AP Govt to provide pensions to poor

Hyderabad, Mar 7 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy today decided to grant pensions to all old age persons, widows, deserted women and physically handicapped belonging to BPL families in areas coming under Greater Hyderabad.

At a meeting with Ministers and officials here, the Chief Minister said this was according to the government's decision to provide saturation in pensions to these categories.

The pension was also being extended to all physically handicapped people without any age limit.

He directed the Ministers and officials to sanction the pensions at the earliest.

UNI