Andhra Pradesh government would soon introduce schemes, aimed at uplift and development of children, which include extending financial assistance for educating girls from poor families, chief minister Y S Rajsekhara Reddy said here today. | |
| He was addressing a function to mark the 115th birth anniversary of the country's first prime minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, celebrated as Children's Day. |
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| Reddy said that the government would also provide facilities to encourage education among children from backward classes. Hundreds of school children attended the function. |
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| Cultural programmes were also held on the occasion. |
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| Governor Sushilkumar Shinde also hosted children in a separate function at Raj Bhavan and distributed sweets. |
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| Earlier, Reddy, his cabinet colleagues and APCC president K Keshav Rao garlanded the statue of Nehru. |
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| On the occasion, BPO firm Apex Covantage organised a Children's Day walkathon 'Mile for a Smile' for the benefit of Academy for Severe Handicaps and Autism (ASHA). |
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