The Congress government in Telangana announced the distribution of one crore Indiramma sarees to women across the State, beginning Wednesday. The scheme, timed with the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, will be rolled out in two phases, villages by December 9 and urban areas from March 1 to 8, coinciding with International Women’s Day.

Hyderabad: A day after announcing that the gram panchayat elections would be conducted shortly, the Congress government on Tuesday declared that it would begin distributing one crore ‘Indiramma’ sarees to one crore women in the State from Wednesday.

Interestingly, the announcement comes after women in Telangana were denied sarees during Bathukamma, the State festival, a practice that the previous BRS government had followed rel

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