Bhatti Vikramarka takes charge as finance min and releases Rs 374 cr for 'Free Bus Travel'

Telangana’s Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and five other Ministers took charge on Thursday.Bhatti, who holds the portfolios of finance & planning and energy, assumed the office at 8.21 a.m. amid the chanting of Vedic hymns and blessings of pandits.

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after taking charge, he signed the files related to the release of funds to the two out of six guarantees promised to the people by the Congress in the elections.He released Rs 374 crore to the TSRTC to support the Mahalaxmi scheme under which the government provided free travel facility to women in buses.