Telangana government sanctions monthly security pension to ill woman painter

A woman painter suffering from muscular dystrophy was Monday sanctioned a monthly social security pension of Rs 10,000 by the Telangana government.

She was granted the pension on a directive from state IT minister K T Rama Rao, an official release said. Rao had visited an exhibition put up by 'Divyang' painter Shaik Nafees last month and promised to help her, it said.

(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)