Desam)

Hyderabad: Telangana minister KT Rama Rao distributed handloom sarees to anganwadi and ASHA workers at Pragathi Bhavan on Thursday.

The move aims to promote handloom sarees in the state and provide more jobs to employees. 

KTR, the Minister for Municipal Administration & Urban Development, Industries & Commerce, and Information Technology, also distributed jute bags made by transgender people among the workers.

He was accompanied by Tribal Welfare Minister Satyavathi Rathod and Child Welfare Commissioner Divya Deva Rajan.

Handloom sarees will be given to 67,411 anganwadi teachers and ayas at 31,711 main anganwadi centres and 3,989 mini anganwadi centres in the state.

KTR said that the state government had already revised the salaries of anganwadi teachers and ayas three times, and increased the Pay Revision Commission by 30 per cent. The minister said the state government had launched the programme to promote handloom and more work for weavers.

He also congratulated the transgender people who made the handbags.

 

 

అంగన్వాడీ టీచర్లకు,ఆయాలకు నేత కార్మికులు రూపొందించిన చేనేత చీరలను మరియు ట్రాన్స్ జెండర్లు తయారు చేసిన జూట్ బ్యాగులను అందించే కార్యక్రమానికి శ్రీకారం చుట్టింది తెలంగాణ ప్రభుత్వం. ఇందులో భాగంగా మంత్రులు @SatyavathiTRS, @KTRTRS అంగన్వాడీలకు చేనేత చీరలు & జూట్ బ్యాగులను అందజేశారు. pic.twitter.com/SHKQiLlX5q

— Minister for IT, Industries, MA & UD, Telangana (@MinisterKTR) January 6, 2022

Women and Child Welfare Department Commissioner Divya Devarajan said that besides providing sarees and proper pay to the Anganwadi teachers and Ayas we strengthen the Anganwadi Centers and offer pre-primary quality education and nutritious food to the children. 

(With inputs from ABP Desam — It is a Telugu platform of ABP News. For more news, commentary and latest happenings from two Telugu states, follow https://telugu.abplive.com/)