AP Government Announces Cash Relief Scheme

Cash assistance of Rs 1000 will be provided to each poor amidst the times of crisis by the Andhra Pradesh government.

The decision was made by chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy after looking at the problems faced by daily wage workers and poor across the state because of the lockdown imposed in the country.

Earlier, the government has distributed rice and dal to the poor three days back, and now it is the time for the government to distribute the cash relief as it is the beginning of the month.

The government is likely to hire village volunteers who will distribute these Rs 1000 to the village people. The volunteers would take the photograph of the family after distributing the money. The government has also decided to set up three more testing centers each in Kadapa, Guntur, and Visakhapatnam, which will begin its operations from Saturday.

The total number of confirmed coronavirus positive cases made a spike on Thursday after 38 new positive cases were registered with health ministry taking the total to 152 in the state.