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Anantapur issues ID cards to transgenders, first in State
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This will help the community in availing schemes
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District Collector Gandham Chandrudu handing over identity cards to transgender persons at Collector’s office in Anantapur on Saturday. | Photo Credit:
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This will help the community in availing schemes
Assuring them of all support, District Collector Gandham Chandrudu handed over identity cards to 61 transgenders on Saturday, which would help them avail government schemes.
Anantapur is the first district in the State to issue identity cards to the community, which specifies their gender, and provide them help under the provisions of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019. The authorities have promised to provide them with house sites and take the responsibility for building houses under the government scheme.
Nine-year-old Andhra Pradesh girl conquers Mount Kilimanjaro
Hailing from M Agraharam village in Tadimarri mandal, Rithvika Sri is a class 2 student of St Vincent De Paul English Medium School of Anantapur.
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ANANTAPUR: Nine-year-old Kadapala Rithvika Sri from Anantapur has conquered Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, which is African continent’s highest peak, along with her father and guide. She climbed to Gilman’s Point at 5,681 metres above mean sea level on February 25.
Hailing from M Agraharam village in Tadimarri mandal, Rithvika Sri is a class 2 student of St Vincent De Paul English Medium School of Anantapur. Her father Shankar is a cricket coach and sports coordinator in the Special Olympics Bharat wing of RDT, Anantapur.
Anantapur, Nellore receive PM Kisan Award
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District Collector Gandham Chandurdu and JD Agriculture Y. Ramakrishna receiving the PM Kisan Award from Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar in New Delhi on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday presented the prestigious Prime Minister’s Kisan National Award to Nellore Collector K.V.N. Chakradhar Babu.
The district was ranked first in resolving grievances received under PM Kisan portal, an official release here said.
The award was presented during the second anniversary of the PM-Kisan Yojana in New Delhi. State Agriculture Special Commissioner H. Arun Kumar and District Joint Director Y. Ananda Kumari were among those present on the occasion. While Nellore’s efforts were appreciated in resolving grievances, Anantapur bagged the award for achieving 99.6% physical verification of beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantr