Overview
- Revanth Reddy asked colleagues to co-opt a transgender person as a corporator in every municipal corporation to ensure representation, with a decision expected at the next cabinet meeting.
- He said legislation in the upcoming budget session would divert 10–15% of the salaries of government employees found to neglect their parents directly to the parents’ bank accounts.
- The government launched Pranam day-care centres for senior citizens and began free distribution of retrofitted motorised vehicles, wheelchairs, hearing aids and other devices for persons with disabilities.
- Officials cited a Rs 50 crore allocation for the disability support programme as the roll-out of assistive equipment got underway at Praja Bhavan.
- Reddy said a state health policy will be presented during the 2026–27 budget session and noted prior steps to employ transgender persons in the Hyderabad police and as traffic assistants.