Hyderabad, March 1 -- The Telangana government has announced on Friday, February 28, that 40,000 free sewing machines will be distributed across the state in two phases under the Indiramma Mahila Shakti scheme.

According to the Telangana Minorities Finance Corporation (TGMFC) chairman, Obedulla Kothwal, chief minister Revanth Reddy will hand over the machines in Wanaparthyon March 2.

In the first phase, 10,490 free sewing machines will be distributed across nine districts in Telangana, while in the second phase, 31,740 machines will be given to the beneficiaries.

On December last year, the TGMFC had invited applications for free sewing machines to eligible women from minority communities. Women belonging to Muslim, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain...