Hyderabad, April 10 -- The Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Friday issued guidelines to provide a monthly allowance to private school teachers and non-teaching staff in the state.

In view of the COVID-19 pandemic and schools being shut down in the state, the CM on Thursday announced a financial aid of Rs 2,000 per month and 25 Kg of rice to all the teachers and non-teaching staff of the private schools.

Telangana government will spend Rs 42 crore per month for the expenditure to over 1.45 lakh teachers and non-teaching staff of 10,530 private schools.

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